Egginton Gorse - Broadleaved woodland
5 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
52.85045, -1.61090
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Derby Nomad WayWalking route79 km▾
Named routeLength 79 kmRegional walking route
Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km▾
Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
The Way for the MillenniumWalking route65 km▾
Newport to Burton on Trent
Named routeLength 65 kmRegional walking route
74 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 549Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 549National Cycle Network
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Route 54Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 54National Cycle Network
Great Northern GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Great Northern GreenwayPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
Hilton Local Cycle RouteCycling route▾
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Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
4,495 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
4,495 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLittle Egret · Goldfinch · Green Sandpiper · Grey Heron · Blue Tit +43
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- RavenCorvus corax
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- TealAnas crecca
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great TitParus major
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- SwiftApus apus
Southern Hawker
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Lesser Burdock · Common Ragwort · Spear Thistle · Field Maple · Annual Meadow-grass +64
- Lesser BurdockArctium minus
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Field MapleAcer campestre
- Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
- Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
- Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,495 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLittle Egret · Goldfinch · Green Sandpiper · Grey Heron · Blue Tit +43
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- RavenCorvus corax
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- TealAnas crecca
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great TitParus major
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- SwiftApus apus
Southern Hawker
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Lesser Burdock · Common Ragwort · Spear Thistle · Field Maple · Annual Meadow-grass +64
- Lesser BurdockArctium minus
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Field MapleAcer campestre
- Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
- Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
- Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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