Egginton Gorse - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.86749, -1.60503
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Derby Nomad WayWalking route79 km▾
Named routeLength 79 kmRegional walking route
Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km▾
Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
47 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 54Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 54National Cycle Network
Derby Orbital Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66Regional cycle route
Great Northern GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Great Northern GreenwayPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Hilton Local Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 549Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 549National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
14,038 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
14,038 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Robin · Cormorant · Mallard · Carrion Crow +25
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
🐝Insects3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Ruddy Darter · Helophilus pendulus · Common Blue Damselfly
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Common Ivy · Ash · Red Dead-nettle · Dandelion · Elder +122
- Common IvyHedera helix subsp. helix
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- DandelionTaraxacum
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
14,038 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Robin · Cormorant · Mallard · Carrion Crow +25
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
🐝Insects3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Ruddy Darter · Helophilus pendulus · Common Blue Damselfly
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Common Ivy · Ash · Red Dead-nettle · Dandelion · Elder +122
- Common IvyHedera helix subsp. helix
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- DandelionTaraxacum
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
