Derisley Wood - Broadleaved woodland
5 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
52.21698, 0.43297
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
- 🌿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
Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km▾
long distance footpath 169 km
Named routeLength 169 kmRegional walking route
Stour Valley Path part 2Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Stour Valley Path part 1Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
34 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route5.2 km▾
Named routeRef 51Length 5.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route196 m▾
Named routeRef 51Length 196 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route63 m▾
Named routeRef 51Length 63 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete
Main RouteCycling route41 m▾
Named routeRef 51Length 41 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route50 m▾
Named routeLength 50 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Icknield Way Cycle TrailMountain bike route226 km▾
This is the off-road or mountain cycling route of the Icknield Way Trail.
Named routeLength 226 kmRegional cycle route
Photos
Ordnance Survey Flush Bracket 1374
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Wildlife to spot
4,444 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,444 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPheasant · Woodpigeon · Robin · Rook · Great Tit +41
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- MagpiePica pica
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- SwiftApus apus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2022
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
- CurlewNumenius arquata2022
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2021
- White StorkCiconia ciconia2020
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2020
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2020
🦌Mammals8 species
springsummer
2024▾
Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Muntjac · Rabbit · Pipistrelle Bat species +3
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2022
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2022
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐝Insects10 species
springsummer
2025▾
Red-tailed Bumblebee · Bombus lucorum · Common Carder Bee · White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers · Small Garden Bumblebee +5
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2022
- Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2022
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2022
- White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2022
- Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2022
🌿Plants2 species
springsummer
2021▾
Mistletoe · Wood Melick
- MistletoeViscum album
- Wood MelickMelica uniflora2020
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,444 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPheasant · Woodpigeon · Robin · Rook · Great Tit +41
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- MagpiePica pica
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- SwiftApus apus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2022
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
- CurlewNumenius arquata2022
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2021
- White StorkCiconia ciconia2020
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2020
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2020
🦌Mammals8 species
springsummer
2024▾
Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Muntjac · Rabbit · Pipistrelle Bat species +3
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2022
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2022
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐝Insects10 species
springsummer
2025▾
Red-tailed Bumblebee · Bombus lucorum · Common Carder Bee · White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers · Small Garden Bumblebee +5
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2022
- Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2022
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2022
- White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2022
- Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2022
🌿Plants2 species
springsummer
2021▾
Mistletoe · Wood Melick
- MistletoeViscum album
- Wood MelickMelica uniflora2020
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2022
2022
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2021Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2021HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2022Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2022Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatusBox BugGonocerus acuteangulatusWestern Honey BeeApis mellifera2022Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2022Forest Cuckoo BeeBombus sylvestris2022Forest Cuckoo BeeBombus sylvestris2022Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2022Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2022