Mossey Yard Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.92377, -1.44643
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
- 🅿️Parking 206m away — 8 car parks within reach, toilets nearby
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Parking 206m away — 8 car parks within reach, toilets nearby
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking🚻Toilets
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
toilets
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Derby Nomad WayWalking route79 km▾
Named routeLength 79 kmRegional walking route
Derwent Valley Heritage WayWalking route89 km▾
Named routeLength 89 kmRegional walking route
Centenary Way (Derbyshire)Walking route▾
Erewash Circular Route 13Walking route▾
100 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 54Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 54National Cycle Network
Derby Orbital Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66Regional cycle route
Route 672Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 672National Cycle Network
Great Northern GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Great Northern GreenwayLocal cycle route
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
31,600 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
31,600 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Blackbird · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Magpie +39
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Common GullLarus canus
- CootFulica atra
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RavenCorvus corax
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Brown Rat
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Mistletoe · Horse-chestnut · Weld · Elephant-ears · Norway Maple +7
- MistletoeViscum album2025
- Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
- WeldReseda luteola
- Elephant-earsBergenia crassifolia
- Norway MapleAcer platanoides
- ButterburPetasites hybridus
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
31,600 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Blackbird · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Magpie +39
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Common GullLarus canus
- CootFulica atra
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RavenCorvus corax
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Brown Rat
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Mistletoe · Horse-chestnut · Weld · Elephant-ears · Norway Maple +7
- MistletoeViscum album2025
- Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
- WeldReseda luteola
- Elephant-earsBergenia crassifolia
- Norway MapleAcer platanoides
- ButterburPetasites hybridus
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas