Moor Wood - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
53.12701, -1.48998
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 km9 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Limestone WayWalking route74 km▾
Castleton to Rocester
Named routeLength 74 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
High Peak TrailWalking route27 km▾
Named routeLength 27 kmRegional walking route
Derwent Valley Heritage WayWalking route89 km▾
Named routeLength 89 kmRegional walking route
South Chesterfield WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 54Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 54National Cycle Network
White Peak LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef 680National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route852 m▾
Named routeRef 680Length 852 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.6 km▾
Named routeRef 54Length 2.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
High Peak TrailMountain bike route27 km▾
Named routeRef High Peak TrailLength 27 kmPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
3,761 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,761 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springautumn
2025▾
Yellowhammer · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Chaffinch · Robin +38
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great TitParus major
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- MagpiePica pica
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- SwiftApus apus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
Bertkauia lucifuga
- Bertkauia lucifugaBertkauia lucifuga
Ragged-Robin · Hart's-Tongue · Wood Avens · Hawthorn · Foxglove +67
- Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- NipplewortLapsana communis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,761 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springautumn
2025▾
Yellowhammer · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Chaffinch · Robin +38
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great TitParus major
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- MagpiePica pica
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- SwiftApus apus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
Bertkauia lucifuga
- Bertkauia lucifugaBertkauia lucifuga
Ragged-Robin · Hart's-Tongue · Wood Avens · Hawthorn · Foxglove +67
- Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- NipplewortLapsana communis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
