Parkhead Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.91710, -1.29732
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 km23 signed routes nearby · 2 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
Derby Nomad WayWalking route79 km▾
Named routeLength 79 kmRegional walking route
Derwent Valley Heritage WayWalking route89 km▾
Named routeLength 89 kmRegional walking route
Erewash Circular Route 4Walking route▾
Erewash Circular Route 13Walking route▾
65 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Broxtowe Country TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Clifton <> KegworthCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Route 67Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
Erewash Valley TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route405 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 405 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
33,918 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
33,918 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds29 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Robin · Magpie · Jackdaw · Great Tit · Woodpigeon +24
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WigeonMareca penelope
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- RavenCorvus corax
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Red Fox · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Mole
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Banded Demoiselle · Brown Hawker · Common Carder Bee · Green Shieldbug · Migrant Hawker +37
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Common Knapweed · Orpine · Snowberry · Stinking Iris · Hart's-Tongue +13
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
- OrpineHylotelephium telephium
- SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
- Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- GoldenrodSolidago virgaurea
- Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
33,918 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds29 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Robin · Magpie · Jackdaw · Great Tit · Woodpigeon +24
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WigeonMareca penelope
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- RavenCorvus corax
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Red Fox · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Mole
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Banded Demoiselle · Brown Hawker · Common Carder Bee · Green Shieldbug · Migrant Hawker +37
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Common Knapweed · Orpine · Snowberry · Stinking Iris · Hart's-Tongue +13
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
- OrpineHylotelephium telephium
- SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
- Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- GoldenrodSolidago virgaurea
- Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
