Stonepit Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.96958, -1.23443
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
- 🛝Playground 225m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 225m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £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 km8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Big TrackWalking route▾
Named routeRef The Big TrackLocal walking route
Erewash Circular Walk 2Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Broxtowe Country TrailWalking route▾
Circular Walk 17Walking route▾
Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km▾
Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
91 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NTU City Campus to New Basford Avoiding Tram LinesCycling route▾
Named routeRef NTU - New BasfordLocal cycle route
Broxtowe Country TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Lenton Lane Cycle GatewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
River LeenCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Bennerley Viaduct ViewpointCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route N9Cycling route▾
Named routeRef N9Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
16,048 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
16,048 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Blackbird +28
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Common GullLarus canus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- CootFulica atra
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RavenCorvus corax
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- SwiftApus apus
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Red Fox · House Mouse
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- House MouseMus musculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Darter · Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae · 24-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird +6
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecaePemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
Turkey Oak · Common Stork's-bill
- Turkey OakQuercus cerris
- Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,048 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Blackbird +28
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Common GullLarus canus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- CootFulica atra
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RavenCorvus corax
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- SwiftApus apus
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Red Fox · House Mouse
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- House MouseMus musculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Darter · Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae · 24-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird +6
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecaePemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
Turkey Oak · Common Stork's-bill
- Turkey OakQuercus cerris
- Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Rhododendron Leafhopper
Rhododendron Leafhopper
Graphocephala fennahi
Graphocephala fennahi
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperatorEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorSyritta pipiensSyritta pipiensSyritta pipiensSyritta pipiensDock BugCoreus marginatusDock BugCoreus marginatusMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis