The Belt - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
53.02798, -1.13542
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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
Broxtowe Country TrailWalking route▾
Robin Hood WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Hucknall Road WalkwayWalking route▾
60 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Broxtowe Country TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Gedling <> ArnoldCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Gedling <> MapperleyCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route N9Cycling route▾
Named routeRef N9Regional cycle route
Mapperley <> Burton JoyceCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Farleys Lane bridlewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
20,420 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
20,420 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGoldfinch · Carrion Crow · Chaffinch · Blue Tit · Robin +43
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
a weevil · Field Grasshopper · Red-legged Shieldbug · Harlequin Ladybird · 22-spot Ladybird +38
- a weevilCurculionidae2025
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
- 7-spot Ladybird
🌿Plants5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Wych Elm · Turkey Oak · Hazel · Common Toadflax · Carline Thistle
- Wych ElmUlmus glabra
- Turkey OakQuercus cerris
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris
- Carline ThistleCarlina vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,420 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGoldfinch · Carrion Crow · Chaffinch · Blue Tit · Robin +43
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
a weevil · Field Grasshopper · Red-legged Shieldbug · Harlequin Ladybird · 22-spot Ladybird +38
- a weevilCurculionidae2025
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
- 7-spot Ladybird
🌿Plants5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Wych Elm · Turkey Oak · Hazel · Common Toadflax · Carline Thistle
- Wych ElmUlmus glabra
- Turkey OakQuercus cerris
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris
- Carline ThistleCarlina vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Coccinella septempunctata
Coccinella septempunctata
SuilliaSuillia2025SuilliaSuillia2025NotiophilusNotiophilus2025NotiophilusNotiophilus2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025caddisfliesTrichoptera2025caddisfliesTrichoptera2025Lamprotettix nitidulusLamprotettix nitidulus2025Lamprotettix nitidulusLamprotettix nitidulus2025Athripsodes cinereusAthripsodes cinereus2025Athripsodes cinereusAthripsodes cinereus202510-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata202510-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025AphodiusAphodius2025AphodiusAphodius2025Marsh SnipeflyRhagio tringarius2025Marsh SnipeflyRhagio tringarius2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Bibio pomonaeBibio pomonae2025Bibio pomonaeBibio pomonae2025Small Fleck-winged SnipeflyRhagio lineola2025Small Fleck-winged SnipeflyRhagio lineola2025Lesser Water-BoatmanCorixidae2025Lesser Water-BoatmanCorixidae2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025Bembidion quadrimaculatumBembidion quadrimaculatum2025Bembidion quadrimaculatumBembidion quadrimaculatum2025Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025HarpalusHarpalus2025HarpalusHarpalus2025Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2025Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2025Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis2025Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2025Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2025Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis2025Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis2025Eleagnus SuckerCacopsylla fulguralis2025Eleagnus SuckerCacopsylla fulguralis2025Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi2025Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi2025Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2025Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2025TenthredopsisTenthredopsis2025TenthredopsisTenthredopsis2025Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber2025Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilineaDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea2025Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilineaDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea2025Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2025Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2025Chequered Click BeetleProsternon tessellatum2025Chequered Click BeetleProsternon tessellatum2025PhilopedonPhilopedon2025PhilopedonPhilopedon2025CantharisCantharis2025CantharisCantharis2025Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus2025Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus2025Events & activities nearby
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