Park Forest - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.05083, -1.24378
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 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
6 of the best Circular WalkWalking route▾
Another 6 of the best Circular WalkWalking route▾
Broxtowe Country TrailWalking route▾
Erewash Valley TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Robin Hood WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
37 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Broxtowe Country TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Route N9Cycling route▾
Named routeRef N9Regional cycle route
Farleys Lane bridlewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
River Leen ValleyCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Erewash Valley TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Park Forest near Misk Hills, Hucknall
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Wildlife to spot
7,702 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,702 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds26 species
springautumn
2026▾
Blackbird · Kestrel · Grey Partridge · Blue Tit · Goldfinch +21
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Red-legged Shieldbug · Field Grasshopper
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Dog's Mercury · Pendulous Sedge · Meadowsweet · Wood Avens · Bramble +115
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- Lesser BurdockArctium minus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,702 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds26 species
springautumn
2026▾
Blackbird · Kestrel · Grey Partridge · Blue Tit · Goldfinch +21
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Red-legged Shieldbug · Field Grasshopper
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Dog's Mercury · Pendulous Sedge · Meadowsweet · Wood Avens · Bramble +115
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- Lesser BurdockArctium minus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas