Wallis's Gorse - Broadleaved woodland
5 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
53.06306, -1.36339
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 km12 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Amber Valley Routeways Walk 11Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Another 6 of the best Circular WalkWalking route▾
Amber Valley Routeway Walk 18Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Broxtowe Country TrailWalking route▾
Amber Valley Routeways 13Walking route▾
Pinxton Canal Pathpublic footpath · 1.6 km▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 1.6 kmPath type: footway
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Broxtowe Country TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Ripley GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Ripley GreenwayLocal cycle route
Erewash Valley TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Photos
Bridge over the railway line
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Wildlife to spot
23,252 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
23,252 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMoorhen · Great Crested Grebe · Robin · Coot · Great Tit +27
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CootFulica atra
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Eristalis tenax
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Shining Crane's-bill · Butterfly-bush · Groundsel · Hedge Woundwort · Silver Birch +114
- Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
- Silver BirchBetula pendula
- Goat WillowSalix caprea
- CleaversGalium aparine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
23,252 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMoorhen · Great Crested Grebe · Robin · Coot · Great Tit +27
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CootFulica atra
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Eristalis tenax
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Shining Crane's-bill · Butterfly-bush · Groundsel · Hedge Woundwort · Silver Birch +114
- Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
- Silver BirchBetula pendula
- Goat WillowSalix caprea
- CleaversGalium aparine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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