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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Mallard
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
☕Derby City Cricket Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Mallard
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
☕Derby City Cricket Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingCaféParking· PaidPlayground

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Mallard, Magpie +68 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Mallard, Magpie +68 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Cow Parsley, Cleavers, Hogweed +52 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Cow Parsley, Cleavers, Hogweed +52 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Hogweed, Hawthorn, Ramsons +9 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Syrphus, Red-legged Shieldbug, Alder Leaf Beetle +10 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Syrphus, Red-legged Shieldbug, Alder Leaf Beetle +10 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

17 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

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

Centenary Way (Derbyshire)Walking route

Named route

Amber Valley Routeway Walk 17Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

100 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 54Cycling route

Named routeRef 54National Cycle Network

Derby Orbital Route 66Cycling route

Named routeRef 66Regional cycle route

Great Northern GreenwayCycling route

Named routeRef Great Northern GreenwayPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route

Route 672Cycling route

Named routeRef 672National Cycle Network

Great Northern GreenwayCycling route

Named routeRef Great Northern GreenwayLocal cycle route

Pennine CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

28,243 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

28,243 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds41 species

winter

2026

Moorhen · Mallard · Black-headed Gull · Canada Goose · Robin +36

MoorhenGallinula chloropus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
RobinErithacus rubecula
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great TitParus major
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
CootFulica atra
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
MagpiePica pica
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025

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Plants28 species

spring

2026

Hogweed · Wood Anemone · Cow Parsley · Reflexed Stonecrop · Broad-leaved Dock +23

HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Reflexed StonecropPetrosedum rupestre
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
CleaversGalium aparine
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
HollyIlex aquifolium
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Spotted-laurelAucuba japonica
RamsonsAllium ursinum
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
BeechFagus sylvatica
RaspberryRubus idaeus
ElderSambucus nigra
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
HonestyLunaria annua
Mind-your-own-businessSoleirolia soleirolii
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
HazelCorylus avellana
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides
MistletoeViscum album2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

28,243 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds41 species

winter

2026

Moorhen · Mallard · Black-headed Gull · Canada Goose · Robin +36

MoorhenGallinula chloropus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
RobinErithacus rubecula
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great TitParus major
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
CootFulica atra
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
MagpiePica pica
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025

🌿

Plants28 species

spring

2026

Hogweed · Wood Anemone · Cow Parsley · Reflexed Stonecrop · Broad-leaved Dock +23

HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Reflexed StonecropPetrosedum rupestre
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
CleaversGalium aparine
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
HollyIlex aquifolium
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Spotted-laurelAucuba japonica
RamsonsAllium ursinum
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
BeechFagus sylvatica
RaspberryRubus idaeus
ElderSambucus nigra
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
HonestyLunaria annua
Mind-your-own-businessSoleirolia soleirolii
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
HazelCorylus avellana
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides
MistletoeViscum album2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Jerry Evans · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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