Magazine Plantation - Conifer woodland
✦ Ancient woodland5 ha
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
52.85547, -1.22746
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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Erewash Circular Walk 20Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Skylark RouteWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km▾
Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Erewash Valley TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
36 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Erewash Valley TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Clifton <> City CentreCycling route▾
Named routeRef N1Regional cycle route
Clifton <> KegworthCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Broxtowe Country TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Hathern <> KegworthCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
East Midlands AirportCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
4,885 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,885 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWren · Robin · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Magpie +30
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RavenCorvus corax
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Muntjac · Red-necked Wallaby · Grey Squirrel
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
- Red-necked WallabyNotamacropus rufogriseus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Common Darter · Emperor Dragonfly
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
🌿Plants29 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Bird's-claw Beard-moss · Lady's Bedstraw · Great Plait-moss · Pointed Spear-moss · Curly Crisp-moss +24
- Bird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculata
- Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
- Great Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. lacunosum
- Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
- Curly Crisp-mossTrichostomum crispulum
- Whitish Feather-mossBrachythecium albicans
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,885 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWren · Robin · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Magpie +30
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RavenCorvus corax
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Muntjac · Red-necked Wallaby · Grey Squirrel
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
- Red-necked WallabyNotamacropus rufogriseus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Common Darter · Emperor Dragonfly
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
🌿Plants29 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Bird's-claw Beard-moss · Lady's Bedstraw · Great Plait-moss · Pointed Spear-moss · Curly Crisp-moss +24
- Bird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculata
- Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
- Great Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. lacunosum
- Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
- Curly Crisp-mossTrichostomum crispulum
- Whitish Feather-mossBrachythecium albicans
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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