Kighill Wood - Conifer woodland
2 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.07818, -1.17134
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 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Broxtowe Country TrailWalking route▾
Robin Hood WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
33 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Broxtowe Country TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
N/ACycling route339 m▾
Named routeLength 339 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route136 m▾
Named routeLength 136 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route428 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 428 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface bareearth
Main RouteCycling route149 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 149 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
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- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- RavenCorvus corax
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- CootFulica atra2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
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- Red-necked WallabyNotamacropus rufogriseus
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- Common ToadBufo bufo
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- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2024
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- WoodlarkLullula arborea
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- Barn OwlTyto alba
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2024
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- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- CootFulica atra2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
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Common Frog · Common Toad · Great Crested Newt
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- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2024
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- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva
- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2024
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
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- Adria BellflowerCampanula portenschlagiana2024
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