Bunkers Hill Wood - Conifer woodland
33 ha
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome33 ha
Getting here
53.21891, -1.57926
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
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Upland heathland — red grouse, merlin and short-eared owl
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Chesterfield Round WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Derwent Valley Heritage WayWalking route89 km▾
Named routeLength 89 kmRegional walking route
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 11Walking route17 km▾
Named routeLength 17 kmRegional walking route
Linacre and Cordwell Valleys Circular WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 12Walking route10.4 km▾
Named routeLength 10.4 kmRegional walking route
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
White Peak LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef 680National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.8 km▾
Named routeRef 680Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface flexsurface
Main RouteCycling route51 m▾
Named routeRef 680Length 51 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 680Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface flexsurface
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
Beeley Bar Lanebyway open to all traffic · 349 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 349 mSurface gravelPath type: track
Beeley Bar Lanebyway open to all traffic · 394 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 394 mSurface gravelPath type: track
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Wildlife to spot
10,525 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,525 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Mallard · Carrion Crow · Robin · Coot · Coal Tit +44
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- CootFulica atra
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Badger
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Holly · Lesser Stitchwort · Lawson Cypress · Dryopteris affinis · Hogweed +100
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea
- Lawson CypressCupressus lawsoniana
- Dryopteris affinisDryopteris affinis
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,525 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Mallard · Carrion Crow · Robin · Coot · Coal Tit +44
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- CootFulica atra
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Badger
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Holly · Lesser Stitchwort · Lawson Cypress · Dryopteris affinis · Hogweed +100
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea
- Lawson CypressCupressus lawsoniana
- Dryopteris affinisDryopteris affinis
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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