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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
52.88068, -1.07940
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 204m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 204m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Goldfinch +53 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Goldfinch +53 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Darter, Southern Hawker, Large Red Damselfly +98 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 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
Bunny Old Wood Nature TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Grantham Canal Bi-Centenial Canalside WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Notts Wolds WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Rushcliffe Country Park 10km CourseWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Fosse 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 48National Cycle Network
West Bridgford to Cotgrave (via A52)Cycling route▾
Named routeUk Nottinghamshire
Route 1Cycling route▾
New cycle lanes built and open for use after road wideneing, currently unsigned
Named routeRef R1Local cycle route
Lady Bay <> South Nottm CollegeCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Grantham CanalCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
West Bridgford to Cotgrave (via Canal Path)Cycling route▾
Named routeUk Nottinghamshire
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
33,282 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
33,282 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreat Tit · Chaffinch · Wren · Dunnock · Robin +31
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummer
2025▾
Hedgehog · Muntjac · Roe Deer · Brown Hare
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2026▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects45 species
springsummer
2026▾
Large Red Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Southern Hawker · Common Darter · Broad-bodied Chaser +40
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025
🌿Plants19 species
springsummer
2025▾
Blackthorn · Elder · Trifolium incarnatum · Rye Brome · Egyptian Clover +14
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Trifolium incarnatumTrifolium incarnatum
- Rye BromeBromus secalinus
- Egyptian CloverTrifolium alexandrinum
- Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
33,282 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreat Tit · Chaffinch · Wren · Dunnock · Robin +31
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummer
2025▾
Hedgehog · Muntjac · Roe Deer · Brown Hare
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2026▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects45 species
springsummer
2026▾
Large Red Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Southern Hawker · Common Darter · Broad-bodied Chaser +40
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025
🌿Plants19 species
springsummer
2025▾
Blackthorn · Elder · Trifolium incarnatum · Rye Brome · Egyptian Clover +14
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Trifolium incarnatumTrifolium incarnatum
- Rye BromeBromus secalinus
- Egyptian CloverTrifolium alexandrinum
- Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
7-spot Ladybird
7-spot Ladybird
Coccinella septempunctata
Coccinella septempunctata
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxField GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025Oedemera virescensOedemera virescens2025Oedemera virescensOedemera virescens2025Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaEudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanellaDeath's-head Hawk-mothAcherontia atropos2025Death's-head Hawk-mothAcherontia atropos2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Phytocoris (Ktenocoris) varipesPhytocoris (Ktenocoris) varipes2025Phytocoris (Ktenocoris) varipesPhytocoris (Ktenocoris) varipes2025Athripsodes cinereusAthripsodes cinereus2025Athripsodes cinereusAthripsodes cinereus2025Miridius quadrivirgatusMiridius quadrivirgatus2025Miridius quadrivirgatusMiridius quadrivirgatus2025EupeodesEupeodes2025EupeodesEupeodes2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2025Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2025Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2025Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria202516-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata202516-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025CheilosiaCheilosia2025CheilosiaCheilosia2025Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025Riponnensia splendensRiponnensia splendens2025Riponnensia splendensRiponnensia splendens2025Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2025Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2025Oecetis ochraceaOecetis ochracea2025Oecetis ochraceaOecetis ochracea2025PolycentropusPolycentropus2025PolycentropusPolycentropus2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Viburnum ScaleLichtensia viburni2025Viburnum ScaleLichtensia viburni2025Poecilus cupreusPoecilus cupreus2025Poecilus cupreusPoecilus cupreus202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025Hedge Mustard
Hedge Mustard
Sisymbrium officinale
Sisymbrium officinale
DittanderLepidium latifoliumDittanderLepidium latifoliumGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumSelfhealPrunella vulgarisSelfhealPrunella vulgarisHornbeamCarpinus betulusHornbeamCarpinus betulusMeadow SaxifrageSaxifraga granulataMeadow SaxifrageSaxifraga granulataWild PlumPrunus domesticaWild PlumPrunus domesticaSoft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferumSoft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferumEarly Dog-violetViola reichenbachianaEarly Dog-violetViola reichenbachianaMale-fernDryopteris filix-masMale-fernDryopteris filix-masSweet VioletViola odorataSweet VioletViola odorataThale CressArabidopsis thalianaThale CressArabidopsis thalianaCherry PlumPrunus cerasiferaCherry PlumPrunus cerasiferaEvents & activities nearby
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