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Midlands German Shepherd Rescue Centre

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📷 Jonathan Billinger · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦85+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Greylag Goose
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🐾Animal sanctuary on site — a good way to combine wildlife and an animal visit in the same trip

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦85+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Greylag Goose
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🐾Animal sanctuary on site — a good way to combine wildlife and an animal visit in the same trip

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Farm visit

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Jackdaw, Greylag Goose, Mallard +82 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Jackdaw, Greylag Goose, Mallard +82 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Farm visits

Good match

Animal sanctuary or shelter

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — 16-spot Ladybird, Common Cockchafer · last seen 2025; Insects — 16-spot Ladybird, Common Cockchafer · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

25 signed routes nearby · 1 public path 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

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 Routeways Walk 20Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

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Cycling

54 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 54Cycling route

Named routeRef 54National Cycle Network

Derby Orbital Route 66Cycling route

Named routeRef 66Regional 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

Route 6Cycling route

Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

15,222 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

15,222 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds59 species

autumnwinter

2026

Jackdaw · Greylag Goose · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Song Thrush +54

JackdawColoeus monedula
Greylag GooseAnser anser
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Great TitParus major2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
CootFulica atra
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
MagpiePica pica2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Little OwlAthene noctua2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Fallow Deer

Fallow DeerDama dama

🐝

Insects1 species

winter

2025

16-spot Ladybird

16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

15,222 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds59 species

autumnwinter

2026

Jackdaw · Greylag Goose · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Song Thrush +54

JackdawColoeus monedula
Greylag GooseAnser anser
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Great TitParus major2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
CootFulica atra
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
MagpiePica pica2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Little OwlAthene noctua2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Fallow Deer

Fallow DeerDama dama

🐝

Insects1 species

winter

2025

16-spot Ladybird

16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Jonathan Billinger · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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