Cockcliff Wood - Mixed woodland
3 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦋Insects🦉Wildlife
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
53.04780, -1.14215
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
Lowland heathland — Dartford warblers, nightjars and stonechats
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies
Free
Lowland heathland priority habitat
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Broxtowe Country TrailWalking route▾
Robin Hood WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Hucknall Road WalkwayWalking route▾
38 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Broxtowe Country TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Route N9Cycling route▾
Named routeRef N9Regional cycle route
Farleys Lane bridlewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
River Leen ValleyCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route △Cycling route▾
Named routeRef △Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
11,154 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
11,154 records · National Biodiversity NetworkChaffinch · Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Mallard +37
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
7-spot Ladybird · Orchid Beetle · Orange Ladybird · Brown Hawker · Athous haemorrhoidalis +4
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Orchid BeetleDascillus cervinus2025
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
- Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis2025
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
Devil's-bit Scabious · Hard-fern · Flattened Meadow-grass · Slender Rush · Fragrant Agrimony +8
- Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
- Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
- Flattened Meadow-grassPoa compressa
- Slender RushJuncus tenuis
- Fragrant AgrimonyAgrimonia procera
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
- Cape-gooseberryPhysalis peruviana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,154 records · National Biodiversity NetworkChaffinch · Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Mallard +37
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
7-spot Ladybird · Orchid Beetle · Orange Ladybird · Brown Hawker · Athous haemorrhoidalis +4
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Orchid BeetleDascillus cervinus2025
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
- Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis2025
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
Devil's-bit Scabious · Hard-fern · Flattened Meadow-grass · Slender Rush · Fragrant Agrimony +8
- Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
- Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
- Flattened Meadow-grassPoa compressa
- Slender RushJuncus tenuis
- Fragrant AgrimonyAgrimonia procera
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
- Cape-gooseberryPhysalis peruviana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
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