🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
52.87692, -1.46380
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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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 487m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 487m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Black-headed Gull, Swift, Woodpigeon +58 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Black-headed Gull, Swift, Woodpigeon +58 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Cow Parsley, Blackthorn, Red Campion +84 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Cow Parsley, Blackthorn, Red Campion +84 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Plants — Blackthorn, Meadowsweet, Hawthorn +9 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Peacock, Large White +40 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small White, Peacock, Large White +40 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Derby Nomad WayWalking route79 km▾
Named routeLength 79 kmRegional walking route
Derwent Valley Heritage WayWalking route89 km▾
Named routeLength 89 kmRegional walking route
Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km▾
Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Lowes Lanepublic footpath · 283 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 283 mPath type: track
58 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 54Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 54National Cycle Network
Derby Orbital Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66Regional cycle route
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Cloud Trail GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Cloud Trail GreenwayLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route65 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 65 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Moor Plantation through the poppies
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Wildlife to spot
13,257 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,257 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Rock Dove · Great Tit · Moorhen · Coot +15
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Great TitParus major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica
- GadwallMareca strepera
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- TealAnas crecca
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Nipplewort · Sycamore · Black Bryony · Common Couch · Wild Plum +124
- NipplewortLapsana communis
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Black BryonyTamus communis
- Common CouchElymus repens
- Wild PlumPrunus domestica
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,257 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Rock Dove · Great Tit · Moorhen · Coot +15
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Great TitParus major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica
- GadwallMareca strepera
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- TealAnas crecca
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Nipplewort · Sycamore · Black Bryony · Common Couch · Wild Plum +124
- NipplewortLapsana communis
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Black BryonyTamus communis
- Common CouchElymus repens
- Wild PlumPrunus domestica
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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