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Naylor's Plantation

1 ha

📷 Ian Calderwood · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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52.92422, -1.35557

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
🌿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

🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
🌿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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Walking trails

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Magpie +61 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Magpie +61 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — St Marks Fly, 7-spot Ladybird, Empis +2 more · last seen 2024; Insects — St Marks Fly, 7-spot Ladybird, Empis +2 more · last seen 2024

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Stinking Hellebore, Scorpion Weed +4 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Stinking Hellebore, Scorpion Weed +4 more · last seen 2026

Free

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

24 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths 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

Erewash Circular Route 4Walking route

Named route

🚴

Cycling

62 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

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

Route 6Cycling route

Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network

Route 67Cycling route

Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network

Erewash Valley TrailCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

🐴

Horse riding

6 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

3,675 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,675 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants133 species

winter

2026

Creeping Buttercup · Garlic Mustard · Bramble · Wood Avens · Yarrow +128

Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025
BrambleRubus fruticosus2025
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2025
Rosa caninaRosa canina2025
ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris2025
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
Bilbao FleabaneErigeron floribundus2025
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2025
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2025
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2025
HazelCorylus avellana2025
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025
Common IvyHedera helix subsp. helix2025
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2025
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2025
NipplewortLapsana communis2025
DandelionTaraxacum2025
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2025
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2025
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025
Red CampionSilene dioica2025
Silver BirchBetula pendula2025
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2025
Himalayan CotoneasterCotoneaster simonsii2025
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025
HollyIlex aquifolium2025
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2025
ElderSambucus nigra2025
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025
Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium2025
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025
Mind-your-own-businessSoleirolia soleirolii2025
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025
Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
AshFraxinus excelsior2025
CleaversGalium aparine2025
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
Wall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis2025
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025
DaisyBellis perennis2025
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2025
Common ChickweedStellaria media2025
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2025
Stinking HelleboreHelleborus foetidus
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025
BulrushTypha latifolia2025
Greater PeriwinkleVinca major2025
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2025
Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum2025
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025
LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea2025
Crack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilis2025
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2025
Peach-leaved BellflowerCampanula persicifolia2025
SnapdragonAntirrhinum majus2025
Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia2025
YewTaxus baccata2025
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025
Oregon-grapeMahonia aquifolium2025
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025
Goat WillowSalix caprea2025
Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2025
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2025
Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2025
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025
Procumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculata2025
Common MallowMalva sylvestris2025
Love-in-a-mistNigella damascena2025
Sweet CicelyMyrrhis odorata2025
Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2025
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2025
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025
Lesser BurdockArctium minus2025
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025
Black BryonyTamus communis2025
HonestyLunaria annua2025
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia2025
Field MapleAcer campestre2025
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2025
Hedge BedstrawGalium album2025
Wall LettuceMycelis muralis2025
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2025
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus2025
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna2025
Wood DockRumex sanguineus2025
White Dead-nettleLamium album2025
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025
Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis2025
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025
Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum2025
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2025
Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea2025
Hairy SedgeCarex hirta2025
Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2025
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2025
Wild CherryPrunus avium2025
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025
BeechFagus sylvatica2025
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2025
Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium2025
Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica2025
Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens2025
SilverweedPotentilla anserina2025
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2025
Fairy FoxgloveErinus alpinus2025
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2025
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2025
BuckthornRhamnus cathartica2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,675 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants133 species

winter

2026

Creeping Buttercup · Garlic Mustard · Bramble · Wood Avens · Yarrow +128

Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025
BrambleRubus fruticosus2025
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2025
Rosa caninaRosa canina2025
ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris2025
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
Bilbao FleabaneErigeron floribundus2025
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2025
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2025
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2025
HazelCorylus avellana2025
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025
Common IvyHedera helix subsp. helix2025
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2025
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2025
NipplewortLapsana communis2025
DandelionTaraxacum2025
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2025
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2025
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025
Red CampionSilene dioica2025
Silver BirchBetula pendula2025
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2025
Himalayan CotoneasterCotoneaster simonsii2025
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025
HollyIlex aquifolium2025
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2025
ElderSambucus nigra2025
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025
Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium2025
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025
Mind-your-own-businessSoleirolia soleirolii2025
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025
Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
AshFraxinus excelsior2025
CleaversGalium aparine2025
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
Wall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis2025
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025
DaisyBellis perennis2025
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2025
Common ChickweedStellaria media2025
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2025
Stinking HelleboreHelleborus foetidus
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025
BulrushTypha latifolia2025
Greater PeriwinkleVinca major2025
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2025
Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum2025
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025
LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea2025
Crack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilis2025
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2025
Peach-leaved BellflowerCampanula persicifolia2025
SnapdragonAntirrhinum majus2025
Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia2025
YewTaxus baccata2025
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025
Oregon-grapeMahonia aquifolium2025
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025
Goat WillowSalix caprea2025
Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2025
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2025
Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2025
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025
Procumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculata2025
Common MallowMalva sylvestris2025
Love-in-a-mistNigella damascena2025
Sweet CicelyMyrrhis odorata2025
Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2025
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2025
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025
Lesser BurdockArctium minus2025
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025
Black BryonyTamus communis2025
HonestyLunaria annua2025
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia2025
Field MapleAcer campestre2025
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2025
Hedge BedstrawGalium album2025
Wall LettuceMycelis muralis2025
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2025
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus2025
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna2025
Wood DockRumex sanguineus2025
White Dead-nettleLamium album2025
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025
Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis2025
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025
Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum2025
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2025
Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea2025
Hairy SedgeCarex hirta2025
Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2025
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2025
Wild CherryPrunus avium2025
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025
BeechFagus sylvatica2025
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2025
Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium2025
Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica2025
Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens2025
SilverweedPotentilla anserina2025
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2025
Fairy FoxgloveErinus alpinus2025
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2025
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2025
BuckthornRhamnus cathartica2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Ian Calderwood · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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