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Ogston Reservoir

160 ha

📷 Peter Barr · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome160 ha

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53.13837, -1.44091

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Fishermans' Car Park 51m away — 14 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Fishermans' Car Park 51m away — 14 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

Best for

7 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Blackbird +73 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Blackbird +73 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

Waterside walks

Good match

Reservoir — waterside public access; parking

Varies

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Semi-improved grassland — butterflies and wildflowers; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

8 signed routes nearby · 24 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Chesterfield Round WalkWalking route

Named routeRound tripLocal walking route

Derwent Valley Heritage WayWalking route89 km

Named routeLength 89 kmRegional walking route

South Chesterfield WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Cromford Canal FootpathWalking route

Named route

Amber Valley Routeway Walk 19Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Blackwell TrailCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 67Cycling route

Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route2.7 km

Named routeRef 67Length 2.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

🐴

Horse riding

9 public paths nearby

Public paths

Crow Lanebridleway · 1.1 km

Public pathbridlewayLength 1.1 kmPath type: service

Crow Lanebridleway · 108 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 108 mPath type: service

Ogston Lanebridleway · 309 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 309 mPath type: service

Wildlife to spot

121,483 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

121,483 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds56 species

winter

2026

Woodpigeon · Goldfinch · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Dunnock +51

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
DunnockPrunella modularis
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
CootFulica atra2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
TealAnas crecca2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Great TitParus major2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2026

7-spot Ladybird

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

121,483 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds56 species

winter

2026

Woodpigeon · Goldfinch · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Dunnock +51

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
DunnockPrunella modularis
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
CootFulica atra2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
TealAnas crecca2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Great TitParus major2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2026

7-spot Ladybird

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Peter Barr · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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