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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
⚽Playing fields 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
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

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🐕Dogs welcome

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4 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Skylark, Wren, Blackcap +36 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Skylark, Wren, Blackcap +36 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Small White +42 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Small White +42 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Cycling

30 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 64Cycling route

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Route 15Cycling route

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National Byway (Nottinghamshire)Cycling route

The National Byway in Nottinghamshire

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Fosse2Cycling route

Named routeRef 48National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route666 m

Named routeRef 15Length 666 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route2 km

Named routeRef 15Length 2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

7,440 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

7,440 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds36 species

springsummer

2025

Wren · Blackcap · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Yellowhammer +31

WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
SwiftApus apus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
RookCorvus frugilegus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2023
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
RobinErithacus rubecula2023
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
SwallowHirundo rustica
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
BuzzardButeo buteo2023
Great TitParus major2023

🦌

Mammals4 species

springsummer

2024

Mole · Brown Hare · Water Vole · Rabbit

MoleTalpa europaea
Brown HareLepus europaeus2023
Water VoleArvicola amphibius2023
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023

🐸

Amphibians4 species

spring

2024

Great Crested Newt · Common Toad · Common Frog · Smooth Newt

Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2023
Common ToadBufo bufo2023
Common FrogRana temporaria
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2023

🐝

Insects45 species

summer

2025

Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Small White · Ringlet · Common Blue +40

Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
Small WhitePieris rapae2024
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
PeacockAglais io2024
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024
Brown ArgusAricia agestis2024
Grizzled SkipperPyrgus malvae2024
Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2023
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2024
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2024
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2023
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
Parent BugElasmucha grisea
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024
Green HairstreakCallophrys rubi2024
Tipula vernalisTipula vernalis2023
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2023

🌿

Plants75 species

autumn

2024

Cut-leaved Teasel · Prickly Lettuce · Round-leaved Fluellen · Dwarf Spurge · Common Ragwort +70

Cut-leaved TeaselDipsacus laciniatus2023
Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola
Round-leaved FluellenKickxia spuria2023
Dwarf SpurgeEuphorbia exigua2023
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta
White CloverTrifolium repens
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus
ElderSambucus nigra
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Rosa caninaRosa canina
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus
TimothyPhleum pratense
Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum
Smooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensis
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Greater PlantainPlantago major
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
DandelionTaraxacum
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Meadow BarleyHordeum secalinum
Common BentAgrostis capillaris
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Common CouchElymus repens
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
IvyHedera helix
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis
AshFraxinus excelsior
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla2023
Clustered DockRumex conglomeratus2023
LongleafFalcaria vulgaris2023
Greater BurdockArctium lappa2023
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2023
Wild PlumPrunus domestica2023
Hedge BedstrawGalium album2023
Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum2023
Welted ThistleCarduus crispus2023
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2023
Many-Seeded GoosefootLipandra polysperma2023
Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis2023
Black-bindweedFallopia convolvulus2023
HemlockConium maculatum2023
Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2023
Meadow BromeBromus racemosus subsp. commutatus2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

7,440 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds36 species

springsummer

2025

Wren · Blackcap · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Yellowhammer +31

WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
SwiftApus apus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
RookCorvus frugilegus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2023
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
RobinErithacus rubecula2023
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
SwallowHirundo rustica
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
BuzzardButeo buteo2023
Great TitParus major2023

🦌

Mammals4 species

springsummer

2024

Mole · Brown Hare · Water Vole · Rabbit

MoleTalpa europaea
Brown HareLepus europaeus2023
Water VoleArvicola amphibius2023
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023

🐸

Amphibians4 species

spring

2024

Great Crested Newt · Common Toad · Common Frog · Smooth Newt

Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2023
Common ToadBufo bufo2023
Common FrogRana temporaria
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2023

🐝

Insects45 species

summer

2025

Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Small White · Ringlet · Common Blue +40

Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
Small WhitePieris rapae2024
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
PeacockAglais io2024
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024
Brown ArgusAricia agestis2024
Grizzled SkipperPyrgus malvae2024
Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2023
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2024
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2024
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2023
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
Parent BugElasmucha grisea
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024
Green HairstreakCallophrys rubi2024
Tipula vernalisTipula vernalis2023
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2023

🌿

Plants75 species

autumn

2024

Cut-leaved Teasel · Prickly Lettuce · Round-leaved Fluellen · Dwarf Spurge · Common Ragwort +70

Cut-leaved TeaselDipsacus laciniatus2023
Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola
Round-leaved FluellenKickxia spuria2023
Dwarf SpurgeEuphorbia exigua2023
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta
White CloverTrifolium repens
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus
ElderSambucus nigra
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Rosa caninaRosa canina
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus
TimothyPhleum pratense
Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum
Smooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensis
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Greater PlantainPlantago major
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
DandelionTaraxacum
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Meadow BarleyHordeum secalinum
Common BentAgrostis capillaris
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Common CouchElymus repens
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
IvyHedera helix
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis
AshFraxinus excelsior
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla2023
Clustered DockRumex conglomeratus2023
LongleafFalcaria vulgaris2023
Greater BurdockArctium lappa2023
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2023
Wild PlumPrunus domestica2023
Hedge BedstrawGalium album2023
Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum2023
Welted ThistleCarduus crispus2023
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2023
Many-Seeded GoosefootLipandra polysperma2023
Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis2023
Black-bindweedFallopia convolvulus2023
HemlockConium maculatum2023
Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2023
Meadow BromeBromus racemosus subsp. commutatus2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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