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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome13 ha
Getting here
53.07178, -1.36595
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Crested Grebe and Coot
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 167m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Crested Grebe and Coot
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 167m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Great Crested Grebe, Coot, Moorhen +66 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Great Crested Grebe, Coot, Moorhen +66 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Syrphus, Sphaerophoria, Eristalis tenax +16 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Small Teasel, Strawberry-tree, Purple Viper's-bugloss +60 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Another 6 of the best Circular WalkWalking route▾
Amber Valley Routeway Walk 18Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Broxtowe Country TrailWalking route▾
Amber Valley Routeways 13Walking route▾
Cromford Canal FootpathWalking route▾
Lower Somercotespublic footpath · 62 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 62 mSurface gravelPath type: service
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Broxtowe Country TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Blackwell TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Ripley GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Ripley GreenwayLocal cycle route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
21,969 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
21,969 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreat Crested Grebe · Mallard · Robin · Coot · Great Tit +8
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CootFulica atra
- Great TitParus major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MagpiePica pica
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- NuthatchSitta europaea
Shining Crane's-bill · Butterfly-bush · Groundsel · Hedge Woundwort · Silver Birch +137
- Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
- Silver BirchBetula pendula
- Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
- Goat WillowSalix caprea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
21,969 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreat Crested Grebe · Mallard · Robin · Coot · Great Tit +8
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CootFulica atra
- Great TitParus major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MagpiePica pica
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- NuthatchSitta europaea
Shining Crane's-bill · Butterfly-bush · Groundsel · Hedge Woundwort · Silver Birch +137
- Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
- Silver BirchBetula pendula
- Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
- Goat WillowSalix caprea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
