Ruddington Lane Recreation Ground
3 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
52.92035, -1.15870
Open directionsv
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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking🛝Playground
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Carrion Crow +61 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Carrion Crow +61 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Nettle, Bramble, Yorkshire-fog +168 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Common Nettle, Bramble, Yorkshire-fog +168 more · last seen 2025
Free
Plants — Common Nettle, Bramble, Hawthorn +18 more foraging species
Varies
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km22 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
The Big TrackWalking route▾
Named routeRef The Big TrackLocal walking route
Arboretum Route 1Walking route▾
Arboretum Route 2Walking route▾
Park StepsWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Kingfisher RouteWalking route▾
104 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 15Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 15National Cycle Network
NTU City Campus to New Basford Avoiding Tram LinesCycling route▾
Named routeRef NTU - New BasfordLocal cycle route
Broxtowe Country TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Lenton Lane Cycle GatewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Family Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Midland Road Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Mountain Bike RouteMountain bike route▾
8 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Looking north from Ruddington Lane tram stop
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Wildlife to spot
65,167 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
65,167 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Black-headed Gull · House Sparrow · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Starling +39
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Mole
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Dark-edged Bee-fly
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Japanese Knotweed · Appleyard's Feather-moss · Petty Pocket-moss · Fontinalis antipyretica subsp. antipyretica · Swartz's Feather-moss +12
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- Appleyard's Feather-mossScleropodium cespitans
- Petty Pocket-mossFissidens pusillus
- Fontinalis antipyretica subsp. antipyreticaFontinalis antipyretica subsp. antipyretica
- Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians
- Nicholson's Beard-mossDidymodon nicholsonii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
65,167 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Black-headed Gull · House Sparrow · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Starling +39
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Mole
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Dark-edged Bee-fly
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Japanese Knotweed · Appleyard's Feather-moss · Petty Pocket-moss · Fontinalis antipyretica subsp. antipyretica · Swartz's Feather-moss +12
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- Appleyard's Feather-mossScleropodium cespitans
- Petty Pocket-mossFissidens pusillus
- Fontinalis antipyretica subsp. antipyreticaFontinalis antipyretica subsp. antipyretica
- Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians
- Nicholson's Beard-mossDidymodon nicholsonii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas