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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
⚽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

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow +65 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow +65 more · last seen 2025

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Silver Y, L-album Wainscot, Migrant Hawker +97 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Silver Y, L-album Wainscot, Migrant Hawker +97 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Primrose · last seen 2022; Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Primrose · last seen 2022

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

6 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Centenary CircleWalking route34 km

Named routeLength 34 kmRound tripRegional walking route

Pleasure Gardens WalkWalking route

Named route

Repton's WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Hylands Estate Boundary WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Hylands Lower Estate WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

New Road Subwaypublic footpath · 31 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 31 mPath type: footway

🚴

Cycling

11 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 13Cycling route

Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route801 m

Named routeRef 13Length 801 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route137 m

Named routeRef 13Length 137 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route448 m

Named routeRef 13Length 448 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route527 m

Named routeRef 13Length 527 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route312 m

Named routeRef 13Length 312 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

21,299 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

21,299 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds72 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2025

Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Buzzard · Carrion Crow · Magpie +67

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
JackdawColoeus monedula
BuzzardButeo buteo
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MagpiePica pica
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RobinErithacus rubecula
JayGarrulus glandarius
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Great TitParus major
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WhitethroatCurruca communis
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
RookCorvus frugilegus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Red KiteMilvus milvus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
SwiftApus apus2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Rock DoveColumba livia
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2023
Greylag GooseAnser anser
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2021
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2020
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2023
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2023
Water RailRallus aquaticus2023
Black SwanCygnus atratus2021
Common TernSterna hirundo2021
Coal TitPeriparus ater2020
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2020
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2020

🦌

Mammals7 species

winterspringsummer

2025

Hedgehog · Muntjac · American Mink · Polecat · Grey Squirrel +2

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2022
American MinkNeovison vison2021
PolecatMustela putorius2019
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2023
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2021

🦎

Reptiles2 species

summerautumn

2023

Slow-worm · Common Lizard

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
Common LizardZootoca vivipara2019

🐝

Insects100 species

summer

2025

Silver Y · L-album Wainscot · Migrant Hawker · Azure Damselfly · Box Tree Moth +95

Silver YAutographa gamma2019
L-album WainscotMythimna l-album2019
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2020
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2022
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2020
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2022
White-pointMythimna albipuncta2019
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Flounced RusticLuperina testacea2019
Straw UnderwingThalpophila matura2019
Orange SwiftTriodia sylvina2019
Dusky ThornEnnomos fuscantaria2019
Vine's RusticHoplodrina ambigua2019
Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2019
Oak ProcessionaryThaumetopoea processionea2019
Gypsy MothLymantria dispar2019
Tree-lichen BeautyCryphia algae2019
Field Damsel BugNabis (Nabis) ferus
Woundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimus
Orsillus depressusOrsillus depressus
Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
Rhamphus oxyacanthaeRhamphus oxyacanthae2024
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2023
Ivy BeeColletes hederae2022
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2022
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2022
Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria2021
Cream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctata2021
Silver FishLepisma saccharinum2021
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2020
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2020
SatelliteEupsilia transversa2019
November MothEpirrita dilutata2019
Feathered ThornColotois pennaria2019
Red-Line QuakerLeptologia lota2019
Dark ChestnutConistra ligula2019
Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta2019
ChestnutConistra vaccinii2019
Feathered RanunculusPolymixis lichenea2019
Barred SallowTiliacea aurago2019
Merveille du JourGriposia aprilina2019
Blair's Shoulder-knotLithophane leautieri2019
Brindled GreenDryobotodes eremita2019
Black RusticAporophyla nigra2019
SallowCirrhia icteritia2019
Clancy's RusticCaradrina kadenii2019
Deep-brown DartAporophyla lueneburgensis2019
Small Square-spotDiarsia rubi2019
Red-green CarpetChloroclysta siterata2019
Lunar UnderwingAnchoscelis lunosa2019
Dark Sword-grassAgrotis ipsilon2019
Centre-barred SallowAtethmia centrago2019
September ThornEnnomos erosaria2019
Lesser Treble-barAplocera efformata2019
Cypress PugEupithecia phoeniceata2019
Small RanunculusHecatera dysodea2019
Old LadyMormo maura2019
Sallow KittenFurcula furcula2019
Turnip MothAgrotis segetum2019
Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua fimbriata2019
Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2019
Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2019
Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria2019
Pale Mottled WillowCaradrina clavipalpis2019
Heart & DartAgrotis exclamationis2019
Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2019
Yellow-barred BrindleAcasis viretata2019
Blood-veinTimandra comae2019
Pale ProminentPterostoma palpina2019
Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2019
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Waved BlackParascotia fuliginaria2019
Leopard MothZeuzera pyrina2019
Yellow ShellCamptogramma bilineata2019
Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata2019
Buff ErmineSpilosoma lutea2019
Lime-speck PugEupithecia centaureata2019
Least Yellow UnderwingNoctua interjecta2019
Latticed HeathChiasmia clathrata2019
Cabbage MothMamestra brassicae2019
Dark SpectacleAbrostola triplasia2019
Scorched CarpetLigdia adustata2019
Toadflax BrocadeCalophasia lunula2019
Dingy FootmanEilema griseola2019
Twin-spotted WainscotLenisa geminipuncta2019
Barred RivuletPerizoma bifaciata2019
Single-dotted WaveIdaea dimidiata2019
Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa2019
Nut-tree TussockColocasia coryli2019
Marbled BeautyBryophila domestica2019
Brown-tailEuproctis chrysorrhoea2019
Green Silver-linesPseudoips prasinana2019
Common PugEupithecia vulgata2019

🌿

Plants2 species

wintersummerautumn

2022

Himalayan Balsam · Primrose

Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

21,299 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds72 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2025

Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Buzzard · Carrion Crow · Magpie +67

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
JackdawColoeus monedula
BuzzardButeo buteo
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MagpiePica pica
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RobinErithacus rubecula
JayGarrulus glandarius
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Great TitParus major
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WhitethroatCurruca communis
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
RookCorvus frugilegus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Red KiteMilvus milvus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
SwiftApus apus2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Rock DoveColumba livia
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2023
Greylag GooseAnser anser
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2021
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2020
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2023
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2023
Water RailRallus aquaticus2023
Black SwanCygnus atratus2021
Common TernSterna hirundo2021
Coal TitPeriparus ater2020
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2020
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2020

🦌

Mammals7 species

winterspringsummer

2025

Hedgehog · Muntjac · American Mink · Polecat · Grey Squirrel +2

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2022
American MinkNeovison vison2021
PolecatMustela putorius2019
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2023
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2021

🦎

Reptiles2 species

summerautumn

2023

Slow-worm · Common Lizard

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
Common LizardZootoca vivipara2019

🐝

Insects100 species

summer

2025

Silver Y · L-album Wainscot · Migrant Hawker · Azure Damselfly · Box Tree Moth +95

Silver YAutographa gamma2019
L-album WainscotMythimna l-album2019
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2020
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2022
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2020
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2022
White-pointMythimna albipuncta2019
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Flounced RusticLuperina testacea2019
Straw UnderwingThalpophila matura2019
Orange SwiftTriodia sylvina2019
Dusky ThornEnnomos fuscantaria2019
Vine's RusticHoplodrina ambigua2019
Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2019
Oak ProcessionaryThaumetopoea processionea2019
Gypsy MothLymantria dispar2019
Tree-lichen BeautyCryphia algae2019
Field Damsel BugNabis (Nabis) ferus
Woundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimus
Orsillus depressusOrsillus depressus
Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
Rhamphus oxyacanthaeRhamphus oxyacanthae2024
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2023
Ivy BeeColletes hederae2022
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2022
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2022
Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria2021
Cream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctata2021
Silver FishLepisma saccharinum2021
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2020
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2020
SatelliteEupsilia transversa2019
November MothEpirrita dilutata2019
Feathered ThornColotois pennaria2019
Red-Line QuakerLeptologia lota2019
Dark ChestnutConistra ligula2019
Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta2019
ChestnutConistra vaccinii2019
Feathered RanunculusPolymixis lichenea2019
Barred SallowTiliacea aurago2019
Merveille du JourGriposia aprilina2019
Blair's Shoulder-knotLithophane leautieri2019
Brindled GreenDryobotodes eremita2019
Black RusticAporophyla nigra2019
SallowCirrhia icteritia2019
Clancy's RusticCaradrina kadenii2019
Deep-brown DartAporophyla lueneburgensis2019
Small Square-spotDiarsia rubi2019
Red-green CarpetChloroclysta siterata2019
Lunar UnderwingAnchoscelis lunosa2019
Dark Sword-grassAgrotis ipsilon2019
Centre-barred SallowAtethmia centrago2019
September ThornEnnomos erosaria2019
Lesser Treble-barAplocera efformata2019
Cypress PugEupithecia phoeniceata2019
Small RanunculusHecatera dysodea2019
Old LadyMormo maura2019
Sallow KittenFurcula furcula2019
Turnip MothAgrotis segetum2019
Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua fimbriata2019
Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2019
Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2019
Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria2019
Pale Mottled WillowCaradrina clavipalpis2019
Heart & DartAgrotis exclamationis2019
Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2019
Yellow-barred BrindleAcasis viretata2019
Blood-veinTimandra comae2019
Pale ProminentPterostoma palpina2019
Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2019
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Waved BlackParascotia fuliginaria2019
Leopard MothZeuzera pyrina2019
Yellow ShellCamptogramma bilineata2019
Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata2019
Buff ErmineSpilosoma lutea2019
Lime-speck PugEupithecia centaureata2019
Least Yellow UnderwingNoctua interjecta2019
Latticed HeathChiasmia clathrata2019
Cabbage MothMamestra brassicae2019
Dark SpectacleAbrostola triplasia2019
Scorched CarpetLigdia adustata2019
Toadflax BrocadeCalophasia lunula2019
Dingy FootmanEilema griseola2019
Twin-spotted WainscotLenisa geminipuncta2019
Barred RivuletPerizoma bifaciata2019
Single-dotted WaveIdaea dimidiata2019
Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa2019
Nut-tree TussockColocasia coryli2019
Marbled BeautyBryophila domestica2019
Brown-tailEuproctis chrysorrhoea2019
Green Silver-linesPseudoips prasinana2019
Common PugEupithecia vulgata2019

🌿

Plants2 species

wintersummerautumn

2022

Himalayan Balsam · Primrose

Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 N Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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