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Sinfin Golf Course

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📷 Nikki Mahadevan · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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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
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground 259m away — 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 259m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

10 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Black-headed Gull, Magpie, Swift +61 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Black-headed Gull, Magpie, Swift +61 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Blackthorn, Hawthorn, Hogweed +12 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Small White, Peacock, Large White +50 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small White, Peacock, Large White +50 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Cow Parsley, Red Clover, Wood Bristle-moss +151 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Cow Parsley, Red Clover, Wood Bristle-moss +151 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Derby Nomad WayWalking route79 km

Named routeLength 79 kmRegional walking route

Derwent Valley Heritage WayWalking route89 km

Named routeLength 89 kmRegional walking route

Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km

Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route

Bonnie Prince Charlie WalkWalking route28 km

Named routeLength 28 kmLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

86 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 54Cycling route

Named routeRef 54National Cycle Network

Derby Orbital Route 66Cycling route

Named routeRef 66Regional cycle route

Great Northern GreenwayCycling route

Named routeRef Great Northern GreenwayPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route

Pennine CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network

Route 6Cycling route

Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network

Cloud Trail GreenwayCycling route

Named routeRef Cloud Trail GreenwayLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

5,085 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,085 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds21 species

autumn

2025

Magpie · Mallard · Rock Dove · Great Tit · Moorhen +16

MagpiePica pica
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Rock DoveColumba livia
Great TitParus major
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
CootFulica atra
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
GadwallMareca strepera
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
JayGarrulus glandarius
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
TealAnas crecca
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2024

🐝

Insects13 species

summer

2025

Rhamphus oxyacanthae · Typhlocyba quercus · Wild Rose Fusehorn · Hornet Hoverfly · Marmalade Hoverfly +8

Rhamphus oxyacanthaeRhamphus oxyacanthae
Typhlocyba quercusTyphlocyba quercus
Wild Rose FusehornArge ochropus
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Iassus lanioIassus lanio
Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva

🌿

Plants137 species

spring

2025

Meadow Buttercup · Cock's-foot · Common Nettle · False Fox-sedge · Meadowsweet +132

Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Common NettleUrtica dioica
False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Curled DockRumex crispus
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Goat WillowSalix caprea
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Tufted VetchVicia cracca
Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Silver BirchBetula pendula
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Common ReedPhragmites australis
Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
Common Club-rushSchoenoplectus lacustris
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Wild CherryPrunus avium
BeechFagus sylvatica
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
HollyIlex aquifolium
DandelionTaraxacum
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
White BryonyBryonia dioica
Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum
Greater Pond-sedgeCarex riparia
AppleMalus domestica
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum
Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
AshFraxinus excelsior
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica
Spotted Dead-nettleLamium maculatum
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
HawkweedHieracium
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
Field MapleAcer campestre
Black BryonyTamus communis
CowslipPrimula veris
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Smooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensis
DogwoodCornus sanguinea
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
Hedge BedstrawGalium album
DaisyBellis perennis
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Crack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilis
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
ElderSambucus nigra
Hairy SedgeCarex hirta
Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana
ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris
Three-cornered GarlicAllium triquetrum
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Oregon-grapeMahonia aquifolium
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Lesser Pond-sedgeCarex acutiformis
Norway MapleAcer platanoides
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
RowanSorbus aucuparia
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Procumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculata
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
Amphibious BistortPersicaria amphibia
LungwortPulmonaria officinalis
CleaversGalium aparine
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis
Crab AppleMalus sylvestris
HazelCorylus avellana
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024
Rosa caninaRosa canina2024
PoplarPopulus2024
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2024
GypsywortLycopus europaeus2024
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2024
Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum2024
Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta2024
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2024
Lesser Water-parsnipBerula erecta2024
OsierSalix viminalis2024
Common SedgeCarex nigra2024
TimothyPhleum pratense2024
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2024
Water MintMentha aquatica2024
Tufted Forget-me-notMyosotis laxa2024
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2024
Wild CarrotDaucus carota2024
BrookweedSamolus valerandi2024
Salix euxinaSalix euxina2024
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2024
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2024
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,085 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds21 species

autumn

2025

Magpie · Mallard · Rock Dove · Great Tit · Moorhen +16

MagpiePica pica
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Rock DoveColumba livia
Great TitParus major
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
CootFulica atra
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
GadwallMareca strepera
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
JayGarrulus glandarius
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
TealAnas crecca
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2024

🐝

Insects13 species

summer

2025

Rhamphus oxyacanthae · Typhlocyba quercus · Wild Rose Fusehorn · Hornet Hoverfly · Marmalade Hoverfly +8

Rhamphus oxyacanthaeRhamphus oxyacanthae
Typhlocyba quercusTyphlocyba quercus
Wild Rose FusehornArge ochropus
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Iassus lanioIassus lanio
Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva

🌿

Plants137 species

spring

2025

Meadow Buttercup · Cock's-foot · Common Nettle · False Fox-sedge · Meadowsweet +132

Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Common NettleUrtica dioica
False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Curled DockRumex crispus
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Goat WillowSalix caprea
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Tufted VetchVicia cracca
Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Silver BirchBetula pendula
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Common ReedPhragmites australis
Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
Common Club-rushSchoenoplectus lacustris
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Wild CherryPrunus avium
BeechFagus sylvatica
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
HollyIlex aquifolium
DandelionTaraxacum
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
White BryonyBryonia dioica
Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum
Greater Pond-sedgeCarex riparia
AppleMalus domestica
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum
Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
AshFraxinus excelsior
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica
Spotted Dead-nettleLamium maculatum
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
HawkweedHieracium
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
Field MapleAcer campestre
Black BryonyTamus communis
CowslipPrimula veris
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Smooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensis
DogwoodCornus sanguinea
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
Hedge BedstrawGalium album
DaisyBellis perennis
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Crack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilis
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
ElderSambucus nigra
Hairy SedgeCarex hirta
Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana
ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris
Three-cornered GarlicAllium triquetrum
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Oregon-grapeMahonia aquifolium
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Lesser Pond-sedgeCarex acutiformis
Norway MapleAcer platanoides
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
RowanSorbus aucuparia
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Procumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculata
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
Amphibious BistortPersicaria amphibia
LungwortPulmonaria officinalis
CleaversGalium aparine
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis
Crab AppleMalus sylvestris
HazelCorylus avellana
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024
Rosa caninaRosa canina2024
PoplarPopulus2024
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2024
GypsywortLycopus europaeus2024
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2024
Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum2024
Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta2024
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2024
Lesser Water-parsnipBerula erecta2024
OsierSalix viminalis2024
Common SedgeCarex nigra2024
TimothyPhleum pratense2024
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2024
Water MintMentha aquatica2024
Tufted Forget-me-notMyosotis laxa2024
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2024
Wild CarrotDaucus carota2024
BrookweedSamolus valerandi2024
Salix euxinaSalix euxina2024
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2024
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2024
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Nikki Mahadevan · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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