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Springwater Golf Club

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Getting here

53.03237, -1.06689

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 408m away — 4 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 408m away — 4 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Dunnock +69 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Dunnock +69 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Speckled Wood, Gatekeeper, Green-veined White +50 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Speckled Wood, Gatekeeper, Green-veined White +50 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Good match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Robin Hood WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

7 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Gedling <> ArnoldCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Mapperley <> Burton JoyceCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Arnolt Hill Park <> Mapperley & CarltonCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Arnold <> Gedling Country ParkCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Arnold <> Mapperley & CarltonCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Arnold <> Arnot Hill ParkCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

🐴

Horse riding

7 public paths nearby

Public paths

Roe Hillbridleway · 7 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 7 mSurface gravelPath type: bridleway

Roe Hillbridleway · 85 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 85 mSurface gravelPath type: bridleway

Roe Hillbridleway · 337 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 337 mSurface gravelPath type: bridleway

Roe Hillbridleway · 79 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 79 mSurface gravelPath type: bridleway

Wildlife to spot

18,757 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

18,757 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds69 species

winterspringsummer

2026

Blackbird · Robin · Dunnock · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon +64

BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Great TitParus major2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
BuzzardButeo buteo
MagpiePica pica
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2023
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
CootFulica atra2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
Little OwlAthene noctua2022
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022

🦌

Mammals10 species

springsummer

2025

Red-necked Wallaby · Rabbit · Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog +5

Red-necked WallabyNotamacropus rufogriseus2024
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2023
Feral CatFelis catus
NoctuleNyctalus noctula2022
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2022
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2022

🐝

Insects51 species

springsummer

2025

Speckled Wood · Green-veined White · Gatekeeper · Large White · Meadow Brown +46

Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024
Small WhitePieris rapae2024
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2024
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2024
Agriotes lineatusAgriotes lineatus
Omonadus floralisOmonadus floralis
PeacockAglais io2024
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
Grey-patched Mining BeeAndrena nitida2024
Light Brown Apple MothEpiphyas postvittana2024
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2024
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2024
Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus2024
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2024
Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2024
Ivy Boring BeetleOchina ptinoides2024
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans2024
Tachina feraTachina fera2024
Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2024
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2024
Common Oak PurpleDyseriocrania subpurpurella2024
Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides2024
Harpocera thoracicaHarpocera thoracica2024
Clay-coloured WeevilOtiorhynchus singularis2024
Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2024
Flavous Nomad BeeNomada flava2024
Cocksfoot MothGlyphipterix simpliciella2024
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024
Celery Leaf BeetlePhaedon tumidulus2024
Spindle ErmineYponomeuta cagnagella2024
Vestal Cuckoo BeeBombus vestalis2024
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2024
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024
Orange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoa2024
Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis2024
Yellow-legged Mining BeeAndrena flavipes2024
Bean Seed BeetleBruchus rufimanus2024
Downlooker SnipeflyRhagio scolopaceus2024
Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata2024
Grammoptera ruficornisGrammoptera ruficornis2024
Agriotes acuminatusAgriotes acuminatus2024
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024

🌿

Plants156 species

spring

2025

Lesser Celandine · Green Alkanet · Bracken · Ramsons · Dog's Mercury +151

Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2023
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2023
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2023
RamsonsAllium ursinum
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2024
Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola2023
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2023
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia2023
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2022
BuglossLycopsis arvensis2024
Field PansyViola arvensis2024
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2024
Field-roseRosa arvensis2024
HollyIlex aquifolium2024
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2024
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2023
Beaked Hawk's-beardCrepis vesicaria2023
PignutConopodium majus2023
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2023
White CampionSilene latifolia2023
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2023
Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2023
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2023
Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica2022
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2022
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2024
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2024
Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum2024
Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides2024
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2024
Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica2024
Sweet VioletViola odorata2024
Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2024
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024
Hop TrefoilTrifolium campestre2023
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2023
Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium2023
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2023
Wall BarleyHordeum murinum2023
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2023
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2023
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2023
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2023
Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia2022
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2022
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2022
Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2022
HonestyLunaria annua2022
IvyHedera helix2022
CleaversGalium aparine2022
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2022
Common NettleUrtica dioica2022
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2022
Field MapleAcer campestre2022
Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana2022
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2022
BrambleRubus fruticosus2022
Procumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculata2022
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2022
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2022
Wild CherryPrunus avium2022
DandelionTaraxacum2022
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2022
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2022
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2022
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
RadishRaphanus raphanistrum2024
NipplewortLapsana communis2024
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2024
Yellow Bristle-grassSetaria pumila2024
Toad RushJuncus bufonius2024
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2024
Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2024
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2024
Black BryonyTamus communis2024
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2024
Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa2024
Equal-leaved KnotgrassPolygonum arenastrum2024
Water-StarwortCallitriche2024
Wild-oatAvena fatua2024
Swine-cressLepidium coronopus2024
Wood MelickMelica uniflora2024
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024
Water-pepperPersicaria hydropiper2024
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2024
Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2024
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2023
DewberryRubus caesius2023
White BryonyBryonia dioica2023
Corn MarigoldGlebionis segetum2023
Thunberg's BarberryBerberis thunbergii2023
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2023
Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella2023
WeldReseda luteola2023
Cotton ThistleOnopordum acanthium2023
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2023
Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica2023
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2023
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2023
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2023
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2023
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2023
Lesser BurdockArctium minus2023
Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus2023
WormwoodArtemisia absinthium2023
Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum2023
Small-fruited Prickly-sedgeCarex muricata subsp. pairae2023
American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2023
Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis2023
Small NettleUrtica urens2023
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2023
Common FumitoryFumaria officinalis2023
Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis2023
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2023
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2023
Few-flowered GarlicAllium paradoxum2023
Fodder BurnetPoterium sanguisorba subsp. balearicum2023
Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana2023
CowslipPrimula veris2023
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2022
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2022
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2022
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2022
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna2022
Greater PlantainPlantago major2022
Goldilocks ButtercupRanunculus auricomus2022
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2022
Common ChickweedStellaria media2022
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2022
Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum2022
GorseUlex europaeus2022
ElmUlmus2022
HawkweedHieracium2022
Wall LettuceMycelis muralis2022
Least Yellow-sorrelOxalis exilis2022
Dog-roseRosa canina2022
HazelCorylus avellana2022
Biting StonecropSedum acre2022
Yellow-Juiced PoppyPapaver lecoqii2022
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2022
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2022
Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum2022
White Dead-nettleLamium album2022
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2022
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2022
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2022
SpringbeautyClaytonia perfoliata2022
daffodilsNarcissus2022
Wych ElmUlmus glabra2022
Wood DockRumex sanguineus2022
Red CampionSilene dioica2022
Small-leaved LimeTilia cordata2022
AshFraxinus excelsior2022
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2022
Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

18,757 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds69 species

winterspringsummer

2026

Blackbird · Robin · Dunnock · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon +64

BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Great TitParus major2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
BuzzardButeo buteo
MagpiePica pica
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2023
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
CootFulica atra2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
Little OwlAthene noctua2022
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022

🦌

Mammals10 species

springsummer

2025

Red-necked Wallaby · Rabbit · Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog +5

Red-necked WallabyNotamacropus rufogriseus2024
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2023
Feral CatFelis catus
NoctuleNyctalus noctula2022
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2022
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2022

🐝

Insects51 species

springsummer

2025

Speckled Wood · Green-veined White · Gatekeeper · Large White · Meadow Brown +46

Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024
Small WhitePieris rapae2024
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2024
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2024
Agriotes lineatusAgriotes lineatus
Omonadus floralisOmonadus floralis
PeacockAglais io2024
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
Grey-patched Mining BeeAndrena nitida2024
Light Brown Apple MothEpiphyas postvittana2024
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2024
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2024
Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus2024
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2024
Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2024
Ivy Boring BeetleOchina ptinoides2024
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans2024
Tachina feraTachina fera2024
Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2024
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2024
Common Oak PurpleDyseriocrania subpurpurella2024
Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides2024
Harpocera thoracicaHarpocera thoracica2024
Clay-coloured WeevilOtiorhynchus singularis2024
Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2024
Flavous Nomad BeeNomada flava2024
Cocksfoot MothGlyphipterix simpliciella2024
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024
Celery Leaf BeetlePhaedon tumidulus2024
Spindle ErmineYponomeuta cagnagella2024
Vestal Cuckoo BeeBombus vestalis2024
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2024
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024
Orange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoa2024
Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis2024
Yellow-legged Mining BeeAndrena flavipes2024
Bean Seed BeetleBruchus rufimanus2024
Downlooker SnipeflyRhagio scolopaceus2024
Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata2024
Grammoptera ruficornisGrammoptera ruficornis2024
Agriotes acuminatusAgriotes acuminatus2024
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024