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Stars Wood

4 ha

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53.15511, -1.47188

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Chaffinch
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 283m away — 2 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Chaffinch
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 283m away — 2 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Chaffinch, Goldfinch +79 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Chaffinch, Goldfinch +79 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Birds — Woodpigeon, Chaffinch, Goldfinch +79 more · last seen 2026

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

2 signed routes nearby · 39 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Chesterfield Round WalkWalking route

Named routeRound tripLocal walking route

South Chesterfield WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Gin Lanepublic footpath · 477 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 477 mSurface gravelPath type: track

Abraham's Lanepublic footpath · 56 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 56 mPath type: service

Abraham's Lanepublic footpath · 404 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 404 mPath type: footway

🐴

Horse riding

13 public paths nearby

Public paths

Sheepwash Lanebridleway · 146 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 146 mPath type: bridleway

Jetting Streetbridleway · 10 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 10 mSurface pavedPath type: service

Jetting Streetbridleway · 14 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 14 mSurface pavedPath type: service

Sheepwash Lanebridleway · 99 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 99 mPath type: bridleway

Jetting Streetbridleway · 11 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 11 mSurface pavedPath type: service

Wildlife to spot

91,780 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

91,780 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds85 species

autumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Chaffinch · Pied Wagtail · Siskin · Goldfinch +80

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Great TitParus major2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Red-crested PochardNetta rufina2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2025
Little OwlAthene noctua2025
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

91,780 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds85 species

autumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Chaffinch · Pied Wagtail · Siskin · Goldfinch +80

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Great TitParus major2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Red-crested PochardNetta rufina2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2025
Little OwlAthene noctua2025
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Bill Boaden · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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