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🦅Birds🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
52.98328, -1.19427
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pochard and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Leonardo's Lounge — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pochard and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Leonardo's Lounge — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Pochard, Woodpigeon, Peregrine +61 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Birds — Pochard, Woodpigeon, Peregrine +61 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Snowy Waxcap, Snapping Bonnet, Papillate Pinkgill +139 more · last seen 2025
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Green Shieldbug, Alder Leaf Beetle +61 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby · 5 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
Broxtowe Country TrailWalking route▾
100 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
River LeenCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Gedling <> ArnoldCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
5 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Bowls Pavilion, Stockhill Lane
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
18,267 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
18,267 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds22 species
springautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Mute Swan · Hobby +17
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2026▾
Badger · Indet. Deer · Water Vole
- BadgerMeles meles
- Indet. DeerCervidae2025
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Long-winged Cone-head · Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae +10
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus
- Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecaePemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
Rosy Navel · Geopora arenicola · Deer Shield · Redleg Toughshank · False Chanterelle +39
- Rosy NavelContumyces rosellus
- Geopora arenicolaGeopora arenicola
- Deer ShieldPluteus cervinus
- Redleg ToughshankGymnopus erythropus
- False ChanterelleHygrophoropsis aurantiaca
- Beefsteak FungusFistulina hepatica
- Giant Polypore
🌿Plants56 species
springsummer
2025▾
Water Bent · Red Valerian · Red Clover · Black Nightshade · Holly +51
- Water BentPolypogon viridis
- Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense
- Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- TansyTanacetum vulgare
- Rat's-tail Fescue
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
18,267 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds22 species
springautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Mute Swan · Hobby +17
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2026▾
Badger · Indet. Deer · Water Vole
- BadgerMeles meles
- Indet. DeerCervidae2025
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Long-winged Cone-head · Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae +10
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus
- Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecaePemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
Rosy Navel · Geopora arenicola · Deer Shield · Redleg Toughshank · False Chanterelle +39
- Rosy NavelContumyces rosellus
- Geopora arenicolaGeopora arenicola
- Deer ShieldPluteus cervinus
- Redleg ToughshankGymnopus erythropus
- False ChanterelleHygrophoropsis aurantiaca
- Beefsteak FungusFistulina hepatica
- Giant Polypore
🌿Plants56 species
springsummer
2025▾
Water Bent · Red Valerian · Red Clover · Black Nightshade · Holly +51
- Water BentPolypogon viridis
- Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense
- Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- TansyTanacetum vulgare
- Rat's-tail Fescue
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Peripsocus milleri
Peripsocus milleri
Peripsocus milleri
Peripsocus milleri
Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinumOak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinumGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaDock BugCoreus marginatusDock BugCoreus marginatusEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisWelsh ChaferHoplia philanthusWelsh ChaferHoplia philanthusMurky-legged Black LegionnaireBeris chalybataMurky-legged Black LegionnaireBeris chalybataSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusMeripilus giganteus
Meripilus giganteus
Dryad's SaddlePolyporus squamosusDryad's SaddlePolyporus squamosusSycamore TarspotRhytisma acerinumSycamore TarspotRhytisma acerinumNetted CrustByssomerulius coriumNetted CrustByssomerulius coriumWillow ShieldPluteus salicinusWillow ShieldPluteus salicinusCharcoal BurnerRussula cyanoxanthaCharcoal BurnerRussula cyanoxanthaBrown RollrimPaxillus involutusBrown RollrimPaxillus involutusArtist's BracketGanoderma applanatumArtist's BracketGanoderma applanatumVerdigris RoundheadStropharia aeruginosaVerdigris RoundheadStropharia aeruginosaLilac FibrecapInocybe lilacinaLilac FibrecapInocybe lilacinaStinking DapperlingLepiota cristataStinking DapperlingLepiota cristataHoof FungusFomes fomentariusHoof FungusFomes fomentariusYellow FieldcapBolbitius titubansYellow FieldcapBolbitius titubansBleeding Conifer CrustStereum sanguinolentumBleeding Conifer CrustStereum sanguinolentumJelly EarAuricularia auricula-judaeJelly EarAuricularia auricula-judaePenny BunBoletus edulisPenny BunBoletus edulisBluefoot BoleteXerocomellus cisalpinusBluefoot BoleteXerocomellus cisalpinusFool's FunnelClitocybe rivulosaFool's FunnelClitocybe rivulosaCoral SpotNectria cinnabarinaCoral SpotNectria cinnabarinaCommon EarthballScleroderma citrinumCommon EarthballScleroderma citrinumCrystal BrainExidia nucleataCrystal BrainExidia nucleataHare's EarOtidea onoticaHare's EarOtidea onoticaWhite DapperlingLeucoagaricus leucothitesWhite DapperlingLeucoagaricus leucothitesShaggy InkcapCoprinus comatusShaggy InkcapCoprinus comatusRazor Strop FungusFomitopsis betulinaRazor Strop FungusFomitopsis betulinaOak BlackheadDiatrypella quercinaOak BlackheadDiatrypella quercinaWood WoollyfootGymnopus peronatusWood WoollyfootGymnopus peronatusMagpie InkcapCoprinopsis picaceaMagpie InkcapCoprinopsis picaceaHoney FungusArmillaria melleaHoney FungusArmillaria melleaTorth FelenHypholoma fasciculareTorth FelenHypholoma fasciculareBolete MouldHypomyces chrysospermusBolete MouldHypomyces chrysospermusChicken Of The WoodsLaetiporus sulphureusChicken Of The WoodsLaetiporus sulphureusSilky RosegillVolvariella bombycinaSilky RosegillVolvariella bombycinaGanoderma adspersumGanoderma adspersumGanoderma adspersumGanoderma adspersumBlushing BracketDaedaleopsis confragosaBlushing BracketDaedaleopsis confragosaDead Man's FingersXylaria polymorphaDead Man's FingersXylaria polymorphaSnowy DiscoLachnum virgineumSnowy DiscoLachnum virgineumHairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutumHairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutumVulpia myuros
Vulpia myuros
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsusGreat MulleinVerbascum thapsusPrickly LettuceLactuca serriolaPrickly LettuceLactuca serriolaBeechFagus sylvaticaBeechFagus sylvaticaDaisyBellis perennisDaisyBellis perennisMistletoeViscum albumMistletoeViscum albumCommon MilletPanicum miliaceumCommon MilletPanicum miliaceumCockspurEchinochloa crus-galliCockspurEchinochloa crus-galliWall LettuceMycelis muralisWall LettuceMycelis muralisWhite MelilotMelilotus albusWhite MelilotMelilotus albusSilver BirchBetula pendulaSilver BirchBetula pendulaMonkeyflower SpeciesErythrantheMonkeyflower SpeciesErythrantheTufted VetchVicia craccaTufted VetchVicia craccaMarsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosumMarsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosumWood-sedgeCarex sylvaticaWood-sedgeCarex sylvaticaIvy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralisIvy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralisPellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaicaPellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaicaArgentinian VervainVerbena bonariensisArgentinian VervainVerbena bonariensisCanadian FleabaneErigeron canadensisCanadian FleabaneErigeron canadensisWelsh PoppyPapaver cambricumWelsh PoppyPapaver cambricumMaidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanesMaidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanesFalse London-rocketSisymbrium loeseliiFalse London-rocketSisymbrium loeseliiYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusFennelFoeniculum vulgareFennelFoeniculum vulgareWall BarleyHordeum murinumWall BarleyHordeum murinumShaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiataShaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiataPink-sorrelOxalis articulataPink-sorrelOxalis articulataBee OrchidOphrys apiferaBee OrchidOphrys apiferaAlexandersSmyrnium olusatrumAlexandersSmyrnium olusatrumOregon-grapeMahonia aquifoliumOregon-grapeMahonia aquifoliumDog's MercuryMercurialis perennisDog's MercuryMercurialis perennisWood AnemoneAnemone nemorosaWood AnemoneAnemone nemorosaLarge-leaved LimeTilia platyphyllosLarge-leaved LimeTilia platyphyllosLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanumBluebellHyacinthoides non-scriptaBluebellHyacinthoides non-scriptaPortugal LaurelPrunus lusitanicaPortugal LaurelPrunus lusitanicaNorway MapleAcer platanoidesNorway MapleAcer platanoidesRamsonsAllium ursinumRamsonsAllium ursinumRed CampionSilene dioicaRed CampionSilene dioicaPerennial CornflowerCentaurea montanaPerennial CornflowerCentaurea montanaRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataButterfly-bushBuddleja davidiiButterfly-bushBuddleja davidiiCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseWych ElmUlmus glabraWych ElmUlmus glabraBristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioidesBristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioidesCommon Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatusCommon Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatusWild CherryPrunus aviumWild CherryPrunus aviumSun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopiaSun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopiaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaEvents & activities nearby
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