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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
Free entry Dogs welcome 2 ha
Places › England › East Midlands › Gedling Getting here
53.03061, -1.12795
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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 🐕 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 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin +66 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin +66 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Carder Bee, Western Honey Bee, Buff-tailed Bumblebee +35 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Carder Bee, Western Honey Bee, Buff-tailed Bumblebee +35 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲 Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Broxtowe Country Trail Walking route ▾
Robin Hood Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Hucknall Road Walkway Walking route ▾
53 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Broxtowe Country Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Gedling <> Arnold Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Route N9 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref N9 Regional cycle route
Show on map Mapperley <> Burton Joyce Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Farleys Lane bridleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Arnolt Hill Park <> Mapperley & Carlton Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
8,684 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 8,684 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 43 species
winter spring summer
2026 ▾
Carrion Crow · Chaffinch · Dunnock · Blackbird · Robin +38
Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Little Owl Athene noctua2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 🦌 Mammals 5 species
winter spring summer
2025 ▾
Brown Hare · Common Pipistrelle · Roe Deer · Soprano Pipistrelle · Muntjac
Brown Hare Lepus europaeus Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
spring
2025 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog · Smooth Newt
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris 🐝 Insects 8 species
spring winter
2025 ▾
Empis tessellata · Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus · Platycheirus albimanus · 14-spot Ladybird · Large Red Damselfly +3
Empis tessellata Empis tessellata Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus 14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula Western Honey Bee Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 8,684 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 43 species
winter spring summer
2026 ▾
Carrion Crow · Chaffinch · Dunnock · Blackbird · Robin +38
Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Little Owl Athene noctua2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 🦌 Mammals 5 species
winter spring summer
2025 ▾
Brown Hare · Common Pipistrelle · Roe Deer · Soprano Pipistrelle · Muntjac
Brown Hare Lepus europaeus Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
spring
2025 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog · Smooth Newt
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris 🐝 Insects 8 species
spring winter
2025 ▾
Empis tessellata · Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus · Platycheirus albimanus · 14-spot Ladybird · Large Red Damselfly +3
Empis tessellata Empis tessellata Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus 14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula Western Honey Bee Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Apis mellifera
Apis mellifera
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2024
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2024
Sphaeroceridae Sphaeroceridae2024
Sphaeroceridae Sphaeroceridae2024 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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