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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.80572, -1.56376
Open directionsv
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Goldfinch, Dunnock, Robin +81 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Goldfinch, Dunnock, Robin +81 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Hyacinthoides, Bluebell, Redshank +30 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Hyacinthoides, Bluebell, Redshank +30 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Peacock, Large White +40 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small White, Peacock, Large White +40 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km▾
Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
National Forest WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
69 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Route 54Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 54National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route32 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 32 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface pavementslabs
Main RouteCycling route210 m▾
Named routeRef 54Length 210 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route446 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 446 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route305 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 305 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
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Wildlife to spot
4,682 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,682 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds56 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Grey Heron · Long-tailed Tit · Jay · Blackbird +51
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- CootFulica atra
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great TitParus major
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2022
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2021
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2021
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2021
- SwallowHirundo rustica2021
🦌Mammals3 species
wintersummerautumn
2023▾
Muntjac · Brown Hare · Soprano Pipistrelle
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2022
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2021
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2022▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects4 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Emperor Dragonfly · Brown Hawker · Large Red Damselfly · Dark-edged Bee-fly
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024
Garlic Mustard · Primrose · Tutsan · Cornflower · Redshank +74
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2025
- TutsanHypericum androsaemum2024
- CornflowerCentaurea cyanus2024
- RedshankPersicaria maculosa2023
- Common VetchVicia sativa2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,682 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds56 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Grey Heron · Long-tailed Tit · Jay · Blackbird +51
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- CootFulica atra
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great TitParus major
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2022
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2021
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2021
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2021
- SwallowHirundo rustica2021
🦌Mammals3 species
wintersummerautumn
2023▾
Muntjac · Brown Hare · Soprano Pipistrelle
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2022
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2021
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2022▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects4 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Emperor Dragonfly · Brown Hawker · Large Red Damselfly · Dark-edged Bee-fly
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024
Garlic Mustard · Primrose · Tutsan · Cornflower · Redshank +74
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2025
- TutsanHypericum androsaemum2024
- CornflowerCentaurea cyanus2024
- RedshankPersicaria maculosa2023
- Common VetchVicia sativa2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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