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The Rookery

2 ha

WildlifeForagingInsects

Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha

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52.80630, -1.36374

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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
🌿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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Common Nettle, Hawthorn, Hogweed +20 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Scathophaga stercoraria, Opomyza germinationis, Hairy Spider Weevil +140 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Scathophaga stercoraria, Opomyza germinationis, Hairy Spider Weevil +140 more · last seen 2025

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Magpie +42 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Magpie +42 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Common Nettle, Hawthorn, Hogweed +156 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Common Nettle, Hawthorn, Hogweed +156 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Derby Nomad WayWalking route79 km

Named routeLength 79 kmRegional walking route

Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km

Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route

Ivanhoe WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

64 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Cloud Trail GreenwayCycling route

Named routeRef Cloud Trail GreenwayLocal cycle route

Route 52Cycling route

Named routeRef 52National Cycle Network

Route 15Cycling route

Named routeRef 15National Cycle Network

East Midlands AirportCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 67Cycling route

Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network

Route 6Cycling route

Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

2,638 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,638 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds37 species

spring

2025

Carrion Crow · Wren · Magpie · Blackbird · Chiffchaff +32

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
MagpiePica pica
BlackbirdTurdus merula
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RookCorvus frugilegus
Great TitParus major
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
BuzzardButeo buteo
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
RobinErithacus rubecula
DunnockPrunella modularis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
JackdawColoeus monedula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
SwallowHirundo rustica
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
WhitethroatCurruca communis
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Red KiteMilvus milvus2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024

🦌

Mammals5 species

spring

2025

Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Badger · Muntjac

Brown HareLepus europaeus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
BadgerMeles meles
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024

🐝

Insects8 species

summer

2025

7-spot Ladybird · Field Grasshopper · Lesser Marsh Grasshopper · Tree Damsel Bug · Willow Bean-galler +3

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus
Tree Damsel BugHimacerus (Himacerus) apterus
Willow Bean-gallerEuura proxima
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
RingletAphantopus hyperantus

🌿

Plants23 species

spring

2025

Lords-and-Ladies · Cow Parsley · Cleavers · Lesser Celandine · Dandelion +18

Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
CleaversGalium aparine
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
DandelionTaraxacum
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Common NettleUrtica dioica
DaisyBellis perennis
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare
AspenPopulus tremula
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
White Dead-nettleLamium album
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
ElderSambucus nigra
Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2024
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2024
Tree-mallowMalva arborea2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,638 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds37 species

spring

2025

Carrion Crow · Wren · Magpie · Blackbird · Chiffchaff +32

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
MagpiePica pica
BlackbirdTurdus merula
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RookCorvus frugilegus
Great TitParus major
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
BuzzardButeo buteo
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
RobinErithacus rubecula
DunnockPrunella modularis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
JackdawColoeus monedula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
SwallowHirundo rustica
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
WhitethroatCurruca communis
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Red KiteMilvus milvus2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024

🦌

Mammals5 species

spring

2025

Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Badger · Muntjac

Brown HareLepus europaeus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
BadgerMeles meles
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024

🐝

Insects8 species

summer

2025

7-spot Ladybird · Field Grasshopper · Lesser Marsh Grasshopper · Tree Damsel Bug · Willow Bean-galler +3

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus
Tree Damsel BugHimacerus (Himacerus) apterus
Willow Bean-gallerEuura proxima
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
RingletAphantopus hyperantus

🌿

Plants23 species

spring

2025

Lords-and-Ladies · Cow Parsley · Cleavers · Lesser Celandine · Dandelion +18

Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
CleaversGalium aparine
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
DandelionTaraxacum
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Common NettleUrtica dioica
DaisyBellis perennis
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare
AspenPopulus tremula
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
White Dead-nettleLamium album
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
ElderSambucus nigra
Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2024
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2024
Tree-mallowMalva arborea2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Graham Hogg · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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