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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
☕Henry’s Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
☕Henry’s Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingCaféParking· PaidPlayground

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Magpie, Wren, Carrion Crow +56 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Wren, Carrion Crow +56 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Hawthorn, Ramsons, Hazel +11 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Scarlet Elfcup, Witch's Butter, Velvet Shank +8 more · last seen 2025; Fungi — Scarlet Elfcup, Witch's Butter, Velvet Shank +8 more · last seen 2025

Varies

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Red Valerian, Hawthorn +94 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Red Valerian, Hawthorn +94 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Orange-tip, Green Shieldbug, Tawny Mining Bee +31 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Orange-tip, Green Shieldbug, Tawny Mining Bee +31 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

8 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Sheffield Town WalkWalking route

Named routeRef Sheffield

Norfolk Heritage WalkWalking route

Named routeRef NHW

Five Weirs WalkWalking route

Named routeRef Five

Sheffield CanalWalking route

Named routeRef Canal

Sheffield Country WalkWalking route85 km

Named routeLength 85 kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

187 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Cycle Ring RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Norfolk Park Cycling RouteCycling route

Named routeRef Norfolk ParkLocal cycle route

Route 6Cycling route

Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network

Route 67Cycling route

Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network

Sheffield Local Cycle NetworkCycling route

Sheffield Local Cycle Network

Named routeLocal cycle route

Rotherham Local Cycle NetworkCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

29,077 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

29,077 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds33 species

spring

2026

Wren · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin +28

WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
CootFulica atra
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
NuthatchSitta europaea
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Great TitParus major2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Grey-headed WagtailMotacilla flava thunbergi2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Green ParakeetPsittacara holochlorus2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

summerautumn

2025

Hedgehog · Badger

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
BadgerMeles meles

🐝

Insects22 species

springsummer

2026

Orange-tip · Speckled Wood · Chrysotoxum festivum · Elateroides dermestoides · Tawny Mining Bee +17

Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2025
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2025
Chrysotoxum festivumChrysotoxum festivum2025
Elateroides dermestoidesElateroides dermestoides2025
Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2025
Indet. LadybirdCoccinellidae2025
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2025
Small WhitePieris rapae2025
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
CommaPolygonia c-album2025
Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa2025

🍄

Fungi8 species

winter

2025

Velvet Shank · Witch's Butter · Candlesnuff Fungus · Dead Man's Fingers · Scarlet Elfcup +3

Velvet ShankFlammulina velutipes var. velutipes
Witch's ButterExidia glandulosa
Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon
Dead Man's FingersXylaria polymorpha
Scarlet ElfcupSarcoscypha austriaca
TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
Variable OysterlingCrepidotus variabilis

🌿

Plants36 species

springsummer

2026

Hawthorn · Ramsons · Yarrow · Red Valerian · Foxglove +31

HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
RamsonsAllium ursinum2025
YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2025
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025
NipplewortLapsana communis2025
Holy-flaxSantolina rosmarinifolia2025
IvyHedera helix2025
HazelCorylus2025
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2025
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus2025
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2025
Russian-vineFallopia baldschuanica2025
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2025
Californian PoppyEschscholzia californica2025
BorageBorago officinalis2025
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025
Red CampionSilene dioica2025
AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2025
Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris2025
Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea2025
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025
Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025
Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata2025
Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025
ElderSambucus nigra2025
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica2025
WoodruffGalium odoratum2025
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025
Spotted-laurelAucuba japonica2025
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

29,077 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds33 species

spring

2026

Wren · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin +28

WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
CootFulica atra
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
NuthatchSitta europaea
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Great TitParus major2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Grey-headed WagtailMotacilla flava thunbergi2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Green ParakeetPsittacara holochlorus2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

summerautumn

2025

Hedgehog · Badger

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
BadgerMeles meles

🐝

Insects22 species

springsummer

2026

Orange-tip · Speckled Wood · Chrysotoxum festivum · Elateroides dermestoides · Tawny Mining Bee +17

Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2025
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2025
Chrysotoxum festivumChrysotoxum festivum2025
Elateroides dermestoidesElateroides dermestoides2025
Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2025
Indet. LadybirdCoccinellidae2025
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2025
Small WhitePieris rapae2025
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
CommaPolygonia c-album2025
Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa2025

🍄

Fungi8 species

winter

2025

Velvet Shank · Witch's Butter · Candlesnuff Fungus · Dead Man's Fingers · Scarlet Elfcup +3

Velvet ShankFlammulina velutipes var. velutipes
Witch's ButterExidia glandulosa
Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon
Dead Man's FingersXylaria polymorpha
Scarlet ElfcupSarcoscypha austriaca
TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
Variable OysterlingCrepidotus variabilis

🌿

Plants36 species

springsummer

2026

Hawthorn · Ramsons · Yarrow · Red Valerian · Foxglove +31

HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
RamsonsAllium ursinum2025
YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2025
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025
NipplewortLapsana communis2025
Holy-flaxSantolina rosmarinifolia2025
IvyHedera helix2025
HazelCorylus2025
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2025
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus2025
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2025
Russian-vineFallopia baldschuanica2025
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2025
Californian PoppyEschscholzia californica2025
BorageBorago officinalis2025
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025
Red CampionSilene dioica2025
AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2025
Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris2025
Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea2025
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025
Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025
Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata2025
Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025
ElderSambucus nigra2025
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica2025
WoodruffGalium odoratum2025
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025
Spotted-laurelAucuba japonica2025
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 David Lally · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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