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📷 Wayland Smith · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground 182m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground 182m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

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🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Magpie +73 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Magpie +73 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Common Chickweed, Daisy, Horse-chestnut +30 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Common Chickweed, Daisy, Horse-chestnut +30 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Cuckoo-Spit Insect, Marmalade Hoverfly, Eristalis tenax +12 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Cuckoo-Spit Insect, Marmalade Hoverfly, Eristalis tenax +12 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Common Chickweed, Flowering Currant, Guelder-rose +2 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Midshires WayWalking route370 km

Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail

Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route

Derby Nomad WayWalking route79 km

Named routeLength 79 kmRegional walking route

Derwent Valley Heritage WayWalking route89 km

Named routeLength 89 kmRegional walking route

Circular Walk 19Walking route

Named route

Erewash Circular Walk 21Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

103 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 54Cycling route

Named routeRef 54National Cycle Network

Derby Orbital Route 66Cycling route

Named routeRef 66Regional cycle route

Route 672Cycling route

Named routeRef 672National Cycle Network

Great Northern GreenwayCycling route

Named routeRef Great Northern GreenwayLocal cycle route

Pennine CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network

Route 6Cycling route

Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

32,047 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

32,047 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds79 species

winter

2026

Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Robin +74

BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
CootFulica atra2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Little OwlAthene noctua2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Mergus merganser merganserMergus merganser merganser2025
Haematopus ostralegus ostralegusHaematopus ostralegus ostralegus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025

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Mammals4 species

summer

2025

Red Fox · Brown Rat · Wood Mouse · Common Pipistrelle

Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus

🐝

Insects15 species

summer

2025

Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Marmalade Hoverfly · Eristalis tenax · Xanthogramma pedissequum · Sphaerophoria scripta +10

Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris
Limnephilus flavicornisLimnephilus flavicornis
Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
SyrphusSyrphus
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria
Scaeva seleniticaScaeva selenitica
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
mayfliesEphemeroptera
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax

🌿

Plants34 species

springautumn

2026

Common Chickweed · Daisy · Horse-chestnut · Weld · Elephant-ears +29

Common ChickweedStellaria media
DaisyBellis perennis
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
WeldReseda luteola
Elephant-earsBergenia crassifolia
Norway MapleAcer platanoides
ButterburPetasites hybridus
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Darwin's BarberryBerberis darwinii
Sweet VioletViola odorata
Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare2025
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025
AlderAlnus glutinosa2025
White Dead-nettleLamium album2025
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
Red CampionSilene dioica2025
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025
Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2025
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2025
Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea2025
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025
Wall LettuceMycelis muralis2025
Rock Crane's-billGeranium macrorrhizum2025
Green HelleboreHelleborus viridis2025
Oregon-grapeMahonia aquifolium2025
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

32,047 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds79 species

winter

2026

Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Robin +74

BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
CootFulica atra2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Little OwlAthene noctua2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Mergus merganser merganserMergus merganser merganser2025
Haematopus ostralegus ostralegusHaematopus ostralegus ostralegus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025

🦌

Mammals4 species

summer

2025

Red Fox · Brown Rat · Wood Mouse · Common Pipistrelle

Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus

🐝

Insects15 species

summer

2025

Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Marmalade Hoverfly · Eristalis tenax · Xanthogramma pedissequum · Sphaerophoria scripta +10

Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris
Limnephilus flavicornisLimnephilus flavicornis
Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
SyrphusSyrphus
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria
Scaeva seleniticaScaeva selenitica
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
mayfliesEphemeroptera
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax

🌿

Plants34 species

springautumn

2026

Common Chickweed · Daisy · Horse-chestnut · Weld · Elephant-ears +29

Common ChickweedStellaria media
DaisyBellis perennis
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
WeldReseda luteola
Elephant-earsBergenia crassifolia
Norway MapleAcer platanoides
ButterburPetasites hybridus
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Darwin's BarberryBerberis darwinii
Sweet VioletViola odorata
Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare2025
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025
AlderAlnus glutinosa2025
White Dead-nettleLamium album2025
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
Red CampionSilene dioica2025
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025
Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2025
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2025
Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea2025
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025
Wall LettuceMycelis muralis2025
Rock Crane's-billGeranium macrorrhizum2025
Green HelleboreHelleborus viridis2025
Oregon-grapeMahonia aquifolium2025
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Wayland Smith · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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