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Windyhill Plantation

✦ Ancient woodland24 ha

📷 Dave Smethurst · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome24 ha

Getting here

53.14219, -2.07932

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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
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Parking· Free

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Great Tit, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon +90 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Great Tit, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon +90 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Horse-chestnut, Dog's Mercury, Sweet Chestnut +28 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Sweet Chestnut, Common Bistort, Bilberry +3 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Common Red Soldier Beetle, Eristalis pertinax, Marmalade Hoverfly +2 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Red Soldier Beetle, Eristalis pertinax, Marmalade Hoverfly +2 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Good match

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

15 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 17Walking route16.2 km

Named routeLength 16.2 kmRegional walking route

Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km

Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route

Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 16Walking route18.1 km

Named routeLength 18.1 kmRegional walking route

Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route

Named route

Churnet WayWalking route

Named route

🚴

Cycling

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 559Cycling route

Named routeRef 559National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route1.2 km

Named routeRef 559Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route302 m

Named routeRef 559Length 302 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route5.5 km

Named routeRef 559Length 5.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route643 m

Named routeRef 559Length 643 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

9,237 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

9,237 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds67 species

autumnwinter

2026

Blue Tit · Robin · Teal · Carrion Crow · Lapwing +62

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
MagpiePica pica2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Common GullLarus canus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Little StintCalidris minuta2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Falco tinnunculus tinnunculusFalco tinnunculus tinnunculus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
CootFulica atra2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava flavissima2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🌿

Plants13 species

winterspring

2026

Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage · Dog's Mercury · Common Bistort · Yellow Archangel · Wood Avens +8

Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Common BistortBistorta officinalis
Yellow ArchangelLamiastrum galeobdolon
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

9,237 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds67 species

autumnwinter

2026

Blue Tit · Robin · Teal · Carrion Crow · Lapwing +62

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
MagpiePica pica2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Common GullLarus canus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Little StintCalidris minuta2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Falco tinnunculus tinnunculusFalco tinnunculus tinnunculus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
CootFulica atra2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava flavissima2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🌿

Plants13 species

winterspring

2026

Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage · Dog's Mercury · Common Bistort · Yellow Archangel · Wood Avens +8

Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Common BistortBistorta officinalis
Yellow ArchangelLamiastrum galeobdolon
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Dave Smethurst · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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