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Wyver Wood

4 ha

📷 Richard Croft · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha

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53.04114, -1.49566

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Woodpigeon
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 274m away — 2 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Woodpigeon
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 274m away — 2 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +66 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +66 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Acid grassland — heathland butterflies and rare invertebrates; Insects — Cream-spot Ladybird · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Good match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

18 signed routes nearby · 13 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Midshires WayWalking route370 km

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

Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route

Derwent Valley Heritage WayWalking route89 km

Named routeLength 89 kmRegional walking route

Amber Valley Routeways Walk 11Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Amber Valley Routeways Walk 20Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Amber Valley Routeway Walk 10Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Wyver Lanepublic footpath · 832 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 832 mSurface asphaltPath type: service

Jesses Lanepublic footpath · 129 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 129 mPath type: service

Wyver Lanepublic footpath · 90 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 90 mPath type: service

🐴

Horse riding

7 public paths nearby

Public paths

Narrow Lanerestricted byway · 429 m

Public pathrestricted bywayLength 429 mSurface dirtPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

38,410 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

38,410 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds52 species

winter

2025

Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Blackbird +47

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
MagpiePica pica
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Great TitParus major
JackdawColoeus monedula
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
CootFulica atra
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
RookCorvus frugilegus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
GadwallMareca strepera
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
TealAnas crecca
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Rock DoveColumba livia
GoosanderMergus merganser
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
JayGarrulus glandarius
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
RavenCorvus corax
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba

🦌

Mammals2 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Mole

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
MoleTalpa europaea

🌿

Plants8 species

spring

2026

Lungwort · Daisy · Sweet Violet · Ivy-leaved Speedwell · Common Whitlowgrass +3

LungwortPulmonaria officinalis
DaisyBellis perennis
Sweet VioletViola odorata
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
CrocusCrocus
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

38,410 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds52 species

winter

2025

Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Blackbird +47

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
MagpiePica pica
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Great TitParus major
JackdawColoeus monedula
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
CootFulica atra
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
RookCorvus frugilegus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
GadwallMareca strepera
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
TealAnas crecca
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Rock DoveColumba livia
GoosanderMergus merganser
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
JayGarrulus glandarius
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
RavenCorvus corax
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba

🦌

Mammals2 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Mole

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
MoleTalpa europaea

🌿

Plants8 species

spring

2026

Lungwort · Daisy · Sweet Violet · Ivy-leaved Speedwell · Common Whitlowgrass +3

LungwortPulmonaria officinalis
DaisyBellis perennis
Sweet VioletViola odorata
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
CrocusCrocus
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Richard Croft · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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