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Yewtree Wood

2 ha

📷 Alan Heardman · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha

Getting here

53.04851, -1.49294

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

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

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Good match

Public woodland

Free

Hiking

Good match

Named hiking route nearby: Derwent Valley Heritage Way

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

14 signed routes nearby · 4 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 14Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Wyver Lanepublic footpath · 142 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 142 mSurface gravelPath type: service

Wyver Lanepublic footpath · 90 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 90 mPath type: service

Wyver Lanepublic footpath · 832 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 832 mSurface asphaltPath type: service

Wildlife to spot

43,326 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

43,326 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

winter

2025

Robin · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Magpie +45

RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
MagpiePica pica
Great TitParus major
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
DunnockPrunella modularis
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
GreenfinchChloris chloris
House SparrowPasser domesticus
CootFulica atra
JackdawColoeus monedula
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
RookCorvus frugilegus
GadwallMareca strepera
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
TealAnas crecca
JayGarrulus glandarius
Rock DoveColumba livia
GoosanderMergus merganser
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
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
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba

🦌

Mammals2 species

winter

2025

Mole · Grey Squirrel

MoleTalpa europaea
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🌿

Plants6 species

winterspring

2026

Lungwort · Ivy-leaved Speedwell · Common Whitlowgrass · Crocus · Lesser Celandine +1

LungwortPulmonaria officinalis
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
CrocusCrocus
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

43,326 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

winter

2025

Robin · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Magpie +45

RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
MagpiePica pica
Great TitParus major
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
DunnockPrunella modularis
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
GreenfinchChloris chloris
House SparrowPasser domesticus
CootFulica atra
JackdawColoeus monedula
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
RookCorvus frugilegus
GadwallMareca strepera
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
TealAnas crecca
JayGarrulus glandarius
Rock DoveColumba livia
GoosanderMergus merganser
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
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
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba

🦌

Mammals2 species

winter

2025

Mole · Grey Squirrel

MoleTalpa europaea
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🌿

Plants6 species

winterspring

2026

Lungwort · Ivy-leaved Speedwell · Common Whitlowgrass · Crocus · Lesser Celandine +1

LungwortPulmonaria officinalis
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
CrocusCrocus
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Alan Heardman · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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