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Derbyshire Derbyshire WildlifeTrust WildlifeTrust A little bit about us Walkers at Deep Dale We are the only organisation working to protect all wildlife an WeatherleyI and wild places in Derbyshire for everyone to enjoy. Our Nature Established in 1962, we manage 43 nature reserves covering more than 688 hectares of Derbyshire. We also run loads of events so that everyone can get out and experience Derbyshire’s wild side for themselves. Reserves ExploreDerbyshire’s wild side! It’s thanks to the fantastic support of our members and Take a trip to one of our nature reserves volunteers that we are able to continue with this work. and discover the wonderful wildlife on your doorstep. Join us today! For a small amount, you can support Derbyshire’s wildlife and wild places and get all the latest information on lots of fab activities and events. Visit www.derbyshirewildlifetrust.org.uk or call 01773 881188. Get in touch Derbyshire Wildlife Trust Small scabious at Sandy Hill Gang Mine Main Street Kieron Huston Small tortoishell Middleton Kieron Huston Matlock on wild flowers Derbyshire, DE4 4LR Call us: 01773 881188 A little bit of house keeping… Email us: [email protected] Please remember that our reserves are home to lots of www.derbyshirewildlifetrust.org.uk fantastic wildlife. Therefore, we ask that you don’t camp or light any fires. Please also leave wild flowers, plants and @derbyswildlife fungi where they are for others to enjoy. Derbyshire Wildlife Trust Dogs should be kept on leads and litter taken home with you. We also ask that you stay on the paths to avoid disturbing wildlife. With your help and understanding we can make sure our reserves remain wonderful places for people and wildlife Charity No: 222212 Defending wildlife, restoring landscapes, inspiring people for years to come. Company Limited by Guarantee No: 715675 Front cover: Wild flowers at Gang Mine. Kieron Huston www.derbyshirewildlifetrust.org.uk J80520 Derbyshire Wildlife Trust.indd 1 04/04/2016 08:34 Bluebells are plentiful across many of our woodland reserves in What to look spring. Try Lea Wood, 25 17 31 Mapperley Wood and Spring Wood. for on our Keep an eye out for fungi at Lea Wood, 25 31 43 The Avenue Washlands reserves... and Mapperley Wood. Each reserve provides a vital refuge for Look for puffball, animals and plants that are disappearing colourful orange peel Bluebells from our countryside. Whilst exploring, and elegant common a u l S h a w P Jim Higham look for: bonnet. Common bonnet Visit at dusk and if you are lucky you might spot Water voles, which are a barn owl at suffering a devastating Woodside Farm national decline, can 22 20 11-14 or The Avenue still be seen regularly Washlands. at Cromford Canal, For meadows bursting with wild Mapperley Woods and 32 17 The Avenue Washlands. flowers each summer, head to Rose End 26 31 17 Meadows, Hartington Meadows or our Wye Ba rn owl Margaret Holland Ian Wilson Bulbous buttercups Valley reserves. Water vole ieronK Huston A visit to Rose End The bittern, a rare Meadows, Gang member of the heron Mine and Hilton family, sometimes Look out for in the summer visits Willington, jewel-like dragonflies will reward you Drakelow and Carr and damselflies. with clouds of Vale in winter. Hilton Gravel Pits butterflies! and Willington 39 41 16 Gravel Pits are great 22 23 38 places to try. ony PioliT 38 39 Small copper Bitte rn Emperor dragonfly Amy Lewis Elliott Neep J80520 Derbyshire Wildlife Trust.indd 2 04/04/2016 08:34 04/04/2016 08:34 1 A628 Our reserves... Glossop N 2 A57 3 5 4 A624 6 7 Spring Wood Nigel Law Hathersage bursting with bluebells 8 A61 R Derwent M1 A623 9 9 Hollinhill and Markland Grips Buxton 11 GRID REF SK5127531 15 Park on A5004 Long Hill and walk in 12 13 A619 10 14 Woodland and grassland rich in wild flowers Bakewell 16 Bolsover including bluebells and orchids. R Wye Chesterfield 17 10 Deep Dale and A6 Topley Pike SSSI 19 A515 18 GRID REF SK10457206 R Amber Wye Dale car park, SK17 9TE 1 Reserve 20 Matlock A spectacular dale where you can admire the 21 abundance of wild flowers. Look for the deep Peak District 25 pink blooms of bloody crane’s-bill and take a 22 24 National Park 23 peek in the cave. 26 27 Alfreton Reservoir/river Wye Valley Reserves GRID REF SK13807326 Star Reserves 28 Miller’s Dale car park, SK17 8SN is a great DWT Ashbourne Belper place to start your adventure. Headquarters A38 The Wye Valley is home to a string of nature 30 reserves. Discover limestone dales, quarries Peregrine Watch 29 and ancient woodlands bursting with wild Points 31 flowers and birdsong in the summer. All along A52 Ilkeston 32 the Monsal Trail, these are perfect a full day’s 33 walk, a short stroll or a pit stop whilst on a bike ride. Derby 34 [11] Chee Dale SSSI 35 [12] Miller’s Dale Quarry SSSI A50 36 38 37 [13] Priestcliffe Lees SSSI A50 [14] Cramside Wood SSSI 39 40 R Trent 15 Duckmanton Railway Did you Cutting SSSI S44 5DN, GRID REF SK42397037 42 43 Rocks and fossils give this reserve geological know? 41 interest, while grassland flowers attract a You are never more than 0 5 variety of butterflies. eight miles from one of miles 16 Carr Vale our nature reserves! S44 6GA for the Peter Fidler car park or GRID REF SK45917022 Find out which is One of the best birdwatching sites in Derbyshire. There is plenty to see all year your nearest: round, from wigeon, teal and wintering ducks to breeding warblers, waders and sand martins in the summer. It’s also a great place 1 Brockholes Wood SSSI 5 Ladybower Wood SSSI to see dragonflies and you can walk through a GRID REF SK07179966 GRID REF SK20598671 reedbed! Car park off the A628, SK13 1HZ Ladybower Inn, S33 0AX One of a few remaining upland oak woodlands One of a few remaining upland oak woodlands with moorland - a great place to look for with moorland - a great place to look for mountain mountain hares and woodland birds. hares and woodland birds. 2 Long Clough 6 Hadfields Quarry GRID REF SK03169253 GRID REF SK16108242 An important grassland reserve with more than Species-rich grassland, wetland and woodland. 150 species of flowers, sedges and mosses. See palmate newts and green tiger beetles. 3 Broadhurst Edge Wood 7 Overdale GRID REF SJ99778741 GRID REF SK18348062 Woodland and bilberry glades. See birds Upland pasture rich in plants. See pipits and including tawny owl, whinchat and redpoll. skylarks. 4 Watford Lodge LNR 8 Hillbridge and Park Woods GRID REF SK00558648 GRID REF SK01127869 This small wetland hosts a range of species An upland oak woodland rich with the colour and from frogs to birds. scent of bluebells in spring. F ly agaric Elliott Neep J80520 Derbyshire Wildlife Trust.indd 3 17 The Avenue Washlands 27 Oakerthorpe LNR S42 6NG for the Mill Lane entrance or GRID REF SK390553 GRID REF SK39666705 Anchor Inn, DE55 7LP 04/04/2016 08:34 The Avenue Washlands consists of reedbed, Frogs, toads and grass snakes are among the marsh, ponds and grassland, which attract many species to be found on this small nature many birds such as tufted duck, wigeon, reserve. snipe and little grebe as well as skylarks, yellowhammer and nesting warblers. Water 28 Wyver Lane voles, great crested newts and dragonflies have GRID REF SK34464920 or DE56 2EF also made their homes here. Park in layby 18 Rowsley Sidings An important wetland reserve, home to otter and good for birdwatching. Permit needed Bird’s–foot trefoil found at DE4 2LF, GRID REF SK26056490 for bird hide. Hartington Meadows Wild flowers and invertebrates abound in this Philip Precey small wet woodland. 29 Holly Wood 19 North Wingfield GRID REF SK17404311 or DE6 2DQ 38 Hilton Gravel Pits SSSI Visit this woodland in spring to see bluebells. GRID REF SK404643 GRID REF SK25363134 Harvest mice live in the grasslands and 30 Erewash Meadows Willowpit Lane, DE65 5FW wetlands here. GRID REF SK44654959 or NG16 5PR Great crested newts and black poplar trees are among the species that find a safe haven On the Nottinghamshire border, this reserve 20 Hartington Meadows at Hilton. The reserve is also a good place for forms part of the largest area of floodplain GRID REF SK14936094 dragonflies, with 14 species recorded here. grasslands and wetlands in the Erewash Valley. Common twayblade, southern marsh orchids Hartington Station car park, SK17 0AZ Best known for the birds that visit, the reserve and fungi also grow here among the wet Close to the Tissington Trail, these meadows is also home to grass snakes, amphibians, woodland. are full of wild flowers in early summer. From dragonflies and water voles. traditional haymeadow flowers such as yellow 39 Willington Gravel Pits rattle to limestone species such as fragrant 31 Mapperley Wood GRID REF SK29132761 or DE65 6YB orchid, the plants attract a range of insects GRID REF SK43574360 The former gravel quarry at Willington is including butterflies and day-flying moths such Mapperley Reservoir car park, teeming with bird life all year round, from as the chimney sweeper moth. DE7 6BR, Boat Lane ducks in winter to sand martins and common 21 Hopton Quarry SSSI The narrow belt of woodland and acid terns among others in summer. Dragonflies grassland glade is a glorious carpet of bluebells GRID REF SK26095624 or DE4 4HE and damselflies are plentiful here too.
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