Spring Wood
A beautiful woodland with an abundance of springtime bluebells and a haven for bats.
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Spring Flower Watchlist
Spring is on its way and seeing the first blooms is just what we all need after the recent stormy weather conditions! Today we’re sharing some top spring flowers you might have started to see…
Early spring at Drakelow Nature Reserve
Sightings by Thomas Cockburn
Nature reserves
Take a look at our nature reserves. Discover where is best to bird watch, see butterflies, where is great for kids and where you can just get away from it all. Enjoy, Derbyshire is waiting for you!
Spring Bank Holiday 2021 Sightings
Your sightings over the Spring Bank Holiday Weekend 2021
Spring at Carr Vale
Mark Beevers records the sightings from the first week of March at Carr Vale.
Accessible nature reserves
Accessibility is really important to us. Here are the reserves we recommend for visitors with limited mobility or pushchairs.
Spring is on the way at Carr Vale
Mark Beevers sums up the second week of March with his sightings at Carr Vale....
Upland spring, flush and fen
These tiny habitats, the source of our streams and rivers, are fundamental to the well-being of whole water catchments.
Wood warbler
Look for the wood warbler singing from the canopy of oak woodlands in the north and west of the UK. Green above, it has a distinctive, bright yellow throat and eyestripe.
wood anemone
A spring delight, the wood anemone grows in dappled shade in ancient woodlands. Traditional management, such as coppicing, can help such flowers by opening up the woodland floor to sunlight.
Wood avens
Look for wood avens along hedgerows and in woodlands. Its yellow flowers appear in spring and provide nectar for insects; later, they turn to red, hooked seedheads that can easily stick to a…