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!
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Accessible nature reserves
Accessibility is really important to us. Here are the reserves we recommend for visitors with limited mobility or pushchairs.
Belper Sightings report by Jill Greenwood
Otter sighting in Belper!
Nature deserves better
Help us to tell the UK Government that nature deserves better! The UK Government are developing targets to meet the commitments in the Environment Acts. It says these are ambitious plans for nature recovery - and yet current plans would mean less wildlife in England in 20 years time. the UK Government must act NOW. Demand more for nature by signing our petition.
The Wild Peak Rounds: Connecting Nature Reserves, One Run at a Time
The Wild Peak Rounds link a number of our nature reserves in the Peak District to create a year-round challenge for walkers and runners. Including a combination of peaks, valleys and dales and up…
Belper peregrine falcon shot
*Update: We’re sad to report this morning (6th March) that the peregrine falcon has died. This follows surgery to try and remove the second lead pellet from his shoulder.*
Derbyshire sadly…
Belper sighting reported by Susanna Slack
Male Blackcap feeding on berries in my back garden.
The Avenue Nature Reserves sightings report by Brian Cuttell
3 bullfinches on the feeders
Drakelow Nature Reserve
The latest sightings from Thomas Cockburn
Outdoor education gets the go ahead at one of Derbyshire’s premiere nature reserves
A new outdoor education area is set to be created at Hilton Gravel Pits Nature Reserve in the Trent Valley thanks to a £23,210 project funded by Veolia Environmental Trust through the Landfills…
Sightings from Drakelow Nature Reserve
Thomas Cockburn talks us through the latest sightings at Drakelow Nature Reserve
Funding awarded to save vital habitats just outside of Belper
Derbyshire Wildlife Trust has been awarded over £18,000 from Biffa Award to save one of Derbyshire’s most important areas of wet grasslands at Wyver Lane Nature Reserve.