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Getting here
52.68172, -1.49673
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Starling and House Sparrow
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 154m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Starling and House Sparrow
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 154m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
Best for
11 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Starling, House Sparrow, Goldfinch +55 more · last seen 2025
Birds — Starling, House Sparrow, Goldfinch +55 more · last seen 2025
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Western Honey Bee, Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Mining bee +159 more · last seen 2025
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Yarrow, Germander Speedwell, Common Knapweed +198 more · last seen 2025
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
National Forest WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Ivanhoe WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
33 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Route 52Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 52National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route659 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 659 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.8 km▾
Named routeRef 52Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route20 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2 km▾
Named routeRef 52Length 2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Pooley Country Park mountain bike routeMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound trip
Photos
22 photos from nearby open sources
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
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Wildlife to spot
7,448 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,448 records · NBN AtlasHouse Sparrow · Jackdaw · Robin · Swallow · Woodpigeon
+38 more speciesHide species list
All 43 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
🐝Insects54 species
springsummer
2025Western Honey Bee · Mining bee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Bumblebee · Orange-tailed Mining Bee
+49 more speciesHide species list
All 54 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024
- Mining beeAndrena2024
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
- BumblebeeBombus2024
- Orange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoa
Marsh Foxtail · Field Pansy · Elder · Weld · Scarlet Pimpernel
+7 more speciesHide species list
All 12 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus
- Field PansyViola arvensis2024
- ElderSambucus nigra2024
- WeldReseda luteola2024
- Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis2024
- Hedge Bindweed
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,448 records · NBN AtlasHouse Sparrow · Jackdaw · Robin · Swallow · Woodpigeon
+38 more speciesHide species list
All 43 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
🐝Insects54 species
springsummer
2025Western Honey Bee · Mining bee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Bumblebee · Orange-tailed Mining Bee
+49 more speciesHide species list
All 54 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024
- Mining beeAndrena2024
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
- BumblebeeBombus2024
- Orange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoa
Marsh Foxtail · Field Pansy · Elder · Weld · Scarlet Pimpernel
+7 more speciesHide species list
All 12 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus
- Field PansyViola arvensis2024
- ElderSambucus nigra2024
- WeldReseda luteola2024
- Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis2024
- Hedge Bindweed
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023Zig-zag Elm SawflyAproceros leucopodaZig-zag Elm SawflyAproceros leucopodaPlateumaris sericeaPlateumaris sericeaPlateumaris sericeaPlateumaris sericeaTwin-spot CenturionSargus bipunctatus2024Twin-spot CenturionSargus bipunctatus2024Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2024Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2024Populicerus confususPopulicerus confususPopulicerus confususPopulicerus confususIdiocerus stigmaticalisIdiocerus stigmaticalisIdiocerus stigmaticalisIdiocerus stigmaticalisSpike-rush BorerMonochroa lucidellaSpike-rush BorerMonochroa lucidellaCryptosiphum artemisiaeCryptosiphum artemisiaeCryptosiphum artemisiaeCryptosiphum artemisiaeLimotettix striolaLimotettix striolaLimotettix striolaLimotettix striolaCommon FootmanEilema lurideolaCommon FootmanEilema lurideolaEuropiella artemisiaeEuropiella artemisiaeEuropiella artemisiaeEuropiella artemisiaeLiriomyza puellaLiriomyza puellaLiriomyza puellaLiriomyza puellaOak BeautyBiston stratariaOak BeautyBiston stratariaCommon BluePolyommatus icarusCommon BluePolyommatus icarusBurnet CompanionEuclidia glyphicaBurnet CompanionEuclidia glyphicaLong-horned GeneralStratiomys longicornisLong-horned GeneralStratiomys longicornisLatticed HeathChiasmia clathrataLatticed HeathChiasmia clathrataGreen-veined WhitePieris napiGreen-veined WhitePieris napiSmall Elm Case-bearerColeophora badiipennella2024Small Elm Case-bearerColeophora badiipennella2024Marsh DamselbugNabis (Dolichonabis) limbatus2024Marsh DamselbugNabis (Dolichonabis) limbatus2024Mottled Grey TortrixGypsonoma oppressana2024Mottled Grey TortrixGypsonoma oppressana2024Barred Fruit-tree DotEctoedemia atricollis2024Barred Fruit-tree DotEctoedemia atricollis2024Urophora carduiUrophora cardui2024Urophora carduiUrophora cardui2024Dasineura urticaeDasineura urticae2024Dasineura urticaeDasineura urticae2024Eupeodes latifasciatusEupeodes latifasciatus2024Eupeodes latifasciatusEupeodes latifasciatus2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Hawthorn ParornixParornix anglicella2024Hawthorn ParornixParornix anglicella2024Bedeguar GallDiplolepis rosae2024Bedeguar GallDiplolepis rosae2024Apple Leaf MinerLyonetia clerkella2024Apple Leaf MinerLyonetia clerkella2024White-spot MomphaMompha langiella2024White-spot MomphaMompha langiella2024Diplolepis nervosaDiplolepis nervosa2024Diplolepis nervosaDiplolepis nervosa2024Trypeta artemisiaeTrypeta artemisiae2024Trypeta artemisiaeTrypeta artemisiae2024Ring-footed SlugwormCaliroa annulipes2024Ring-footed SlugwormCaliroa annulipes2024Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2024Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2024GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2024White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2024LasioglossumLasioglossum2024LasioglossumLasioglossum2024Gooden's Nomad BeeNomada goodeniana2024Gooden's Nomad BeeNomada goodeniana2024NomadaNomada2024NomadaNomada2024Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024Chocolate Mining BeeAndrena scotica2024Chocolate Mining BeeAndrena scotica2024Flavous Nomad BeeNomada flava2024Flavous Nomad BeeNomada flava2024Bronze Furrow BeeHalictus tumulorum2024Bronze Furrow BeeHalictus tumulorum2024Ivy BeeColletes hederae2023Ivy BeeColletes hederae2023Yellow-legged Furrow BeeHalictus rubicundus2023Yellow-legged Furrow BeeHalictus rubicundus2023Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023Calystegia sepium2024
Calystegia sepium2024
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2024Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2024Orange BalsamImpatiens capensis2024Orange BalsamImpatiens capensis2024Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2024Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2024Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2024Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2024Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2024Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2024YarrowAchillea millefolium2024YarrowAchillea millefolium2024