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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.64815, -1.13336
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Rock Dove
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Rock Dove
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Rock Dove, Mute Swan +53 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Mammals — Grey Squirrel, Brown Rat, Red Fox +12 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Amanita'r Gwybed, Torth Felen, Sycamore Tarspot +14 more · last seen 2025
Varies
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Green Shieldbug, Blue-tailed Damselfly +171 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km200 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Leicester 'Route 2'Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 2Local cycle route
West End WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef West End WayLocal cycle route
Fosse2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 48National Cycle Network
Inner RingwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Inner RingwayLocal cycle route
Leicester 'Route 4'Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
35,355 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
35,355 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Canada Goose · Robin · Mute Swan · Grey Heron · Woodpigeon +29
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- CootFulica atra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great TitParus major
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Common Pipistrelle
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Green Shieldbug · Jet Ant · Tremulicerus distinguendus · 7-spot Ladybird · Rosemary Beetle +53
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Jet AntLasius fuliginosus
- Tremulicerus distinguendusTremulicerus distinguendus2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2025
- Bean Seed BeetleBruchus rufimanus
Coleosporium tussilaginis s. lat.
- Coleosporium tussilaginis s. lat.Coleosporium tussilaginis s. lat.
🌿Plants42 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Caucasian Wingnut · Elm · Upright Hedge Bedstraw · Pointed Spear-moss · Traveller's-joy +37
- Caucasian WingnutPterocarya fraxinifolia
- ElmUlmus
- Upright Hedge BedstrawGalium album subsp. erectum2025
- Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
- Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
35,355 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Canada Goose · Robin · Mute Swan · Grey Heron · Woodpigeon +29
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- CootFulica atra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great TitParus major
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Common Pipistrelle
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Green Shieldbug · Jet Ant · Tremulicerus distinguendus · 7-spot Ladybird · Rosemary Beetle +53
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Jet AntLasius fuliginosus
- Tremulicerus distinguendusTremulicerus distinguendus2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2025
- Bean Seed BeetleBruchus rufimanus
Coleosporium tussilaginis s. lat.
- Coleosporium tussilaginis s. lat.Coleosporium tussilaginis s. lat.
🌿Plants42 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Caucasian Wingnut · Elm · Upright Hedge Bedstraw · Pointed Spear-moss · Traveller's-joy +37
- Caucasian WingnutPterocarya fraxinifolia
- ElmUlmus
- Upright Hedge BedstrawGalium album subsp. erectum2025
- Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
- Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
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Phasia hemipteraPhasia hemiptera2025Phasia hemipteraPhasia hemiptera2025BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamniBrimstoneGonepteryx rhamniCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiViburnum ScaleLichtensia viburniViburnum ScaleLichtensia viburniHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisCrypturaphis grassiiCrypturaphis grassii2025Crypturaphis grassiiCrypturaphis grassii2025Laburnum Leaf MinerLeucoptera laburnella2025Laburnum Leaf MinerLeucoptera laburnella2025Phytomyza bipunctataPhytomyza bipunctata2025Phytomyza bipunctataPhytomyza bipunctata2025Urophora carduiUrophora cardui2025Urophora carduiUrophora cardui2025Nut-tree DotStigmella microtheriella2025Nut-tree DotStigmella microtheriella2025Acidia cognataAcidia cognata2025Acidia cognataAcidia cognata2025Eupteryx aurataEupteryx aurata2025Eupteryx aurataEupteryx aurata2025Common Ridge-backEpermenia chaerophyllella2025Common Ridge-backEpermenia chaerophyllella2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Andricus grossulariae f. agamicAndricus grossulariae f. agamic2025Andricus grossulariae f. agamicAndricus grossulariae f. agamic2025Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Dogwood CutterAntispila petryi2025Dogwood CutterAntispila petryi2025Rhingia rostrataRhingia rostrata2025Rhingia rostrataRhingia rostrata2025Plane Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter platani2025Plane Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter platani2025Small Blood-veinScopula imitaria2025Small Blood-veinScopula imitaria2025Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025Kent Maze-minerPhyllocnistis xenia2025Kent Maze-minerPhyllocnistis xenia2025Strawberry-blossom WeevilAnthonomus rubi2025Strawberry-blossom WeevilAnthonomus rubi2025Horse-Chestnut Leaf-minerCameraria ohridella2025Horse-Chestnut Leaf-minerCameraria ohridella2025Chromatomyia horticola/syngenesiaeChromatomyia horticola/syngenesiae2025Chromatomyia horticola/syngenesiaeChromatomyia horticola/syngenesiae2025Opomyza florumOpomyza florum2025Opomyza florumOpomyza florum2025MeromyzaMeromyza2025MeromyzaMeromyza2025Aulagromyza populiAulagromyza populi2025Aulagromyza populiAulagromyza populi2025EurygasterEurygaster2025EurygasterEurygaster2025Orange-spotted MinerChrysoesthia sexguttella2025Orange-spotted MinerChrysoesthia sexguttella2025Poplar Maze-minerPhyllocnistis unipunctella2025Poplar Maze-minerPhyllocnistis unipunctella2025Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecaePemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae2025Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecaePemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae2025YponomeutaYponomeuta2025YponomeutaYponomeuta2025Double LobedLateroligia ophiogramma2025Double LobedLateroligia ophiogramma202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2025Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2025Tawny Sycamore PiercerPammene aurita2025Tawny Sycamore PiercerPammene aurita2025Terellia tussilaginisTerellia tussilaginis2025Terellia tussilaginisTerellia tussilaginis2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Nettle GroundbugHeterogaster urticae2025Nettle GroundbugHeterogaster urticae2025Conops quadrifasciatusConops quadrifasciatus2025Conops quadrifasciatusConops quadrifasciatus2025Rowan ParornixParornix scoticella2025Rowan ParornixParornix scoticella2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025CinnabarTyria jacobaeae2025CinnabarTyria jacobaeae2025Calycomyza artemisiaeCalycomyza artemisiae2025Calycomyza artemisiaeCalycomyza artemisiae2025Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2025Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2025Stictopleurus punctatonervosusStictopleurus punctatonervosus2025Stictopleurus punctatonervosusStictopleurus punctatonervosus2025Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus2025Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus2025Black-horned GemMicrochrysa polita2025Black-horned GemMicrochrysa polita2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025GroundselSenecio vulgarisGroundselSenecio vulgarisCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaPolypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare2025Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare2025Turkey OakQuercus cerris2025Turkey OakQuercus cerris2025Italian AlderAlnus cordata2025Italian AlderAlnus cordata2025White BryonyBryonia dioica2025White BryonyBryonia dioica2025Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2025Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2025Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus2025Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025ChicoryCichorium intybus2025ChicoryCichorium intybus2025Deadly NightshadeAtropa belladonna2025Deadly NightshadeAtropa belladonna2025Dwarf MallowMalva neglecta2025Dwarf MallowMalva neglecta2025London PlanePlatanus occidentalis x orientalis = P. x hispanica2025London PlanePlatanus occidentalis x orientalis = P. x hispanica2025Trifid Bur-marigoldBidens tripartita2025Trifid Bur-marigoldBidens tripartita2025Grey PoplarPopulus alba x tremula = P. x canescens2025Grey PoplarPopulus alba x tremula = P. x canescens2025Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2025Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2025Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2025SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2025AspenPopulus tremula2025AspenPopulus tremula2025Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2025Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2025PlumPrunus domestica subsp. domestica2025PlumPrunus domestica subsp. domestica2025Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025Marsh-mallowAlthaea officinalis2025Marsh-mallowAlthaea officinalis2025False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae2025False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae2025Pale GalingaleCyperus eragrostis2025Pale GalingaleCyperus eragrostis2025Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2025Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2025CockspurEchinochloa crus-galli2025CockspurEchinochloa crus-galli2025Water-pepperPersicaria hydropiper2025Water-pepperPersicaria hydropiper2025SilverweedPotentilla anserina2025SilverweedPotentilla anserina2025Common MilletPanicum miliaceum2025Common MilletPanicum miliaceum2025Celery-leaved ButtercupRanunculus sceleratus2025Celery-leaved ButtercupRanunculus sceleratus2025MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025