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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
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Getting here
52.66071, -1.13667
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦26+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Tit and Robin
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 176m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦26+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Tit and Robin
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 176m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Great Tit, Robin, Blackbird +23 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Great Tit, Robin, Blackbird +23 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Quaker, Hebrew Character, Clouded Drab +29 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Chewing Gum Lichen, Physcia caesia, Physcia tenella · last seen 2026
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Moderate match
Plants — Caucasian Wingnut, Butterbur, Pointed Spear-moss +1 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
National Forest WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
200 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
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
47,904 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
47,904 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreat Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit +21
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Common Quaker · Hebrew Character · Clouded Drab · Twin-spotted Quaker · Small Quaker +27
- Common QuakerOrthosia cerasi
- Hebrew CharacterOrthosia gothica
- Clouded DrabOrthosia incerta
- Twin-spotted QuakerAnorthoa munda
- Small QuakerOrthosia cruda
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Brindled BeautyLycia hirtaria
Chewing Gum Lichen · Physcia caesia · Physcia tenella
- Chewing Gum LichenProtoparmeliopsis muralis
- Physcia caesiaPhyscia caesia
- Physcia tenellaPhyscia tenella
🌿Plants4 species
winterspring
2026▾
Caucasian Wingnut · Butterbur · Pointed Spear-moss · Hazel
- Caucasian WingnutPterocarya fraxinifolia
- ButterburPetasites hybridus
- Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
- HazelCorylus avellana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
47,904 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreat Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit +21
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Common Quaker · Hebrew Character · Clouded Drab · Twin-spotted Quaker · Small Quaker +27
- Common QuakerOrthosia cerasi
- Hebrew CharacterOrthosia gothica
- Clouded DrabOrthosia incerta
- Twin-spotted QuakerAnorthoa munda
- Small QuakerOrthosia cruda
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Brindled BeautyLycia hirtaria
Chewing Gum Lichen · Physcia caesia · Physcia tenella
- Chewing Gum LichenProtoparmeliopsis muralis
- Physcia caesiaPhyscia caesia
- Physcia tenellaPhyscia tenella
🌿Plants4 species
winterspring
2026▾
Caucasian Wingnut · Butterbur · Pointed Spear-moss · Hazel
- Caucasian WingnutPterocarya fraxinifolia
- ButterburPetasites hybridus
- Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
- HazelCorylus avellana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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