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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🍄 Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground 206m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🍄 Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground 206m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
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🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +56 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +56 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Sycamore Tarspot, Candlesnuff Fungus, Shaggy Bracket +11 more · last seen 2025; Fungi — Sycamore Tarspot, Candlesnuff Fungus, Shaggy Bracket +11 more · last seen 2025
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🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Banded Demoiselle +87 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Banded Demoiselle +87 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Dandelion, Cleavers, Daisy +105 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Dandelion, Cleavers, Daisy +105 more · last seen 2026
Free
Plants — Dandelion, Hawthorn, Bramble +17 more foraging species
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Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 1 signed route nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Blaby Village Heritage Trail Walking route ▾
101 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Leicester 'Route 4' Cycling route ▾
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Wildlife to spot
23,953 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 23,953 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 43 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Magpie · Robin · Woodpigeon · Dunnock · Wren +38
Magpie Pica pica Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Dunnock Prunella modularis Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Great Tit Parus major Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 🦌 Mammals 9 species
winter spring summer
2026 ▾
Red Fox · Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Badger · Noctule +4
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2025 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Badger Meles meles Noctule Nyctalus noctula2025 Wood Mouse 🐸 Amphibians 4 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Palmate Newt · Smooth Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Southern Hawker · Brown Hawker · Speckled Bush-cricket · Oak Bush-cricket · Green Shieldbug +26
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025 Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis2025 Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025 Oak Bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum2025 Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Apion frumentarium Apion frumentarium 🍄 Fungi 3 species
summer autumn winter
2025 ▾
Candlesnuff Fungus · Shaggy Bracket · Pear Rust
Candlesnuff Fungus Xylaria hypoxylon Shaggy Bracket Inonotus hispidus Pear Rust Gymnosporangium sabinae 🌿 Plants 19 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Ivy · Hogweed · Elder · Glory-of-the-snow · Common Nettle +14
Ivy Hedera helix Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium Elder Sambucus nigra Glory-of-the-snow Scilla forbesii Common Nettle Urtica dioica Sowbread Cyclamen hederifolium Cleavers Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 23,953 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 43 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Magpie · Robin · Woodpigeon · Dunnock · Wren +38
Magpie Pica pica Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Dunnock Prunella modularis Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Great Tit Parus major Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 🦌 Mammals 9 species
winter spring summer
2026 ▾
Red Fox · Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Badger · Noctule +4
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2025 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Badger Meles meles Noctule Nyctalus noctula2025 Wood Mouse 🐸 Amphibians 4 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Palmate Newt · Smooth Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Southern Hawker · Brown Hawker · Speckled Bush-cricket · Oak Bush-cricket · Green Shieldbug +26
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025 Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis2025 Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025 Oak Bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum2025 Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Apion frumentarium Apion frumentarium 🍄 Fungi 3 species
summer autumn winter
2025 ▾
Candlesnuff Fungus · Shaggy Bracket · Pear Rust
Candlesnuff Fungus Xylaria hypoxylon Shaggy Bracket Inonotus hispidus Pear Rust Gymnosporangium sabinae 🌿 Plants 19 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Ivy · Hogweed · Elder · Glory-of-the-snow · Common Nettle +14
Ivy Hedera helix Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium Elder Sambucus nigra Glory-of-the-snow Scilla forbesii Common Nettle Urtica dioica Sowbread Cyclamen hederifolium Cleavers Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Apodemus sylvaticus
Apodemus sylvaticus
Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus
Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus
Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus2025
Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus2025
Myotis Bat species Myotis2025
Myotis Bat species Myotis2025 2025
2025
Aquarius paludum Aquarius paludum2025
Aquarius paludum Aquarius paludum2025
Urophora cardui Urophora cardui2025
Urophora cardui Urophora cardui2025
Peacock Aglais io2025
Peacock Aglais io2025
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis2025
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis2025
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2025
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2025
Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum2025
Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum2025
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025
Shining Alder Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter klemannella2025
Shining Alder Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter klemannella2025
Poplar Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter comparella2025
Poplar Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter comparella2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Large White Pieris brassicae2025
Large White Pieris brassicae2025
Knopper Gall Causer Andricus quercuscalicis f. agamic2025
Knopper Gall Causer Andricus quercuscalicis f. agamic2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
Common Spangle Causer Neuroterus quercusbaccarum f. agamic2025
Common Spangle Causer Neuroterus quercusbaccarum f. agamic2025
Oak-apple Causer Biorhiza pallida f. sexual2025
Oak-apple Causer Biorhiza pallida f. sexual2025
Andricus kollari/infectorius f. agamic Andricus kollari/infectorius f. agamic2025
Andricus kollari/infectorius f. agamic Andricus kollari/infectorius f. agamic2025
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2025
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2025
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025
Eupeodes Eupeodes2025
Eupeodes Eupeodes2025
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2025
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2025
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae2025
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae2025
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025
Panorpa communis Panorpa communis2025
Panorpa communis Panorpa communis2025
Toadflax Brocade Calophasia lunula2025
Toadflax Brocade Calophasia lunula2025 Galium aparine
Galium aparine
Ground-elder Aegopodium podagraria
Ground-elder Aegopodium podagraria
Snowdrop Galanthus nivalis
Snowdrop Galanthus nivalis
Primrose Primula vulgaris
Primrose Primula vulgaris
Evergreen Spindle Euonymus japonicus2025
Evergreen Spindle Euonymus japonicus2025
Great Mullein Verbascum thapsus2025
Great Mullein Verbascum thapsus2025
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna2025
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna2025
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus2025
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus2025
Hazel Corylus avellana2025
Hazel Corylus avellana2025
Cherry Laurel Prunus laurocerasus2025
Cherry Laurel Prunus laurocerasus2025
Fat-hen Chenopodium album2025
Fat-hen Chenopodium album2025
Petty Spurge Euphorbia peplus2025
Petty Spurge Euphorbia peplus2025
Pedunculate Oak Quercus robur2025
Pedunculate Oak Quercus robur2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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