Baggrave Deserted Medieval Village
9 ha
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Free entryDogs welcome9 ha
Getting here
52.67141, -0.97022
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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 Little Owl and Pheasant
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Little Owl and Pheasant
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Little Owl, Pheasant, Jackdaw +55 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Mammals — Common Pipistrelle, Rabbit, Mole +11 more · last seen 2023; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Common Orange Lichen, Arthonia radiata, Lecidella elaeochroma +15 more · last seen 2023
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Darter, Ruddy Darter, Speckled Wood +49 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Cleavers, Common Nettle, Elder +208 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
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Ridge and furrow near the deserted village of Baggrave
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Wildlife to spot
3,040 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,040 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Jackdaw · Kestrel · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow +21
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
🐝Insects7 species
springautumn
2024▾
Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Eristalis tenax · Eristalis pertinax · Box Bug +2
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
- Empis trigrammaEmpis trigramma
Cow Parsley · Bramble · Prickly Sow-thistle · Broad-leaved Dock · Elder +70
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024
- BrambleRubus fruticosus2024
- Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2023
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024
- ElderSambucus nigra2024
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,040 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Jackdaw · Kestrel · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow +21
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
🐝Insects7 species
springautumn
2024▾
Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Eristalis tenax · Eristalis pertinax · Box Bug +2
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
- Empis trigrammaEmpis trigramma
Cow Parsley · Bramble · Prickly Sow-thistle · Broad-leaved Dock · Elder +70
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024
- BrambleRubus fruticosus2024
- Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2023
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024
- ElderSambucus nigra2024
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Common NettleUrtica dioica2024Common NettleUrtica dioica2024IvyHedera helix2024IvyHedera helix2024Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024CleaversGalium aparine2024CleaversGalium aparine2024DandelionTaraxacum2024DandelionTaraxacum2024Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2023Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2023Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2023Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2023Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2023Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2023Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2023Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2023Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023Reflexed Saltmarsh-GrassPuccinellia distans2023Reflexed Saltmarsh-GrassPuccinellia distans2023Red OakQuercus rubra2023Red OakQuercus rubra2023Midland HawthornCrataegus laevigata2023Midland HawthornCrataegus laevigata2023Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2023Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2023White WillowSalix alba2023White WillowSalix alba2023Wood AvensGeum urbanum2023Wood AvensGeum urbanum2023Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2023Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2023Field MapleAcer campestre2023Field MapleAcer campestre2023Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2023Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2023Spear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrata2023Spear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrata2023Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2023Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2023TimothyPhleum pratense2023TimothyPhleum pratense2023Black BryonyTamus communis2023Black BryonyTamus communis2023Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2023Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2023Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2023Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2023False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2023False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2023Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2023Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2023Common CouchElymus repens2023Common CouchElymus repens2023Welted ThistleCarduus crispus2023Welted ThistleCarduus crispus2023Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2023Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2023HawthornCrataegus monogyna2023HawthornCrataegus monogyna2023False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2023False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2023Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023BlackthornPrunus spinosa2023BlackthornPrunus spinosa2023Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2023Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2023Meadow BarleyHordeum secalinum2023Meadow BarleyHordeum secalinum2023DaisyBellis perennis2023DaisyBellis perennis2023Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2023Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2023Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2023Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2023Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2023Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2023Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2023Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2023Heracleum sphondylium subsp. sphondyliumHeracleum sphondylium subsp. sphondylium2023Heracleum sphondylium subsp. sphondyliumHeracleum sphondylium subsp. sphondylium2023Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2023Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2023Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2023Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2023Lesser BurdockArctium minus2023Lesser BurdockArctium minus2023PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2023PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2023AshFraxinus excelsior2023AshFraxinus excelsior2023Lesser Sea-spurreySpergularia marina2023Lesser Sea-spurreySpergularia marina2023Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2023Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2023SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2023SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2023Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2023Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2023Stinking IrisIris foetidissimaStinking IrisIris foetidissimaSlender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis2024Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis2024Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2024Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2024BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana2024BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana2024Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2024Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2024YewTaxus baccata2024YewTaxus baccata2024LungwortPulmonaria officinalis2024LungwortPulmonaria officinalis2024Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana2024Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana2024Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2024Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2024Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia2024Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia2024HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2023HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2023HazelCorylus avellana2023HazelCorylus avellana2023Taraxacum agg.Taraxacum agg.2023Taraxacum agg.Taraxacum agg.2023ElmUlmus2023ElmUlmus2023Hairy SedgeCarex hirta2023Hairy SedgeCarex hirta2023Greater PlantainPlantago major2023Greater PlantainPlantago major2023