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🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome13 ha
Getting here
52.57774, -1.13010
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chiffchaff and Pied Wagtail
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Corner Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chiffchaff and Pied Wagtail
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Corner Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Chiffchaff, Pied Wagtail, Linnet +77 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Chiffchaff, Pied Wagtail, Linnet +77 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Roesel's Bush-cricket, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Field Grasshopper +53 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Blaby Village Heritage TrailWalking route▾
76 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Leicester 'Route 4'Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
Leicester 'Route 3'Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Inner RingwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Inner RingwayLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.3 km▾
Named routeRef 63Length 1.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Mill Lanebridleway · 413 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 413 mSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
14,175 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
14,175 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Great Tit · Long-tailed Tit · Robin · Pied Wagtail +39
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Bat · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog
- BatChiroptera2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects12 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Roesel's Bush-cricket · Apion frumentarium · Shining Alder Leaf-miner · Brimstone · Xestophanes potentillae +7
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
- Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium
- Shining Alder Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter klemannella
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
- Xestophanes potentillaeXestophanes potentillae2024
- Dasineura odoratae
🍄Fungi2 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Spangle Waxcap · Sycamore Tarspot
- Spangle WaxcapHygrocybe insipida
- Sycamore TarspotRhytisma acerinum
🌿Plants11 species
springsummer
2025▾
Pineappleweed · Bluebell · Three-cornered Garlic · Daisy · Herb-Robert +6
- PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana
- Three-cornered GarlicAllium triquetrum
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- CleaversGalium aparine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
14,175 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Great Tit · Long-tailed Tit · Robin · Pied Wagtail +39
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Bat · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog
- BatChiroptera2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects12 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Roesel's Bush-cricket · Apion frumentarium · Shining Alder Leaf-miner · Brimstone · Xestophanes potentillae +7
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
- Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium
- Shining Alder Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter klemannella
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
- Xestophanes potentillaeXestophanes potentillae2024
- Dasineura odoratae
🍄Fungi2 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Spangle Waxcap · Sycamore Tarspot
- Spangle WaxcapHygrocybe insipida
- Sycamore TarspotRhytisma acerinum
🌿Plants11 species
springsummer
2025▾
Pineappleweed · Bluebell · Three-cornered Garlic · Daisy · Herb-Robert +6
- PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana
- Three-cornered GarlicAllium triquetrum
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- CleaversGalium aparine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Dasineura odoratae2024
Dasineura odoratae2024
Convolvulus Hawk-mothAgrius convolvuli2024Convolvulus Hawk-mothAgrius convolvuli2024Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum2024Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum2024SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2024Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2024RowanSorbus aucuparia2024RowanSorbus aucuparia2024Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024Field MapleAcer campestre2024Field MapleAcer campestre2024