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Getting here
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swallow and Spotted Flycatcher
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swallow and Spotted Flycatcher
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
⛺Campsite🅿️Parking🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Swallow, Spotted Flycatcher, Grey Wagtail +54 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Swallow, Spotted Flycatcher, Grey Wagtail +54 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Red Admiral, Small Tortoiseshell +91 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Cock's-foot, Ivy, Sycamore +193 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Jelly Ear, Candlesnuff Fungus, Common Orange Lichen · last seen 2023
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 2 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
Jurassic WayWalking route142 km▾
Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 64Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 64National Cycle Network
National Byway (Rutland)Cycling route▾
National Byway in Rutland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 64Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.4 km▾
Named routeRef 64Length 2.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route530 m▾
Named routeRef 64Length 530 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.1 km▾
Named routeRef 64Length 2.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
Medbourne packhorse bridge
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
2,976 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,976 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwallow · Robin · House Martin · Collared Dove · Woodpigeon +34
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SwiftApus apus2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common GullLarus canus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
White-legged Damselfly · Banded Demoiselle · Thistle Tortoise Beetle · Common Blue Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly +15
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Thistle Tortoise BeetleCassida rubiginosa2023
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Jelly Ear · Candlesnuff Fungus
- Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
- Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon
🌿Plants43 species
springsummer
2025▾
Red Dead-nettle · Great Willowherb · Hawthorn · Dandelion · Black Spleenwort +38
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2024
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024
- DandelionTaraxacum2024
- Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2024
- Foxglove
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,976 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwallow · Robin · House Martin · Collared Dove · Woodpigeon +34
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SwiftApus apus2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common GullLarus canus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
White-legged Damselfly · Banded Demoiselle · Thistle Tortoise Beetle · Common Blue Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly +15
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Thistle Tortoise BeetleCassida rubiginosa2023
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Jelly Ear · Candlesnuff Fungus
- Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
- Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon
🌿Plants43 species
springsummer
2025▾
Red Dead-nettle · Great Willowherb · Hawthorn · Dandelion · Black Spleenwort +38
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2024
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024
- DandelionTaraxacum2024
- Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2024
- Foxglove
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
2023
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20237-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2023Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2023Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2023Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2023Obolodiplosis robiniaeObolodiplosis robiniaeObolodiplosis robiniaeObolodiplosis robiniaeAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaScarce ChaserLibellula fulvaScarce ChaserLibellula fulvaBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgoBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgoOrange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2023Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2023Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023Urophora carduiUrophora cardui2023Urophora carduiUrophora cardui2023Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus2023Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus2023Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2023Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2023Convolvulus Hawk-mothAgrius convolvuli2022Convolvulus Hawk-mothAgrius convolvuli2022Digitalis purpurea2024
Digitalis purpurea2024
CleaversGalium aparine2024CleaversGalium aparine2024BrambleRubus fruticosus2024BrambleRubus fruticosus2024YarrowAchillea millefolium2024YarrowAchillea millefolium2024Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2024Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2024Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2024Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2024Common NettleUrtica dioica2024Common NettleUrtica dioica2024HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024IvyHedera helix2024IvyHedera helix2024Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024Lady's BedstrawGalium verumLady's BedstrawGalium verumMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaLeast Yellow-sorrelOxalis exilisLeast Yellow-sorrelOxalis exilisPurple-loosestrifeLythrum salicariaPurple-loosestrifeLythrum salicariaReed Sweet-grassGlyceria maximaReed Sweet-grassGlyceria maximaPendulous SedgeCarex pendulaPendulous SedgeCarex pendulaSpear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2024Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2024SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2024Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2024Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2024BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2024False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2024False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2024Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024Lesser BurdockArctium minus2024Lesser BurdockArctium minus2024Dog-roseRosa canina2024Dog-roseRosa canina2024Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2024Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2024Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2024Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2024NipplewortLapsana communis2024NipplewortLapsana communis2024Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024ElderSambucus nigra2024ElderSambucus nigra2024Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta2024Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta2024White Dead-nettleLamium album2024White Dead-nettleLamium album2024Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2024Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2024BlackthornPrunus spinosa2024BlackthornPrunus spinosa2024Events & activities nearby
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