Baldwin's Spinney - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife〰Water
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
52.47600, -1.26486
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🥾Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🥾Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat
- 🐕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
Strong match
Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh priority habitat
Free
〰Waterside walks
Good match
Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
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Wildlife to spot
11,675 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
11,675 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Carrion Crow · Magpie · Redwing · Green Woodpecker · Blackbird +45
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- CootFulica atra
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Honey Fungus
- Honey FungusArmillaria mellea
🌿Plants11 species
springautumn
2026▾
Wild Teasel · Common Reed · Primrose · Lesser Celandine · Dandelion +6
- Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025
- Common ReedPhragmites australis
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- DandelionTaraxacum
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,675 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Carrion Crow · Magpie · Redwing · Green Woodpecker · Blackbird +45
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- CootFulica atra
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Honey Fungus
- Honey FungusArmillaria mellea
🌿Plants11 species
springautumn
2026▾
Wild Teasel · Common Reed · Primrose · Lesser Celandine · Dandelion +6
- Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025
- Common ReedPhragmites australis
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- DandelionTaraxacum
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Common Liverwort
Common Liverwort
Marchantia polymorpha
Marchantia polymorpha
BulrushTypha latifolia2025BulrushTypha latifolia2025Lesser BulrushTypha angustifolia2025Lesser BulrushTypha angustifolia2025Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025Events & activities nearby
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