Walton Holt Gorse - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
52.48151, -1.08891
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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
- 🌿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
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿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
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
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Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
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Wildlife to spot
2,909 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,909 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLong-tailed Tit · Greylag Goose · Starling · Fieldfare · Great Spotted Woodpecker +29
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CootFulica atra
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- MagpiePica pica
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Red Fox · Bank Vole
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Bank VoleMyodes glareolus
🐝Insects3 species
springsummer
2024▾
Baccha elongata · Graphopsocus cruciatus · Speckled Bush-cricket
- Baccha elongataBaccha elongata
- Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2023
Groundsel · Great Mullein · Elder · Cow Parsley · Lesser Burdock +79
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Lesser BurdockArctium minus
- Field-roseRosa arvensis
- HazelCorylus avellana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,909 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLong-tailed Tit · Greylag Goose · Starling · Fieldfare · Great Spotted Woodpecker +29
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CootFulica atra
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- MagpiePica pica
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Red Fox · Bank Vole
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Bank VoleMyodes glareolus
🐝Insects3 species
springsummer
2024▾
Baccha elongata · Graphopsocus cruciatus · Speckled Bush-cricket
- Baccha elongataBaccha elongata
- Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2023
Groundsel · Great Mullein · Elder · Cow Parsley · Lesser Burdock +79
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Lesser BurdockArctium minus
- Field-roseRosa arvensis
- HazelCorylus avellana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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