Theddingworth Hollow Spinney - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
52.48682, -1.01536
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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 km2 signed routes nearby
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Jurassic WayWalking route142 km▾
Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
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9 signed routes nearby
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Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route860 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 860 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route203 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 203 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route4.7 km▾
Named routeRef 6Length 4.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route217 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 217 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route3.2 km▾
Named routeRef 6Length 3.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
8,493 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
8,493 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds20 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Wigeon · Shoveler · Pochard · Glossy Ibis · Pintail +15
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PochardAythya ferina
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- PintailAnas acuta
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Rhamphus pulicarius · Ramshorn Gall Causer · Cola-nut Causer · Common Spangle Causer · Silk-button Causer +12
- Rhamphus pulicariusRhamphus pulicarius
- Ramshorn Gall CauserAndricus aries f. agamic
- Cola-nut CauserAndricus lignicola f. agamic
- Common Spangle CauserNeuroterus quercusbaccarum f. agamic
- Silk-button CauserNeuroterus numismalis f. agamic
- Aulagromyza heringiiAulagromyza heringii
Ganoderma
Common Chickweed · Nipplewort · Greater Plantain · Common Couch · Barren Brome +14
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- NipplewortLapsana communis
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
- Common CouchElymus repens
- Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,493 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds20 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Wigeon · Shoveler · Pochard · Glossy Ibis · Pintail +15
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PochardAythya ferina
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- PintailAnas acuta
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Rhamphus pulicarius · Ramshorn Gall Causer · Cola-nut Causer · Common Spangle Causer · Silk-button Causer +12
- Rhamphus pulicariusRhamphus pulicarius
- Ramshorn Gall CauserAndricus aries f. agamic
- Cola-nut CauserAndricus lignicola f. agamic
- Common Spangle CauserNeuroterus quercusbaccarum f. agamic
- Silk-button CauserNeuroterus numismalis f. agamic
- Aulagromyza heringiiAulagromyza heringii
Ganoderma
Common Chickweed · Nipplewort · Greater Plantain · Common Couch · Barren Brome +14
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- NipplewortLapsana communis
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
- Common CouchElymus repens
- Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Maple Dot
Maple Dot
Stigmella aceris
Stigmella aceris
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