Bull Spinney - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
52.52052, -1.01612
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
- 🌿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
Signed route nearby
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
Photos
Path along the edge of a small wood
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Wildlife to spot
16,519 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
16,519 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Black-headed Gull · Wren · Pied Wagtail · House Sparrow · Carrion Crow +45
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- Common TernSterna hirundo2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
Otter
🐝Insects19 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hornet · Bombus lucorum · Sepsis · Mesembrina meridiana · Brown Hawker +14
- HornetVespa crabro
- Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum
- SepsisSepsis
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Syrphus
Chicken Of The Woods · Torth Felen
- Chicken Of The WoodsLaetiporus sulphureus
- Torth FelenHypholoma fasciculare
Water Chickweed
- Water ChickweedStellaria aquatica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,519 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Black-headed Gull · Wren · Pied Wagtail · House Sparrow · Carrion Crow +45
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- Common TernSterna hirundo2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
Otter
🐝Insects19 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hornet · Bombus lucorum · Sepsis · Mesembrina meridiana · Brown Hawker +14
- HornetVespa crabro
- Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum
- SepsisSepsis
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Syrphus
Chicken Of The Woods · Torth Felen
- Chicken Of The WoodsLaetiporus sulphureus
- Torth FelenHypholoma fasciculare
Water Chickweed
- Water ChickweedStellaria aquatica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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