Fir Grounds - Broadleaved woodland
7 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
52.51994, -0.74943
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 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Jurassic WayWalking route142 km▾
Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route
Rutland RoundWalking route105 km▾
Named routeLength 105 kmRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Rutland)Cycling route▾
National Byway in Rutland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
12,661 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,661 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwallow · Blue Tit · Jackdaw · Blackcap · Blackbird +34
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RavenCorvus corax
- MagpiePica pica
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- GadwallMareca strepera2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Roe Deer · Red Fox · Rabbit
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects4 species
springsummer
2025▾
Phyllaphis fagi · Cinnabar · Southern Hawker · Tillus elongatus
- Phyllaphis fagiPhyllaphis fagi
- CinnabarTyria jacobaeae2024
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
- Tillus elongatusTillus elongatus2024
Yarrow · Butterbur · Common Ragwort · Ash · Pellitory-of-the-wall +84
- YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
- ButterburPetasites hybridus
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
- AshFraxinus excelsior2025
- Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica2025
- Goat WillowSalix caprea2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,661 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwallow · Blue Tit · Jackdaw · Blackcap · Blackbird +34
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RavenCorvus corax
- MagpiePica pica
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- GadwallMareca strepera2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Roe Deer · Red Fox · Rabbit
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects4 species
springsummer
2025▾
Phyllaphis fagi · Cinnabar · Southern Hawker · Tillus elongatus
- Phyllaphis fagiPhyllaphis fagi
- CinnabarTyria jacobaeae2024
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
- Tillus elongatusTillus elongatus2024
Yarrow · Butterbur · Common Ragwort · Ash · Pellitory-of-the-wall +84
- YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
- ButterburPetasites hybridus
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
- AshFraxinus excelsior2025
- Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica2025
- Goat WillowSalix caprea2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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