Fir Grounds - Broadleaved woodland
45 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome45 ha
Getting here
52.52000, -0.74030
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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The course of the former Stamford to Rugby railway near Great Easton
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Wildlife to spot
14,169 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
14,169 records · National Biodiversity NetworkJackdaw · Swallow · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon +35
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RavenCorvus corax
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- GadwallMareca strepera2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Common Red Soldier Beetle · Volucella pellucens · Syritta pipiens · Phyllaphis fagi · Cinnabar +1
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens
- Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
- Phyllaphis fagiPhyllaphis fagi
- CinnabarTyria jacobaeae2024
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
Yarrow · Common Ragwort · Ash · Pellitory-of-the-wall · Canadian Goldenrod +94
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica
- Canadian GoldenrodSolidago canadensis
- Goat WillowSalix caprea
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
14,169 records · National Biodiversity NetworkJackdaw · Swallow · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon +35
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RavenCorvus corax
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- GadwallMareca strepera2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Common Red Soldier Beetle · Volucella pellucens · Syritta pipiens · Phyllaphis fagi · Cinnabar +1
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens
- Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
- Phyllaphis fagiPhyllaphis fagi
- CinnabarTyria jacobaeae2024
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
Yarrow · Common Ragwort · Ash · Pellitory-of-the-wall · Canadian Goldenrod +94
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica
- Canadian GoldenrodSolidago canadensis
- Goat WillowSalix caprea
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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