Dunton Gorse - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
52.53093, -1.20115
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Bridleway V53Walking route▾
Named routeRef V53
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Bridleway V44Walking route▾
Named routeRef V44
Blaby Village Heritage TrailWalking route▾
24 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 50Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 50National Cycle Network
Leicester 'Route 3'Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route625 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 625 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route95 m▾
Named routeLength 95 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route51 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 51 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
Public paths
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Photos
Public Bridleway crossing Cottage Lane
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Wildlife to spot
26,991 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
26,991 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGoldfinch · Robin · Blue Tit · Dunnock · Chaffinch +31
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- MagpiePica pica
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Water Vole · Muntjac · Hedgehog · Weasel
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- WeaselMustela nivalis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Speckled Bush-cricket · Splayed Deerfly · Speckled Wood · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Twin-spotted Quaker +56
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Splayed DeerflyChrysops caecutiens2025
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025
- Twin-spotted QuakerAnorthoa munda
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
Sarcoscypha · Crystal Brain · Glistening Inkcap · Honey Fungus · Dryad's Saddle
- SarcoscyphaSarcoscypha
- Crystal BrainExidia nucleata
- Glistening InkcapCoprinellus micaceus
- Honey FungusArmillaria mellea2025
- Dryad's SaddlePolyporus squamosus2025
Shining Crane's-bill · Cleavers · Common Chickweed · Dandelion · Red Dead-nettle +3
- Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025
- Garden TickseedCoreopsis tinctoria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
26,991 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGoldfinch · Robin · Blue Tit · Dunnock · Chaffinch +31
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- MagpiePica pica
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Water Vole · Muntjac · Hedgehog · Weasel
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- WeaselMustela nivalis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Speckled Bush-cricket · Splayed Deerfly · Speckled Wood · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Twin-spotted Quaker +56
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Splayed DeerflyChrysops caecutiens2025
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025
- Twin-spotted QuakerAnorthoa munda
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
Sarcoscypha · Crystal Brain · Glistening Inkcap · Honey Fungus · Dryad's Saddle
- SarcoscyphaSarcoscypha
- Crystal BrainExidia nucleata
- Glistening InkcapCoprinellus micaceus
- Honey FungusArmillaria mellea2025
- Dryad's SaddlePolyporus squamosus2025
Shining Crane's-bill · Cleavers · Common Chickweed · Dandelion · Red Dead-nettle +3
- Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025
- Garden TickseedCoreopsis tinctoria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum2025Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum2025Events & activities nearby
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