Ash Spinney - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.55829, -1.14954
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 · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Blaby Village Heritage TrailWalking route▾
47 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 50Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 50National Cycle Network
Leicester 'Route 4'Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
Leicester 'Route 3'Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route57 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 57 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route17 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 17 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
22,594 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
22,594 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Robin · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Blue Tit +37
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Hebrew Character · Common Quaker · Small Quaker · Clouded Drab · Early Grey +17
- Hebrew CharacterOrthosia gothica
- Common QuakerOrthosia cerasi
- Small QuakerOrthosia cruda
- Clouded DrabOrthosia incerta
- Early GreyXylocampa areola
- Double-striped PugGymnoscelis rufifasciata
- Oak BeautyBiston strataria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
22,594 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Robin · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Blue Tit +37
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Hebrew Character · Common Quaker · Small Quaker · Clouded Drab · Early Grey +17
- Hebrew CharacterOrthosia gothica
- Common QuakerOrthosia cerasi
- Small QuakerOrthosia cruda
- Clouded DrabOrthosia incerta
- Early GreyXylocampa areola
- Double-striped PugGymnoscelis rufifasciata
- Oak BeautyBiston strataria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
