Johnstone Spinney - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
Plan your visit
🦋Insects🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
52.57325, -1.19106
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
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects
Free
Lowland fens priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Lowland fens — specialist fen birds and passage waders
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Bridleway V44Walking route▾
Named routeRef V44
Blaby Village Heritage TrailWalking route▾
60 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
N/ACycling route30 m▾
Named routeLength 30 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete
N/ACycling route81 m▾
Named routeLength 81 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete
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Wildlife to spot
36,610 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
36,610 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Jackdaw · Magpie · Blue Tit · Robin +27
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Rabbit · Common Shrew · Muntjac · Bank Vole · Hedgehog
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Bank VoleMyodes glareolus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐝Insects62 species
springautumn
2026▾
Hebrew Character · Common Quaker · Large Yellow Underwing · Small Quaker · Lesser Yellow Underwing +57
- Hebrew CharacterOrthosia gothica
- Common QuakerOrthosia cerasi
- Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2025
- Small QuakerOrthosia cruda
- Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2025
- Clouded DrabOrthosia incerta
Ruzenia spermoides
- Ruzenia spermoidesRuzenia spermoides
🌿Plants2 species
springsummer
2026▾
Lesser Celandine · Yarrow
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
36,610 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Jackdaw · Magpie · Blue Tit · Robin +27
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Rabbit · Common Shrew · Muntjac · Bank Vole · Hedgehog
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Bank VoleMyodes glareolus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐝Insects62 species
springautumn
2026▾
Hebrew Character · Common Quaker · Large Yellow Underwing · Small Quaker · Lesser Yellow Underwing +57
- Hebrew CharacterOrthosia gothica
- Common QuakerOrthosia cerasi
- Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2025
- Small QuakerOrthosia cruda
- Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2025
- Clouded DrabOrthosia incerta
Ruzenia spermoides
- Ruzenia spermoidesRuzenia spermoides
🌿Plants2 species
springsummer
2026▾
Lesser Celandine · Yarrow
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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