Broadleaved woodland near South Wigston
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.57602, -1.11832
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿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
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿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 km1 signed route nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Blaby Village Heritage TrailWalking route▾
76 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 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Inner RingwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Inner RingwayLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.3 km▾
Named routeRef 63Length 1.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Harrison Close, South Wigston
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Wildlife to spot
30,868 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
30,868 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Magpie · Goldfinch · Robin · Long-tailed Tit +37
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
Bat
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects6 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Apion frumentarium · Speckled Wood · Brimstone · Convolvulus Hawk-moth +1
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024
- Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
- Convolvulus Hawk-mothAgrius convolvuli2024
Yarrow · Ivy · Herb-Robert · Cleavers · Ash +13
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- IvyHedera helix
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- CleaversGalium aparine
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- ElderSambucus nigra
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
30,868 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Magpie · Goldfinch · Robin · Long-tailed Tit +37
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
Bat
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects6 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Apion frumentarium · Speckled Wood · Brimstone · Convolvulus Hawk-moth +1
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024
- Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
- Convolvulus Hawk-mothAgrius convolvuli2024
Yarrow · Ivy · Herb-Robert · Cleavers · Ash +13
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- IvyHedera helix
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- CleaversGalium aparine
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- ElderSambucus nigra
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Banded Demoiselle
Banded Demoiselle
Calopteryx splendens2024
Calopteryx splendens2024
Narrow-leaved Ash
Narrow-leaved Ash
Fraxinus angustifolia
Fraxinus angustifolia
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