Two Acre Spinney - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.58476, -1.14099
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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 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Blaby Village Heritage TrailWalking route▾
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Route 63Cycling route▾
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West End WayCycling route▾
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Inner RingwayCycling route▾
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Wildlife to spot
18,478 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
18,478 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Mallard · Robin · Magpie · Wren · Woodpigeon +28
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
🦌Mammals11 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Red Fox · Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Badger · Noctule +6
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2025
- Wood Mouse
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians3 species
springsummer
2026▾
Palmate Newt · Smooth Newt · Common Toad
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
Red-legged Shieldbug · Dock Bug · Speckled Bush-cricket · Oak Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird +19
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Large Red Damselfly
🍄Fungi5 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Candlesnuff Fungus · Shaggy Bracket · Pear Rust · Chicken Of The Woods · Yellow Brain
- Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon
- Shaggy BracketInonotus hispidus
- Pear RustGymnosporangium sabinae
- Chicken Of The WoodsLaetiporus sulphureus
- Yellow BrainTremella mesenterica
Wood Avens · Cleavers · Hogweed · Elder · Glory-of-the-snow +19
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
- CleaversGalium aparine
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Glory-of-the-snowScilla forbesii
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- IvyHedera helix
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
18,478 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Mallard · Robin · Magpie · Wren · Woodpigeon +28
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
🦌Mammals11 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Red Fox · Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Badger · Noctule +6
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2025
- Wood Mouse
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians3 species
springsummer
2026▾
Palmate Newt · Smooth Newt · Common Toad
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
Red-legged Shieldbug · Dock Bug · Speckled Bush-cricket · Oak Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird +19
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Large Red Damselfly
🍄Fungi5 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Candlesnuff Fungus · Shaggy Bracket · Pear Rust · Chicken Of The Woods · Yellow Brain
- Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon
- Shaggy BracketInonotus hispidus
- Pear RustGymnosporangium sabinae
- Chicken Of The WoodsLaetiporus sulphureus
- Yellow BrainTremella mesenterica
Wood Avens · Cleavers · Hogweed · Elder · Glory-of-the-snow +19
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
- CleaversGalium aparine
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Glory-of-the-snowScilla forbesii
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- IvyHedera helix
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Apodemus sylvaticus
Apodemus sylvaticus
BatChiroptera2025BatChiroptera2025Brown RatRattus norvegicusBrown RatRattus norvegicusBrown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2025Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2025Myotis Bat speciesMyotis2025Myotis Bat speciesMyotis2025PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaApion frumentariumApion frumentarium2025Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium2025PeacockAglais io2025PeacockAglais io2025Shining Alder Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter klemannella2025Shining Alder Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter klemannella2025Poplar Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter comparella2025Poplar Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter comparella2025Large WhitePieris brassicae2025Large WhitePieris brassicae2025Knopper Gall CauserAndricus quercuscalicis f. agamic2025Knopper Gall CauserAndricus quercuscalicis f. agamic2025Common Spangle CauserNeuroterus quercusbaccarum f. agamic2025Common Spangle CauserNeuroterus quercusbaccarum f. agamic2025Oak-apple CauserBiorhiza pallida f. sexual2025Oak-apple CauserBiorhiza pallida f. sexual2025Andricus kollari/infectorius f. agamicAndricus kollari/infectorius f. agamic2025Andricus kollari/infectorius f. agamicAndricus kollari/infectorius f. agamic2025GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2025GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025EupeodesEupeodes2025EupeodesEupeodes2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2025Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025CinnabarTyria jacobaeae2025CinnabarTyria jacobaeae2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025SowbreadCyclamen hederifoliumSowbreadCyclamen hederifoliumGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaSnowdropGalanthus nivalisSnowdropGalanthus nivalisPrimrosePrimula vulgarisPrimrosePrimula vulgarisEvergreen SpindleEuonymus japonicus2025Evergreen SpindleEuonymus japonicus2025Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus2025Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus2025Fat-henChenopodium album2025Fat-henChenopodium album2025Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2025Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2025Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana2025BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana2025Three-cornered GarlicAllium triquetrum2025Three-cornered GarlicAllium triquetrum2025DaisyBellis perennis2025DaisyBellis perennis2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Events & activities nearby
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