Freemens Common - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.61873, -1.14689
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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
- 🛝Playground 297m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 297m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground
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▾
164 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Leicester 'Route 4'Cycling route▾
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Leicester 'Route 3'Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
NCN 6 Flood Diversion RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Leicester 'Route 2'Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 2Local cycle route
West End WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef West End WayLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
53,314 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
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Magpie · Robin · Blackbird · Goldcrest · Great Spotted Woodpecker +45
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- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Dusky WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatus2025
- Siberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita tristis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Common GullLarus canus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Southern CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo sinensis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
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Oak Bush-cricket · Peacock · 24-spot Ladybird · Comma · Vine Weevil +2
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- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
- CommaPolygonia c-album
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus
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winterautumn
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- Common Bird's NestCrucibulum laeve
- Glistening InkcapCoprinellus micaceus2025
Lesser Celandine · Flowering Currant · Sweet Violet · Yarrow · Winter Heliotrope +1
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- Winter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicus2025
- Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare2025
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53,314 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Robin · Blackbird · Goldcrest · Great Spotted Woodpecker +45
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Dusky WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatus2025
- Siberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita tristis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Common GullLarus canus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Southern CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo sinensis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
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- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects7 species
springautumn
2026▾
Oak Bush-cricket · Peacock · 24-spot Ladybird · Comma · Vine Weevil +2
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2025
- PeacockAglais io
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
- CommaPolygonia c-album
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus
🍄Fungi2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Common Bird's Nest · Glistening Inkcap
- Common Bird's NestCrucibulum laeve
- Glistening InkcapCoprinellus micaceus2025
Lesser Celandine · Flowering Currant · Sweet Violet · Yarrow · Winter Heliotrope +1
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- Winter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicus2025
- Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare2025
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