Freemens Common - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
52.61889, -1.14307
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
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Paid
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▾
165 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
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
48,925 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
48,925 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Blackbird · Robin · Redwing · Great Spotted Woodpecker +44
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Dusky WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Common GullLarus canus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Southern CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo sinensis2025
- Siberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita tristis2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Muntjac · Grey Squirrel
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects7 species
springautumn
2026▾
24-spot Ladybird · Peacock · Comma · Vine Weevil · Large Willow Aphid +2
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
- PeacockAglais io
- CommaPolygonia c-album
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
- Laburnum Leaf MinerLeucoptera laburnella
🍄Fungi2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Common Bird's Nest · Glistening Inkcap
- Common Bird's NestCrucibulum laeve
- Glistening InkcapCoprinellus micaceus2025
🌿Plants8 species
springautumn
2026▾
Flowering Currant · Sweet Violet · Lesser Celandine · Yarrow · Winter Heliotrope +3
- Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- Winter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicus2025
- Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
48,925 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Blackbird · Robin · Redwing · Great Spotted Woodpecker +44
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Dusky WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Common GullLarus canus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Southern CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo sinensis2025
- Siberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita tristis2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Muntjac · Grey Squirrel
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects7 species
springautumn
2026▾
24-spot Ladybird · Peacock · Comma · Vine Weevil · Large Willow Aphid +2
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
- PeacockAglais io
- CommaPolygonia c-album
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
- Laburnum Leaf MinerLeucoptera laburnella
🍄Fungi2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Common Bird's Nest · Glistening Inkcap
- Common Bird's NestCrucibulum laeve
- Glistening InkcapCoprinellus micaceus2025
🌿Plants8 species
springautumn
2026▾
Flowering Currant · Sweet Violet · Lesser Celandine · Yarrow · Winter Heliotrope +3
- Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- Winter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicus2025
- Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Crypturaphis grassiiCrypturaphis grassii2025Crypturaphis grassiiCrypturaphis grassii20252025
2025
Italian AlderAlnus cordata2025Italian AlderAlnus cordata2025Viper's-buglossEchium vulgare2025Viper's-buglossEchium vulgare2025