Freemens Common - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.62435, -1.12992
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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
- ☕Arts Bar — a good base for a longer summer day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- ☕Arts Bar — a good base for a longer summer day out
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking🛝Playground🚻Toilets
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 km162 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Leicester 'Route 2'Cycling route▾
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West End WayCycling route▾
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Inner RingwayCycling route▾
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Leicester 'Route 4'Cycling route▾
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Leicester 'Route 3'Cycling route▾
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Wildlife to spot
46,602 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
46,602 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Blackbird · Robin · Great Tit · Wren +41
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Dusky WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Common GullLarus canus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Southern CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo sinensis2025
- Siberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita tristis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Muntjac
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects16 species
winterspring
2026▾
Yellow-legged Furrow Bee · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Green Shieldbug · Gwynne's Mining Bee · Tree Bumblebee +11
- Yellow-legged Furrow BeeHalictus rubicundus
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Gwynne's Mining BeeAndrena bicolor
- Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
🍄Fungi2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Common Bird's Nest · Glistening Inkcap
- Common Bird's NestCrucibulum laeve
- Glistening InkcapCoprinellus micaceus2025
🌿Plants6 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Yarrow · Red Dead-nettle · Groundsel · Common Chickweed · Polypodium vulgare +1
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare2025
- Italian AlderAlnus cordata2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
46,602 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Blackbird · Robin · Great Tit · Wren +41
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Dusky WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Common GullLarus canus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Southern CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo sinensis2025
- Siberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita tristis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Muntjac
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects16 species
winterspring
2026▾
Yellow-legged Furrow Bee · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Green Shieldbug · Gwynne's Mining Bee · Tree Bumblebee +11
- Yellow-legged Furrow BeeHalictus rubicundus
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Gwynne's Mining BeeAndrena bicolor
- Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
🍄Fungi2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Common Bird's Nest · Glistening Inkcap
- Common Bird's NestCrucibulum laeve
- Glistening InkcapCoprinellus micaceus2025
🌿Plants6 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Yarrow · Red Dead-nettle · Groundsel · Common Chickweed · Polypodium vulgare +1
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare2025
- Italian AlderAlnus cordata2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
