Racecourse Wood - Broadleaved woodland
18 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome18 ha
Getting here
52.62261, -0.47528
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
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 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Nene WayWalking route177 km▾
Named routeLength 177 kmRegional walking route
Jurassic WayWalking route142 km▾
Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
Rutland RoundWalking route105 km▾
Named routeLength 105 kmRegional walking route
Torpel WayWalking route▾
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Rutland)Cycling route▾
National Byway in Rutland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
4,300 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,300 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWren · Blue Tit · Dunnock · Jay · Carrion Crow +24
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Great TitParus major
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
7-spot Ladybird · Oak Bush-cricket
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
Broad-leaved Dock · White Dead-nettle · Yarrow · Cock's-foot · Creeping Cinquefoil +120
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
- Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,300 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWren · Blue Tit · Dunnock · Jay · Carrion Crow +24
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Great TitParus major
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
7-spot Ladybird · Oak Bush-cricket
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
Broad-leaved Dock · White Dead-nettle · Yarrow · Cock's-foot · Creeping Cinquefoil +120
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
- Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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