Old Woodlands - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.63696, -1.28150
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 km3 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
National Forest WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Ivanhoe WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
36 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Leicester 'Route 2'Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 2Local cycle route
Main RouteCycling route52 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 52 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route19 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 19 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route424 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 424 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.3 km▾
Named routeRef 63Length 1.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
31,745 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
31,745 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Blackbird · Goldfinch +26
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea/rostrata
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- RookCorvus frugilegus
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Dasineura urticae
- Dasineura urticaeDasineura urticae
Meadow Waxcap · Crepidotus · Stubble Rosegill · Candlesnuff Fungus · Snowy Inkcap +5
- Meadow WaxcapCuphophyllus pratensis var. pratensis
- CrepidotusCrepidotus
- Stubble RosegillVolvopluteus gloiocephalus
- Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon
- Snowy InkcapCoprinopsis nivea
- Parrot WaxcapGliophorus psittacinus
- Weeping Widow
White Dead-nettle · Lesser Celandine · Dog's Mercury · Dandelion
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- DandelionTaraxacum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
31,745 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Blackbird · Goldfinch +26
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea/rostrata
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- RookCorvus frugilegus
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Dasineura urticae
- Dasineura urticaeDasineura urticae
Meadow Waxcap · Crepidotus · Stubble Rosegill · Candlesnuff Fungus · Snowy Inkcap +5
- Meadow WaxcapCuphophyllus pratensis var. pratensis
- CrepidotusCrepidotus
- Stubble RosegillVolvopluteus gloiocephalus
- Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon
- Snowy InkcapCoprinopsis nivea
- Parrot WaxcapGliophorus psittacinus
- Weeping Widow
White Dead-nettle · Lesser Celandine · Dog's Mercury · Dandelion
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- DandelionTaraxacum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Lacrymaria lacrymabunda
Lacrymaria lacrymabunda
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