Ketton Gorse - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.63477, -0.57114
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 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Jurassic WayWalking route142 km▾
Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
Hereward WayWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Rutland RoundWalking route105 km▾
Named routeLength 105 kmRegional walking route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Rutland Water CircuitCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
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
69,587 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
69,587 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBuzzard · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Mallard · Canada Goose +117
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects6 species
springautumn
2026▾
Orange Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Phytomyza crassiseta · Taxomyia taxi · White-spot Sallow Dot +1
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Phytomyza crassisetaPhytomyza crassiseta2025
- Taxomyia taxiTaxomyia taxi2025
- White-spot Sallow DotEctoedemia intimella2025
- Bedeguar Gall
Blackening Waxcap · Cap Cŵyr Parhaol · Yellow Brain · Jelly Ear · Chlorociboria +10
- Blackening WaxcapHygrocybe conica2025
- Cap Cŵyr ParhaolHygrocybe acutoconica2025
- Yellow BrainTremella mesenterica
- Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
- ChlorociboriaChlorociboria
- Dark ClubClavaria greletii2025
🌿Plants5 species
springautumn
2026▾
Sweet Violet · Primrose · Cowslip · Autumn Gentian · Perforate St John's-wort
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- CowslipPrimula veris
- Autumn GentianGentianella amarella2025
- Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
69,587 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBuzzard · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Mallard · Canada Goose +117
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects6 species
springautumn
2026▾
Orange Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Phytomyza crassiseta · Taxomyia taxi · White-spot Sallow Dot +1
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Phytomyza crassisetaPhytomyza crassiseta2025
- Taxomyia taxiTaxomyia taxi2025
- White-spot Sallow DotEctoedemia intimella2025
- Bedeguar Gall
Blackening Waxcap · Cap Cŵyr Parhaol · Yellow Brain · Jelly Ear · Chlorociboria +10
- Blackening WaxcapHygrocybe conica2025
- Cap Cŵyr ParhaolHygrocybe acutoconica2025
- Yellow BrainTremella mesenterica
- Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
- ChlorociboriaChlorociboria
- Dark ClubClavaria greletii2025
🌿Plants5 species
springautumn
2026▾
Sweet Violet · Primrose · Cowslip · Autumn Gentian · Perforate St John's-wort
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- CowslipPrimula veris
- Autumn GentianGentianella amarella2025
- Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Diplolepis rosae2025
Diplolepis rosae2025
Felted Twiglet
Felted Twiglet
Tubaria conspersa2025
Tubaria conspersa2025
Wood BlewitsLepista nuda2025Wood BlewitsLepista nuda2025Cladonia pocillumCladonia pocillum2025Cladonia pocillumCladonia pocillum2025Yellow FieldcapBolbitius titubans2025Yellow FieldcapBolbitius titubans2025ClavulinopsisClavulinopsis2025ClavulinopsisClavulinopsis2025Snowy WaxcapCuphophyllus virgineus var. virgineus2025Snowy WaxcapCuphophyllus virgineus var. virgineus2025Glistening InkcapCoprinellus micaceus2025Glistening InkcapCoprinellus micaceus2025Clavaria atroumbrinaClavaria atroumbrina2025Clavaria atroumbrinaClavaria atroumbrina2025Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon2025Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon2025Events & activities nearby
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