Scraptoft Long Spinneys - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
52.64654, -1.03543
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🛝Playground 232m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🛝Playground 232m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
playground
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
35 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Fosse2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 48National Cycle Network
Leicester 'Route 4'Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.3 km▾
Named routeRef 63Length 1.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 63Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
12,297 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,297 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds29 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Robin · Wren · Starling +24
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
Red Fox · Common Pipistrelle · Badger · Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat +5
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- BadgerMeles meles2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
- Myotis Bat speciesMyotis2025
Shuttle-shaped Dart · Box Tree Moth · Elephant Hawk-moth · Common Marbled Carpet · Buff Ermine +48
- Shuttle-shaped DartAgrotis puta
- Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis
- Elephant Hawk-mothDeilephila elpenor
- Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata
- Buff ErmineSpilosoma lutea
- Small MagpieAnania hortulata
- Broad-bodied Chaser
Cedar Cup
- Cedar CupGeopora sumneriana
Corncockle · Lesser Celandine · Great Willowherb · Wood Avens · Tufted Vetch +28
- CorncockleAgrostemma githago
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca2024
- Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,297 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds29 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Robin · Wren · Starling +24
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
Red Fox · Common Pipistrelle · Badger · Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat +5
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- BadgerMeles meles2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
- Myotis Bat speciesMyotis2025
Shuttle-shaped Dart · Box Tree Moth · Elephant Hawk-moth · Common Marbled Carpet · Buff Ermine +48
- Shuttle-shaped DartAgrotis puta
- Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis
- Elephant Hawk-mothDeilephila elpenor
- Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata
- Buff ErmineSpilosoma lutea
- Small MagpieAnania hortulata
- Broad-bodied Chaser
Cedar Cup
- Cedar CupGeopora sumneriana
Corncockle · Lesser Celandine · Great Willowherb · Wood Avens · Tufted Vetch +28
- CorncockleAgrostemma githago
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca2024
- Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Libellula depressa
Libellula depressa
Heart & DartAgrotis exclamationisHeart & DartAgrotis exclamationisCommon QuakerOrthosia cerasiCommon QuakerOrthosia cerasiHebrew CharacterOrthosia gothicaHebrew CharacterOrthosia gothicaToadflax BrocadeCalophasia lunulaToadflax BrocadeCalophasia lunulaCanary-shouldered ThornEnnomos alniariaCanary-shouldered ThornEnnomos alniariaCopper Underwing agg.Amphipyra pyramidea agg.Copper Underwing agg.Amphipyra pyramidea agg.Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosaAngle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosaLarge Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronubaLarge Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronubaYellow ShellCamptogramma bilineataYellow ShellCamptogramma bilineataCommon BluePolyommatus icarusCommon BluePolyommatus icarusOld LadyMormo mauraOld LadyMormo mauraHumming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarumHumming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarumLight Brown Apple MothEpiphyas postvittanaLight Brown Apple MothEpiphyas postvittanaMillerAcronicta leporinaMillerAcronicta leporinaPine Hawk-mothSphinx pinastriPine Hawk-mothSphinx pinastriNetted TortrixAcleris forsskaleanaNetted TortrixAcleris forsskaleanaRiband WaveIdaea aversataRiband WaveIdaea aversataSycamoreAcronicta acerisSycamoreAcronicta acerisGrey/Dark DaggerAcronicta psi/tridensGrey/Dark DaggerAcronicta psi/tridensScarlet TigerCallimorpha dominulaScarlet TigerCallimorpha dominulaBroad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua fimbriataBroad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua fimbriataGarden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuataGarden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuataScalloped OakCrocallis elinguariaScalloped OakCrocallis elinguariaHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisFlameAxylia putrisFlameAxylia putrisMint MothPyrausta aurataMint MothPyrausta aurataYponomeutaYponomeutaYponomeutaYponomeutaSpotted MagpieAnania coronataSpotted MagpieAnania coronataSwallow-tailed MothOurapteryx sambucariaSwallow-tailed MothOurapteryx sambucariaOrange Pine TortrixLozotaeniodes formosanaOrange Pine TortrixLozotaeniodes formosanaCommon FootmanEilema lurideolaCommon FootmanEilema lurideolaPurple EmperorApatura irisPurple EmperorApatura irisBrimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolataBrimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolataKnot GrassAcronicta rumicisKnot GrassAcronicta rumicisFlame ShoulderOchropleura plectaFlame ShoulderOchropleura plectaHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusSpeckled WoodPararge aegeriaSpeckled WoodPararge aegeriaClouded DrabOrthosia incertaClouded DrabOrthosia incertaCommon PlumeEmmelina monodactylaCommon PlumeEmmelina monodactylaMarch TubicDiurnea fagellaMarch TubicDiurnea fagella7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataPeacockAglais ioPeacockAglais ioHeraldScoliopteryx libatrixHeraldScoliopteryx libatrixRed-green CarpetChloroclysta siterataRed-green CarpetChloroclysta siterataPale TussockCalliteara pudibunda2024Pale TussockCalliteara pudibunda2024Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024Lesser BurdockArctium minus2024Lesser BurdockArctium minus2024HazelCorylus avellana2024HazelCorylus avellana2024Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024Field MapleAcer campestre2024Field MapleAcer campestre2024Wood DockRumex sanguineus2024Wood DockRumex sanguineus2024Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2024Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2024BlackthornPrunus spinosa2024BlackthornPrunus spinosa2024Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024Common NettleUrtica dioica2024Common NettleUrtica dioica2024Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2024Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2024MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2024MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2024ElderSambucus nigra2024ElderSambucus nigra2024HollyIlex aquifolium2024HollyIlex aquifolium2024BrambleRubus fruticosus2024BrambleRubus fruticosus2024HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2024Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2024HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2024Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2024IvyHedera helix2024IvyHedera helix2024AshFraxinus excelsior2024AshFraxinus excelsior2024Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2024Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2024HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2024HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2024Red CampionSilene dioica2024Red CampionSilene dioica2024Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2024Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2024Events & activities nearby
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