Shackerstone Park Coverts - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
52.65547, -1.47923
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
Signed route nearby
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
National Forest WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Ivanhoe WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
20 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Route 52Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 52National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.8 km▾
Named routeRef 52Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.7 km▾
Named routeRef 63Length 2.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2 km▾
Named routeRef 52Length 2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1 km▾
Named routeRef 63Length 1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Pooley Country Park mountain bike routeMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound trip
Photos
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Wildlife to spot
5,855 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,855 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds8 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hobby · Grey Heron · Raven · House Sparrow · Peregrine +3
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- RavenCorvus corax
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
🐝Insects4 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Caecilius fuscopterus · 7-spot Ladybird · Holly Blue · Speckled Wood
- Caecilius fuscopterusCaecilius fuscopterus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
- Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2023
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2023
Meadowsweet Rust · Jelly Ear · Yellow Brain · Sarcoscypha
- Meadowsweet RustTriphragmium ulmariae
- Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae2024
- Yellow BrainTremella mesenterica2024
- SarcoscyphaSarcoscypha2024
Common Mouse-ear · Marsh Woundwort · Osier · Hogweed · Sun Spurge +94
- Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
- Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris
- OsierSalix viminalis
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia
- Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea
- Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,855 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds8 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hobby · Grey Heron · Raven · House Sparrow · Peregrine +3
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- RavenCorvus corax
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
🐝Insects4 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Caecilius fuscopterus · 7-spot Ladybird · Holly Blue · Speckled Wood
- Caecilius fuscopterusCaecilius fuscopterus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
- Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2023
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2023
Meadowsweet Rust · Jelly Ear · Yellow Brain · Sarcoscypha
- Meadowsweet RustTriphragmium ulmariae
- Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae2024
- Yellow BrainTremella mesenterica2024
- SarcoscyphaSarcoscypha2024
Common Mouse-ear · Marsh Woundwort · Osier · Hogweed · Sun Spurge +94
- Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
- Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris
- OsierSalix viminalis
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia
- Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea
- Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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