The Rookery - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
52.66340, -0.50635
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
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
32,055 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
32,055 records · National Biodiversity NetworkStarling · Black-headed Gull · Rock Dove · House Sparrow · Magpie +24
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Field Grasshopper
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Huntingdon Elm · Pellitory-of-the-wall · Hawthorn · Ash · Small-flowered Crane's-bill +64
- Huntingdon ElmUlmus glabra x minor = U. x vegeta
- Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum
- Square-stalked WillowherbEpilobium tetragonum
- Scentless Mayweed
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
32,055 records · National Biodiversity NetworkStarling · Black-headed Gull · Rock Dove · House Sparrow · Magpie +24
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Field Grasshopper
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Huntingdon Elm · Pellitory-of-the-wall · Hawthorn · Ash · Small-flowered Crane's-bill +64
- Huntingdon ElmUlmus glabra x minor = U. x vegeta
- Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum
- Square-stalked WillowherbEpilobium tetragonum
- Scentless Mayweed
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Tripleurospermum inodorum
Tripleurospermum inodorum
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