Abbot's Spinney - Broadleaved woodland
5 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
52.68388, -1.05534
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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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £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
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
96 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Fosse2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 48National Cycle Network
Leicester 'Route 4'Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
NCN 6 Flood Diversion RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
Main RouteCycling route203 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 203 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
6,702 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,702 records · National Biodiversity NetworkStarling · House Sparrow · Magpie · Blackbird · Blue Tit +36
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
Badger · Common Pipistrelle
- BadgerMeles meles
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2023
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Box Tree Moth · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Hornet · Narrow-cheeked Clusterfly · Common Carder Bee +28
- Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2024
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- HornetVespa crabro2024
- Narrow-cheeked ClusterflyPollenia angustigena2023
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023
- Polymerus (Polymerus) nigritaPolymerus (Polymerus) nigrita
Oak Mildew · Ganoderma
- Oak MildewErysiphe alphitoides
- GanodermaGanoderma
Wood Avens · Perennial Rye-grass · Selfheal · Wood Dock · White Dead-nettle +31
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2023
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2023
- Wood DockRumex sanguineus2023
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,702 records · National Biodiversity NetworkStarling · House Sparrow · Magpie · Blackbird · Blue Tit +36
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
Badger · Common Pipistrelle
- BadgerMeles meles
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2023
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Box Tree Moth · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Hornet · Narrow-cheeked Clusterfly · Common Carder Bee +28
- Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2024
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- HornetVespa crabro2024
- Narrow-cheeked ClusterflyPollenia angustigena2023
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023
- Polymerus (Polymerus) nigritaPolymerus (Polymerus) nigrita
Oak Mildew · Ganoderma
- Oak MildewErysiphe alphitoides
- GanodermaGanoderma
Wood Avens · Perennial Rye-grass · Selfheal · Wood Dock · White Dead-nettle +31
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2023
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2023
- Wood DockRumex sanguineus2023
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
2023
Hairy Yellow-faceHylaeus hyalinatus2023Hairy Yellow-faceHylaeus hyalinatus2023Small Black AntLasius niger2023Small Black AntLasius niger2023HeraldScoliopteryx libatrixHeraldScoliopteryx libatrixCommon CockchaferMelolontha melolonthaCommon CockchaferMelolontha melolonthaDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataDock BugCoreus marginatusDock BugCoreus marginatusTropidosteptes pacificusTropidosteptes pacificus2024Tropidosteptes pacificusTropidosteptes pacificus2024Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024TrialeurodesTrialeurodes2023TrialeurodesTrialeurodes2023Elephant Hawk-mothDeilephila elpenor2023Elephant Hawk-mothDeilephila elpenor2023Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2023Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius202322-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202322-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2023Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2023Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2023Common Furniture BeetleAnobium punctatum2023Common Furniture BeetleAnobium punctatum2023SepsisSepsis2023SepsisSepsis2023Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2023Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2023Urophora stylataUrophora stylata2023Urophora stylataUrophora stylata2023Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2023Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2023Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilineaDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea2023Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilineaDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea20232-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20232-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2023Red AntMyrmica rubra2023Red AntMyrmica rubra2023Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber2023Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber2023Garden Grass-veneerChrysoteuchia culmella2023Garden Grass-veneerChrysoteuchia culmella2023Cow Parsley
Cow Parsley
Anthriscus sylvestris
Anthriscus sylvestris
HazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaIvyHedera helix2023IvyHedera helix2023CleaversGalium aparine2023CleaversGalium aparine2023BrambleRubus fruticosus2023BrambleRubus fruticosus2023Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2023Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2023Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2023Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2023Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2023Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2023Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2023Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2023Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2023Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2023Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2023Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2023Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2023Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2023Lesser BurdockArctium minus2023Lesser BurdockArctium minus2023Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2023Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2023Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2023Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2023Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2023Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2023Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica2023Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica2023Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2023Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2023Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2023Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2023Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2023Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2023Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2023Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2023Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2023Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2023White BryonyBryonia dioica2023White BryonyBryonia dioica2023Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2023Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2023Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium2023Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium2023Common NettleUrtica dioica2023Common NettleUrtica dioica2023False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2023False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2023Common MallowMalva sylvestris2023Common MallowMalva sylvestris2023DandelionTaraxacum2023DandelionTaraxacum2023Events & activities nearby
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