Hare Spinney - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
52.68716, -0.93465
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
- 📍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 km3 signed routes nearby · 3 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
Jubilee Way (Leicestershire)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 64Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 64National Cycle Network
National Byway (Rutland)Cycling route▾
National Byway in Rutland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
3,764 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,764 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds5 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Kestrel · Skylark · Song Thrush · Robin · Reed Bunting
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
🦌Mammals3 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Mole · Badger · Grey Squirrel
- MoleTalpa europaea
- BadgerMeles meles2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Bumblebee · White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers · Common Carder Bee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Nowickia ferox +5
- BumblebeeBombus2024
- White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2024
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
- Nowickia feroxNowickia ferox
- Wasp BeetleClytus arietis
Blue Roundhead
- Blue RoundheadStropharia caerulea
Prickly Sow-thistle · Field Horsetail · Field Maple · Timothy · Meadow Barley +70
- Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
- Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
- Field MapleAcer campestre
- TimothyPhleum pratense
- Meadow BarleyHordeum secalinum
- Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
- Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,764 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds5 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Kestrel · Skylark · Song Thrush · Robin · Reed Bunting
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
🦌Mammals3 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Mole · Badger · Grey Squirrel
- MoleTalpa europaea
- BadgerMeles meles2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Bumblebee · White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers · Common Carder Bee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Nowickia ferox +5
- BumblebeeBombus2024
- White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2024
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
- Nowickia feroxNowickia ferox
- Wasp BeetleClytus arietis
Blue Roundhead
- Blue RoundheadStropharia caerulea
Prickly Sow-thistle · Field Horsetail · Field Maple · Timothy · Meadow Barley +70
- Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
- Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
- Field MapleAcer campestre
- TimothyPhleum pratense
- Meadow BarleyHordeum secalinum
- Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
- Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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