Ryeclose Spinney - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
52.69594, -1.11358
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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
- 🅿️Parking 186m away — 10 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Parking 186m away — 10 car parks within reach
- £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 km1 signed route nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
113 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Leicester 'Route 2'Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 2Local cycle route
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
1 public path nearby
Public paths
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
97,630 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
97,630 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Little Egret · Black-headed Gull · Mute Swan · Carrion Crow · Mallard +42
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- CootFulica atra
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Black SwanCygnus atratus
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- TealAnas crecca2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
🦌Mammals3 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Badger · Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat
- BadgerMeles meles
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
Green Shieldbug · Iteomyia major · Rhamphus oxyacanthae · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Wainscot +26
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Iteomyia majorIteomyia major
- Rhamphus oxyacanthaeRhamphus oxyacanthae
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common WainscotMythimna pallens
- Andricus grossulariae f. sexualAndricus grossulariae f. sexual
- Privet Stilt
Common Orange Lichen · Physcia tenella · Lecidella elaeochroma
- Common Orange LichenXanthoria parietina
- Physcia tenellaPhyscia tenella
- Lecidella elaeochromaLecidella elaeochroma
Mistletoe · Turkey Oak · Cockspur · Blackthorn · Meadow Vetchling +13
- MistletoeViscum album
- Turkey OakQuercus cerris2025
- CockspurEchinochloa crus-galli2025
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
- Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025
- CleaversGalium aparine2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
97,630 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Little Egret · Black-headed Gull · Mute Swan · Carrion Crow · Mallard +42
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- CootFulica atra
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Black SwanCygnus atratus
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- TealAnas crecca2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
🦌Mammals3 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Badger · Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat
- BadgerMeles meles
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
Green Shieldbug · Iteomyia major · Rhamphus oxyacanthae · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Wainscot +26
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Iteomyia majorIteomyia major
- Rhamphus oxyacanthaeRhamphus oxyacanthae
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common WainscotMythimna pallens
- Andricus grossulariae f. sexualAndricus grossulariae f. sexual
- Privet Stilt
Common Orange Lichen · Physcia tenella · Lecidella elaeochroma
- Common Orange LichenXanthoria parietina
- Physcia tenellaPhyscia tenella
- Lecidella elaeochromaLecidella elaeochroma
Mistletoe · Turkey Oak · Cockspur · Blackthorn · Meadow Vetchling +13
- MistletoeViscum album
- Turkey OakQuercus cerris2025
- CockspurEchinochloa crus-galli2025
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
- Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025
- CleaversGalium aparine2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Caloptilia cuculipennella
Caloptilia cuculipennella
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