Home Farm Spinney - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
52.69945, -1.08344
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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
- 🌿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
Lowland fens priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Lowland fens — specialist fen birds and passage waders
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
108 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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The Midland main line crosses Barkby Brook
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Wildlife to spot
77,437 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
77,437 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
summerwinter
2026▾
Grey Heron · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Rock Dove · Cormorant +40
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Common TernSterna hirundo2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
Badger · Red Fox · Mole · Common Shrew
- BadgerMeles meles
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
- Common ShrewSorex araneus2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects61 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Blue Damselfly · Red-eyed Damselfly · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Common Wainscot · Royal Leaf-miner +56
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Common WainscotMythimna pallens
- Royal Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter pastorella
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Jelly Ear · Common Orange Lichen · Physcia tenella · Lecidella elaeochroma · Giant Polypore
- Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
- Common Orange LichenXanthoria parietina
- Physcia tenellaPhyscia tenella
- Lecidella elaeochromaLecidella elaeochroma
- Giant PolyporeMeripilus giganteus
Cleavers · Blackthorn · Meadow Vetchling · Creeping Thistle · Common Nettle +15
- CleaversGalium aparine
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
- Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
77,437 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
summerwinter
2026▾
Grey Heron · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Rock Dove · Cormorant +40
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Common TernSterna hirundo2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
Badger · Red Fox · Mole · Common Shrew
- BadgerMeles meles
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
- Common ShrewSorex araneus2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects61 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Blue Damselfly · Red-eyed Damselfly · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Common Wainscot · Royal Leaf-miner +56
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Common WainscotMythimna pallens
- Royal Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter pastorella
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Jelly Ear · Common Orange Lichen · Physcia tenella · Lecidella elaeochroma · Giant Polypore
- Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
- Common Orange LichenXanthoria parietina
- Physcia tenellaPhyscia tenella
- Lecidella elaeochromaLecidella elaeochroma
- Giant PolyporeMeripilus giganteus
Cleavers · Blackthorn · Meadow Vetchling · Creeping Thistle · Common Nettle +15
- CleaversGalium aparine
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
- Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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