Hare Spinney - Broadleaved woodland
6 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
52.71048, -0.92490
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 km3 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
Jubilee Way (Leicestershire)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
4 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
Fosse2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 48National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route3.7 km▾
Named routeRef 48Length 3.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
Gateway into Thorpe Trussels on a snowy day
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Wildlife to spot
3,113 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,113 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds7 species
springautumn
2025▾
Long-tailed Tit · Whitethroat · Chiffchaff · Goldfinch · Blackcap +2
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Rabbit · Badger
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- BadgerMeles meles2024
Horse-Chestnut Leaf-miner · Red Admiral
- Horse-Chestnut Leaf-minerCameraria ohridella
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Garlic Mustard · Ash · Hawthorn · Common Nettle · Polygonum aviculare +88
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,113 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds7 species
springautumn
2025▾
Long-tailed Tit · Whitethroat · Chiffchaff · Goldfinch · Blackcap +2
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Rabbit · Badger
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- BadgerMeles meles2024
Horse-Chestnut Leaf-miner · Red Admiral
- Horse-Chestnut Leaf-minerCameraria ohridella
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Garlic Mustard · Ash · Hawthorn · Common Nettle · Polygonum aviculare +88
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas