Home Farm Spinney - Broadleaved woodland
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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.71381, -1.07968
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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
- 🌿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 km2 signed routes nearby · 1 public path 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
87 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Fosse2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 48National Cycle Network
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
Main RouteCycling route174 m▾
Named routeRef 48Length 174 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route408 m▾
Named routeRef 48Length 408 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route55 m▾
Named routeRef 48Length 55 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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20,948 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
20,948 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Canada Goose · Blackbird · Black-headed Gull · Grey Heron · Mallard +34
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- MagpiePica pica
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- TealAnas crecca
- Great TitParus major
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- CootFulica atra
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SwiftApus apus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummerwinter
2025▾
Mole · Red Fox · Badger · Rabbit · Vulpes
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- BadgerMeles meles
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- VulpesVulpes2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects55 species
summerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Red Admiral · Rhamphus oxyacanthae +50
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
- Rhamphus oxyacanthaeRhamphus oxyacanthae
- Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis
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
🌿Plants37 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Greater Celandine · Cleavers · Common Nettle · Blackthorn · Meadow Vetchling +32
- Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2025
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
- Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025
- White Dead-nettle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,948 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Canada Goose · Blackbird · Black-headed Gull · Grey Heron · Mallard +34
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- MagpiePica pica
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- TealAnas crecca
- Great TitParus major
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- CootFulica atra
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SwiftApus apus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummerwinter
2025▾
Mole · Red Fox · Badger · Rabbit · Vulpes
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- BadgerMeles meles
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- VulpesVulpes2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects55 species
summerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Red Admiral · Rhamphus oxyacanthae +50
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
- Rhamphus oxyacanthaeRhamphus oxyacanthae
- Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis
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
🌿Plants37 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Greater Celandine · Cleavers · Common Nettle · Blackthorn · Meadow Vetchling +32
- Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2025
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
- Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025
- White Dead-nettle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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Lamium album2025
ElmUlmus2025ElmUlmus2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025GypsywortLycopus europaeus2025GypsywortLycopus europaeus2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025TomatoSolanum lycopersicum2025TomatoSolanum lycopersicum2025Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris2025Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris2025Procumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculata2025Procumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculata2025Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025ElderSambucus nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Grey AlderAlnus incana2025Grey AlderAlnus incana2025HemlockConium maculatum2025HemlockConium maculatum2025AppleMalus domestica2025AppleMalus domestica2025Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium2025Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium2025Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Biting StonecropSedum acre2025Biting StonecropSedum acre2025White CampionSilene latifolia2025White CampionSilene latifolia2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025Dog-roseRosa canina2025Dog-roseRosa canina2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2025Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2025