Hare Spinney - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
52.71045, -0.92173
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
Old Railway cutting northwards
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Wildlife to spot
4,312 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,312 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds15 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Wigeon · Shoveler · Pochard · Yellow-legged Gull · Black Redstart +10
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2024
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2024
- PintailAnas acuta2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2023
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2023
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Rabbit · Badger
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- BadgerMeles meles2024
Horse-Chestnut Leaf-miner
- Horse-Chestnut Leaf-minerCameraria ohridella
Elm · Tufted Hair-grass · Horse-chestnut · Dog's Mercury · Heracleum sphondylium subsp. sphondylium +64
- ElmUlmus
- Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
- Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- Heracleum sphondylium subsp. sphondyliumHeracleum sphondylium subsp. sphondylium
- Swine-cressLepidium coronopus
- Lapsana communis subsp. communis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,312 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds15 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Wigeon · Shoveler · Pochard · Yellow-legged Gull · Black Redstart +10
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2024
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2024
- PintailAnas acuta2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2023
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2023
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Rabbit · Badger
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- BadgerMeles meles2024
Horse-Chestnut Leaf-miner
- Horse-Chestnut Leaf-minerCameraria ohridella
Elm · Tufted Hair-grass · Horse-chestnut · Dog's Mercury · Heracleum sphondylium subsp. sphondylium +64
- ElmUlmus
- Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
- Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- Heracleum sphondylium subsp. sphondyliumHeracleum sphondylium subsp. sphondylium
- Swine-cressLepidium coronopus
- Lapsana communis subsp. communis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Lapsana communis subsp. communis
Lapsana communis subsp. communis
RedshankPersicaria maculosaRedshankPersicaria maculosaWhite CloverTrifolium repensWhite CloverTrifolium repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensTall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceusTall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceusCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaBlack BryonyTamus communisBlack BryonyTamus communisDewberryRubus caesiusDewberryRubus caesiusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusHybrid Black-poplarPopulus deltoides x nigra = P. x canadensisHybrid Black-poplarPopulus deltoides x nigra = P. x canadensisRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataCut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectumCut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectumField BindweedConvolvulus arvensisField BindweedConvolvulus arvensisRosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifoliumRosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifoliumWood AvensGeum urbanumWood AvensGeum urbanumGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumMale-fernDryopteris filix-masMale-fernDryopteris filix-masHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumField MapleAcer campestreField MapleAcer campestreBrambleRubus fruticosusBrambleRubus fruticosusCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaBristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioidesBristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioidesSilverweedPotentilla anserinaSilverweedPotentilla anserinaElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraAlsike CloverTrifolium hybridumAlsike CloverTrifolium hybridumCommon CouchElymus repensCommon CouchElymus repensAutumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalisAutumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalisWild PrivetLigustrum vulgareWild PrivetLigustrum vulgareLesser Sea-spurreySpergularia marinaLesser Sea-spurreySpergularia marinaHairy-bromeBromopsis ramosaHairy-bromeBromopsis ramosaMeadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensisMeadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensisPerennial Rye-grassLolium perennePerennial Rye-grassLolium perenneGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareBarren BromeAnisantha sterilisBarren BromeAnisantha sterilisFalse-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticumFalse-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticumRosa caninaRosa caninaRosa caninaRosa caninaChicoryCichorium intybusChicoryCichorium intybusHedge BedstrawGalium albumHedge BedstrawGalium albumCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon ComfreySymphytum officinaleCommon ComfreySymphytum officinaleBlackthornPrunus spinosaBlackthornPrunus spinosaCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineRye BromeBromus secalinusRye BromeBromus secalinusShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisCock's-footDactylis glomerataCock's-footDactylis glomerataScots PinePinus sylvestrisScots PinePinus sylvestrisWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumEuropean LarchLarix deciduaEuropean LarchLarix deciduaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaCommon KnapweedCentaurea nigraCommon KnapweedCentaurea nigraIvyHedera helixIvyHedera helixYarrowAchillea millefoliumYarrowAchillea millefoliumSmall-leaved LimeTilia cordataSmall-leaved LimeTilia cordataTimothyPhleum pratenseTimothyPhleum pratenseSpear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrataSpear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrataGoat WillowSalix capreaGoat WillowSalix capreaHairy SedgeCarex hirtaHairy SedgeCarex hirtaGreater PlantainPlantago majorGreater PlantainPlantago majorHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaMalus sylvestrisMalus sylvestrisMalus sylvestrisMalus sylvestris