The Rookery - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
52.71728, -1.35678
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
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
National Forest WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Ivanhoe WayWalking route▾
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75 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Loughborough Cycle Network Route 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 2Local cycle route
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Route 52Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 52National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route118 m▾
Named routeRef 52Length 118 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route113 m▾
Named routeRef 52Length 113 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Alternative RouteCycling route41 m▾
Named routeRef 52Length 41 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
24,227 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
24,227 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Magpie · Robin · Blackbird +20
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Common GullLarus canus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Otter · Badger · Grey Squirrel · Mole
- OtterLutra lutra
- BadgerMeles meles
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea
Garden Carpet · Furness Dowd · Swallowtail · Nicrophorus investigator · Phoenix +121
- Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata
- Furness DowdBlastobasis adustella
- SwallowtailPapilio machaon
- Nicrophorus investigatorNicrophorus investigator
- PhoenixEulithis prunata
- Riband WaveIdaea aversata
- Little GreyEudonia lacustrata
🍄Fungi6 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Coesyn Melfed · Blushing Bracket · Candlesnuff Fungus · Yellow Fieldcap · Amanita'r Gwybed +1
- Coesyn MelfedFlammulina velutipes
- Blushing BracketDaedaleopsis confragosa
- Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon
- Yellow FieldcapBolbitius titubans2025
- Amanita'r GwybedAmanita muscaria2025
- False Chanterelle
🌿Plants8 species
wintersummer
2026▾
White Dead-nettle · Ivy · Daisy · Gorse · Himalayan Honeysuckle +3
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- IvyHedera helix
- DaisyBellis perennis
- GorseUlex europaeus
- Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa2025
- PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
24,227 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Magpie · Robin · Blackbird +20
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Common GullLarus canus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Otter · Badger · Grey Squirrel · Mole
- OtterLutra lutra
- BadgerMeles meles
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea
Garden Carpet · Furness Dowd · Swallowtail · Nicrophorus investigator · Phoenix +121
- Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata
- Furness DowdBlastobasis adustella
- SwallowtailPapilio machaon
- Nicrophorus investigatorNicrophorus investigator
- PhoenixEulithis prunata
- Riband WaveIdaea aversata
- Little GreyEudonia lacustrata
🍄Fungi6 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Coesyn Melfed · Blushing Bracket · Candlesnuff Fungus · Yellow Fieldcap · Amanita'r Gwybed +1
- Coesyn MelfedFlammulina velutipes
- Blushing BracketDaedaleopsis confragosa
- Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon
- Yellow FieldcapBolbitius titubans2025
- Amanita'r GwybedAmanita muscaria2025
- False Chanterelle
🌿Plants8 species
wintersummer
2026▾
White Dead-nettle · Ivy · Daisy · Gorse · Himalayan Honeysuckle +3
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- IvyHedera helix
- DaisyBellis perennis
- GorseUlex europaeus
- Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa2025
- PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca2025
Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca2025
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit2025Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit2025