Ashby Pastures - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.73152, -0.92182
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
21 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 route232 m▾
Named routeRef 48Length 232 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route687 m▾
Named routeRef 64Length 687 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route24 m▾
Named routeLength 24 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
3,425 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,425 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds18 species
springsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Blackbird · Robin +13
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- Common GullLarus canus2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Great TitParus major2023
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummer
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Field Vole · Brown Hare
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2023
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2023
Common Blue Damselfly · White-legged Damselfly · Volucella pellucens
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
- Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2023
Cleavers · Common Nettle · False Oat-grass · Creeping Buttercup · Cow Parsley +24
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,425 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds18 species
springsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Blackbird · Robin +13
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- Common GullLarus canus2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Great TitParus major2023
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummer
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Field Vole · Brown Hare
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2023
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2023
Common Blue Damselfly · White-legged Damselfly · Volucella pellucens
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
- Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2023
Cleavers · Common Nettle · False Oat-grass · Creeping Buttercup · Cow Parsley +24
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
