Mill Spinney - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.73896, -1.18247
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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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
National Forest WayWalking route▾
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35 signed routes nearby
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Loughborough Cycle Network Route 2Cycling route▾
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2 public paths nearby
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Wildlife to spot
67,175 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
67,175 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Pied Wagtail · Magpie · Tufted Duck · Robin +33
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- MagpiePica pica
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Common Quaker · Hebrew Character · Clouded Drab · March Moth · Shoulder Stripe +19
- Common QuakerOrthosia cerasi
- Hebrew CharacterOrthosia gothica
- Clouded DrabOrthosia incerta
- March MothAlsophila aescularia
- Shoulder StripeEarophila badiata
- Double-striped PugGymnoscelis rufifasciata
- Small QuakerOrthosia cruda
Turkeytail · Sarcoscypha · Lecanora chlarotera s. lat. · Smoky Bracket · Hairy Curtain Crust +23
- TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
- SarcoscyphaSarcoscypha
- Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.
- Smoky BracketBjerkandera adusta
- Hairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutum
- Common Orange LichenXanthoria parietina
- Witch's Butter
🌿Plants25 species
winterspring
2026▾
Dog's Mercury · Great Wood-rush · Honeysuckle · Smooth Sow-thistle · Lords-and-Ladies +20
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica
- HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
- Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
67,175 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Pied Wagtail · Magpie · Tufted Duck · Robin +33
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- MagpiePica pica
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Common Quaker · Hebrew Character · Clouded Drab · March Moth · Shoulder Stripe +19
- Common QuakerOrthosia cerasi
- Hebrew CharacterOrthosia gothica
- Clouded DrabOrthosia incerta
- March MothAlsophila aescularia
- Shoulder StripeEarophila badiata
- Double-striped PugGymnoscelis rufifasciata
- Small QuakerOrthosia cruda
Turkeytail · Sarcoscypha · Lecanora chlarotera s. lat. · Smoky Bracket · Hairy Curtain Crust +23
- TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
- SarcoscyphaSarcoscypha
- Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.
- Smoky BracketBjerkandera adusta
- Hairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutum
- Common Orange LichenXanthoria parietina
- Witch's Butter
🌿Plants25 species
winterspring
2026▾
Dog's Mercury · Great Wood-rush · Honeysuckle · Smooth Sow-thistle · Lords-and-Ladies +20
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica
- HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
- Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Exidia glandulosa
Exidia glandulosa
Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judaeJelly EarAuricularia auricula-judaeLecidella elaeochromaLecidella elaeochromaLecidella elaeochromaLecidella elaeochromaLepraria incana s. lat.Lepraria incana s. lat.Lepraria incana s. lat.Lepraria incana s. lat.Blushing BracketDaedaleopsis confragosaBlushing BracketDaedaleopsis confragosaErythricium aurantiacumErythricium aurantiacumErythricium aurantiacumErythricium aurantiacumOak MossEvernia prunastriOak MossEvernia prunastriCrystal BrainExidia nucleataCrystal BrainExidia nucleataWood BlewitsLepista nudaWood BlewitsLepista nudaSpring HazelcupEncoelia furfuraceaSpring HazelcupEncoelia furfuraceaCommon Jelly SpotDacrymyces stillatusCommon Jelly SpotDacrymyces stillatusNetted Shield LichenParmelia sulcataNetted Shield LichenParmelia sulcataCoesyn MelfedFlammulina velutipesCoesyn MelfedFlammulina velutipesWrinkled CrustPhlebia radiata2025Wrinkled CrustPhlebia radiata2025Arthonia atraArthonia atra2025Arthonia atraArthonia atra2025Glistening InkcapCoprinellus micaceus2025Glistening InkcapCoprinellus micaceus2025Aromatic PinkgillEntoloma pleopodium2025Aromatic PinkgillEntoloma pleopodium2025Willow BracketPhellinus igniarius2025Willow BracketPhellinus igniarius2025Physcia adscendensPhyscia adscendens2025Physcia adscendensPhyscia adscendens2025Cushion BracketPhellinus pomaceus2025Cushion BracketPhellinus pomaceus2025Lathagrium auriformeLathagrium auriforme2025Lathagrium auriformeLathagrium auriforme2025Silver Leaf DiseaseChondrostereum purpureum2025Silver Leaf DiseaseChondrostereum purpureum2025Sweet Violet
Sweet Violet
Viola odorata
Viola odorata
HollyIlex aquifoliumHollyIlex aquifoliumHazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumCapillary Thread-mossBryum capillareCapillary Thread-mossBryum capillareWinter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicusWinter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicusBiting StonecropSedum acreBiting StonecropSedum acreWall-rueAsplenium ruta-murariaWall-rueAsplenium ruta-murariaGuernsey FleabaneErigeron sumatrensisGuernsey FleabaneErigeron sumatrensisShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumBulrushTypha latifoliaBulrushTypha latifoliaPurple ToadflaxLinaria purpureaPurple ToadflaxLinaria purpureaRusty-Back FernAsplenium ceterachRusty-Back FernAsplenium ceterachGroundselSenecio vulgarisGroundselSenecio vulgarisCommon Feather-mossKindbergia praelongaCommon Feather-mossKindbergia praelongaRed OakQuercus rubraRed OakQuercus rubraThyme-leaved SandwortArenaria serpyllifoliaThyme-leaved SandwortArenaria serpyllifoliaCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaCommon ChickweedStellaria media