Kaye's Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.74589, -1.17953
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 98m away — 12 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Parking 98m away — 12 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Lowland fens — specialist fen birds and passage waders
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Route 6
Varies
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▾
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National Forest WayWalking route▾
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35 signed routes nearby
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5 public paths nearby
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Wildlife to spot
49,767 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
49,767 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Magpie · Mallard · Grey Wagtail · Pied Wagtail +27
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Common Quaker · Hebrew Character · Clouded Drab · March Moth · Shoulder Stripe +25
- Common QuakerOrthosia cerasi
- Hebrew CharacterOrthosia gothica
- Clouded DrabOrthosia incerta
- March MothAlsophila aescularia
- Shoulder StripeEarophila badiata
- Double-striped PugGymnoscelis rufifasciata
- Small QuakerOrthosia cruda
🍄Fungi41 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Turkeytail · Sarcoscypha · Lecanora chlarotera s. lat. · Smoky Bracket · Lepraria incana s. lat. +36
- TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
- SarcoscyphaSarcoscypha
- Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.
- Smoky BracketBjerkandera adusta
- Lepraria incana s. lat.Lepraria incana s. lat.
- Lecidella elaeochromaLecidella elaeochroma
Sweet Violet · Hazel · Hart's-Tongue · Capillary Thread-moss · Winter Heliotrope +6
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare
- Winter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicus
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- Guernsey FleabaneErigeron sumatrensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
49,767 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Magpie · Mallard · Grey Wagtail · Pied Wagtail +27
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Common Quaker · Hebrew Character · Clouded Drab · March Moth · Shoulder Stripe +25
- Common QuakerOrthosia cerasi
- Hebrew CharacterOrthosia gothica
- Clouded DrabOrthosia incerta
- March MothAlsophila aescularia
- Shoulder StripeEarophila badiata
- Double-striped PugGymnoscelis rufifasciata
- Small QuakerOrthosia cruda
🍄Fungi41 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Turkeytail · Sarcoscypha · Lecanora chlarotera s. lat. · Smoky Bracket · Lepraria incana s. lat. +36
- TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
- SarcoscyphaSarcoscypha
- Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.
- Smoky BracketBjerkandera adusta
- Lepraria incana s. lat.Lepraria incana s. lat.
- Lecidella elaeochromaLecidella elaeochroma
Sweet Violet · Hazel · Hart's-Tongue · Capillary Thread-moss · Winter Heliotrope +6
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare
- Winter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicus
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- Guernsey FleabaneErigeron sumatrensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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