Broadleaved woodland near Edmondthorpe
3 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
52.74735, -0.72776
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 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Rutland RoundWalking route105 km▾
Named routeLength 105 kmRegional walking route
Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Rutland)Cycling route▾
National Byway in Rutland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway (Oakham Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Photos
Remains of Edmondthorpe Hall: aerial 2021
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Wildlife to spot
5,469 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,469 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
summerautumn
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Blackcap · Chiffchaff · Dunnock · Robin · Willow Warbler +29
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- TealAnas crecca
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2023
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2023
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2023
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springsummer
2025▾
Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel · Muntjac
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2023▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects10 species
springsummer
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Clover-root Weevil · Brachycaudus (Brachycaudus) helichrysi · 2-spot Ladybird · Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens +5
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Clover-root WeevilSitona hispidulus2025
- Brachycaudus (Brachycaudus) helichrysiBrachycaudus (Brachycaudus) helichrysi2025
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
- Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens
Snowy Waxcap · Blue Roundhead · Blackening Waxcap · Shaggy Parasol
- Snowy WaxcapCuphophyllus virgineus var. virgineus2023
- Blue RoundheadStropharia caerulea
- Blackening WaxcapHygrocybe conica
- Shaggy ParasolChlorophyllum rhacodes
Bulrush
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Wildlife to spot
5,469 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Blackcap · Chiffchaff · Dunnock · Robin · Willow Warbler +29
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- TealAnas crecca
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2023
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2023
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2023
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel · Muntjac
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2023▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects10 species
springsummer
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Clover-root Weevil · Brachycaudus (Brachycaudus) helichrysi · 2-spot Ladybird · Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens +5
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Clover-root WeevilSitona hispidulus2025
- Brachycaudus (Brachycaudus) helichrysiBrachycaudus (Brachycaudus) helichrysi2025
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
- Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens
Snowy Waxcap · Blue Roundhead · Blackening Waxcap · Shaggy Parasol
- Snowy WaxcapCuphophyllus virgineus var. virgineus2023
- Blue RoundheadStropharia caerulea
- Blackening WaxcapHygrocybe conica
- Shaggy ParasolChlorophyllum rhacodes
Bulrush
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
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