Kaye's Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
6 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
52.75547, -1.17424
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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 · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
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National Forest WayWalking route▾
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33 signed routes nearby
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Loughborough Cycle Network Route 2Cycling route▾
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Wildlife to spot
42,771 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
42,771 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Magpie +28
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- 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
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Gyr FalconFalco rusticolus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects33 species
springautumn
2026▾
Common Quaker · Hebrew Character · Clouded Drab · March Moth · Shoulder Stripe +28
- Common QuakerOrthosia cerasi
- Hebrew CharacterOrthosia gothica
- Clouded DrabOrthosia incerta
- March MothAlsophila aescularia
- Shoulder StripeEarophila badiata
- Double-striped PugGymnoscelis rufifasciata
🍄Fungi45 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Turkeytail · Lecanora chlarotera s. lat. · Smoky Bracket · Oyster Mushroom · Sarcoscypha +40
- TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
- Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.
- Smoky BracketBjerkandera adusta
- Oyster MushroomPleurotus ostreatus
- SarcoscyphaSarcoscypha
- Lecidella elaeochromaLecidella elaeochroma
Sweet Violet · Hazel · Hart's-Tongue · Capillary Thread-moss · Common Feather-moss +1
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
42,771 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Magpie +28
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- 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
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Gyr FalconFalco rusticolus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects33 species
springautumn
2026▾
Common Quaker · Hebrew Character · Clouded Drab · March Moth · Shoulder Stripe +28
- Common QuakerOrthosia cerasi
- Hebrew CharacterOrthosia gothica
- Clouded DrabOrthosia incerta
- March MothAlsophila aescularia
- Shoulder StripeEarophila badiata
- Double-striped PugGymnoscelis rufifasciata
🍄Fungi45 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Turkeytail · Lecanora chlarotera s. lat. · Smoky Bracket · Oyster Mushroom · Sarcoscypha +40
- TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
- Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.
- Smoky BracketBjerkandera adusta
- Oyster MushroomPleurotus ostreatus
- SarcoscyphaSarcoscypha
- Lecidella elaeochromaLecidella elaeochroma
Sweet Violet · Hazel · Hart's-Tongue · Capillary Thread-moss · Common Feather-moss +1
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Small Quaker
Small Quaker
Orthosia cruda
Orthosia cruda
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2025Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2025Mottled UmberErannis defoliaria2025Mottled UmberErannis defoliaria2025White-spot Sallow DotEctoedemia intimella2025White-spot Sallow DotEctoedemia intimella2025Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2025Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2025Waved UmberMenophra abruptariaWaved UmberMenophra abruptariaBrindled PugEupithecia abbreviataBrindled PugEupithecia abbreviataWater CarpetLampropteryx suffumataWater CarpetLampropteryx suffumataEarly GreyXylocampa areolaEarly GreyXylocampa areolaTwin-spotted QuakerAnorthoa mundaTwin-spotted QuakerAnorthoa mundaPeacockAglais ioPeacockAglais ioOak BeautyBiston stratariaOak BeautyBiston stratariaYellow HornedAchlya flavicornisYellow HornedAchlya flavicornisBrimstoneGonepteryx rhamniBrimstoneGonepteryx rhamniAgonopterixAgonopterixAgonopterixAgonopterixDotted BorderAgriopis marginariaDotted BorderAgriopis marginaria14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctataCopper Underwing agg.Amphipyra pyramidea agg.2025Copper Underwing agg.Amphipyra pyramidea agg.2025Winter MothOperophtera brumata2025Winter MothOperophtera brumata2025Red-green CarpetChloroclysta siterata2025Red-green CarpetChloroclysta siterata2025December MothPoecilocampa populi2025December MothPoecilocampa populi2025Marble Gall CauserAndricus kollari f. agamic2025Marble Gall CauserAndricus kollari f. agamic2025Sallow Pea-gallerEuura pedunculi2025Sallow Pea-gallerEuura pedunculi2025Three-spot DotStigmella trimaculella2025Three-spot DotStigmella trimaculella2025Dasineura odorataeDasineura odoratae2025Dasineura odorataeDasineura odoratae2025Tree-mallow TortrixCrocidosema plebejana2025Tree-mallow TortrixCrocidosema plebejana2025SprawlerAsteroscopus sphinx2025SprawlerAsteroscopus sphinx2025PezizaPezizaPezizaPezizaSilver Leaf DiseaseChondrostereum purpureumSilver Leaf DiseaseChondrostereum purpureumHairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutumHairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutumCommon Orange LichenXanthoria parietinaCommon Orange LichenXanthoria parietinaWitch's ButterExidia glandulosaWitch's ButterExidia glandulosaOak MossEvernia prunastriOak MossEvernia prunastriWood BlewitsLepista nudaWood BlewitsLepista nudaCoesyn MelfedFlammulina velutipesCoesyn MelfedFlammulina velutipesSpring HazelcupEncoelia furfuraceaSpring HazelcupEncoelia furfuraceaSheathed WoodtuftKuehneromyces mutabilis2025Sheathed WoodtuftKuehneromyces mutabilis2025Lepraria incana s. lat.Lepraria incana s. lat.2025Lepraria incana s. lat.Lepraria incana s. lat.2025Butter CapRhodocollybia butyracea2025Butter CapRhodocollybia butyracea2025Clouded FunnelClitocybe nebularis2025Clouded FunnelClitocybe nebularis2025Erythricium aurantiacumErythricium aurantiacumErythricium aurantiacumErythricium aurantiacumJelly EarAuricularia auricula-judaeJelly EarAuricularia auricula-judaeCrystal BrainExidia nucleataCrystal BrainExidia nucleataCommon Jelly SpotDacrymyces stillatusCommon Jelly SpotDacrymyces stillatusNetted Shield LichenParmelia sulcataNetted Shield LichenParmelia sulcataWrinkled CrustPhlebia radiata2025Wrinkled CrustPhlebia radiata2025Arthonia atraArthonia atra2025Arthonia atraArthonia atra2025Glistening InkcapCoprinellus micaceus2025Glistening InkcapCoprinellus micaceus2025Aromatic PinkgillEntoloma pleopodium2025Aromatic PinkgillEntoloma pleopodium2025Willow BracketPhellinus igniarius2025Willow BracketPhellinus igniarius2025Physcia adscendensPhyscia adscendens2025Physcia adscendensPhyscia adscendens2025Palamino CupPeziza repanda2025Palamino CupPeziza repanda2025Yellow BrainTremella mesenterica2025Yellow BrainTremella mesenterica2025ArmillariaArmillaria2025ArmillariaArmillaria2025Blushing BracketDaedaleopsis confragosa2025Blushing BracketDaedaleopsis confragosa2025Punctelia subrudecta s. lat.Punctelia subrudecta s. lat.2025Punctelia subrudecta s. lat.Punctelia subrudecta s. lat.2025GanodermaGanoderma2025GanodermaGanoderma2025Weeping WidowLacrymaria lacrymabunda2025Weeping WidowLacrymaria lacrymabunda2025Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon2025Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon2025Coral SpotNectria cinnabarina2025Coral SpotNectria cinnabarina2025Stubble RosegillVolvopluteus gloiocephalus2025Stubble RosegillVolvopluteus gloiocephalus2025Shaggy ParasolChlorophyllum rhacodes2025Shaggy ParasolChlorophyllum rhacodes2025Scarlet WaxcapHygrocybe coccinea2025Scarlet WaxcapHygrocybe coccinea2025Phyllactinia fraxiniPhyllactinia fraxini2025Phyllactinia fraxiniPhyllactinia fraxini2025Laxitextum bicolorLaxitextum bicolor2025Laxitextum bicolorLaxitextum bicolor2025Purple JellydiscAscocoryne sarcoides2025Purple JellydiscAscocoryne sarcoides2025Events & activities nearby
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