Frisby Woodland - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
52.75748, -0.97276
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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
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
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
18 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Fosse2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 48National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route232 m▾
Named routeRef 48Length 232 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route20 m▾
Named routeRef 48Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route610 m▾
Named routeRef 48Length 610 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route98 m▾
Named routeRef 48Length 98 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route381 m▾
Named routeRef 48Length 381 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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34,830 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
34,830 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Blackbird · Cormorant · Robin · Mute Swan · Tufted Duck +36
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
🦌Mammals3 species
springwinter
2026▾
Hedgehog · Muntjac · Grey Squirrel
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · 22-spot Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug · White-shouldered House-moth +32
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
- White-shouldered House-mothEndrosis sarcitrella2025
- White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris
🍄Fungi5 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Coesyn Melfed · King Alfred's Cakes · Crepidotus · Parasola · Razor Strop Fungus
- Coesyn MelfedFlammulina velutipes
- King Alfred's CakesDaldinia concentrica
- CrepidotusCrepidotus2025
- ParasolaParasola2025
- Razor Strop FungusFomitopsis betulina2025
🌿Plants19 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Ivy · Stinking Hellebore · Stinking Iris · Snowdrop · Daisy +14
- IvyHedera helix
- Stinking HelleboreHelleborus foetidus
- Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Winter JasmineJasminum nudiflorum
- Petty Spurge
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
34,830 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Blackbird · Cormorant · Robin · Mute Swan · Tufted Duck +36
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
🦌Mammals3 species
springwinter
2026▾
Hedgehog · Muntjac · Grey Squirrel
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · 22-spot Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug · White-shouldered House-moth +32
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
- White-shouldered House-mothEndrosis sarcitrella2025
- White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris
🍄Fungi5 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Coesyn Melfed · King Alfred's Cakes · Crepidotus · Parasola · Razor Strop Fungus
- Coesyn MelfedFlammulina velutipes
- King Alfred's CakesDaldinia concentrica
- CrepidotusCrepidotus2025
- ParasolaParasola2025
- Razor Strop FungusFomitopsis betulina2025
🌿Plants19 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Ivy · Stinking Hellebore · Stinking Iris · Snowdrop · Daisy +14
- IvyHedera helix
- Stinking HelleboreHelleborus foetidus
- Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Winter JasmineJasminum nudiflorum
- Petty Spurge
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
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Euphorbia peplus
Spring StarflowerTristagma uniflorumSpring StarflowerTristagma uniflorumButterfly-bushBuddleja davidiiButterfly-bushBuddleja davidiiBrambleRubus fruticosus2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025Field MadderSherardia arvensis2025Field MadderSherardia arvensis2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025CleaversGalium aparine2025CleaversGalium aparine2025Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2025Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2025Caper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyris2025Caper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyris2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025