Freeby Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.78327, -0.81077
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
Mowbray WayWalking route14 km▾
Named routeLength 14 kmLocal walking route
Jubilee Way (Leicestershire)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
15 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 64Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 64National Cycle Network
National Byway (Rutland)Cycling route▾
National Byway in Rutland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route687 m▾
Named routeRef 64Length 687 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route24 m▾
Named routeLength 24 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route507 m▾
Named routeRef 64Length 507 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route41 m▾
Named routeRef 64Length 41 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface unsealedfirm
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Wildlife to spot
4,243 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,243 records · National Biodiversity NetworkKestrel · Yellow Wagtail · Dunnock · Blackbird · Little Egret +21
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspringautumn
2024▾
Brown Hare · Badger
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- BadgerMeles meles
Red Admiral · Large Yellow Underwing
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
- Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba
Bramble · Blackthorn · Red Bartsia · Toad Rush · Hornbeam +118
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Red BartsiaOdontites vernus
- Toad RushJuncus bufonius
- HornbeamCarpinus betulus
- Yellow Oat-grassTrisetum flavescens
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,243 records · National Biodiversity NetworkKestrel · Yellow Wagtail · Dunnock · Blackbird · Little Egret +21
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspringautumn
2024▾
Brown Hare · Badger
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- BadgerMeles meles
Red Admiral · Large Yellow Underwing
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
- Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba
Bramble · Blackthorn · Red Bartsia · Toad Rush · Hornbeam +118
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Red BartsiaOdontites vernus
- Toad RushJuncus bufonius
- HornbeamCarpinus betulus
- Yellow Oat-grassTrisetum flavescens
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas