Broadleaved woodland near Donington South Ing
1 ha
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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.87902, -0.21320
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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 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Route 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
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Junction of South Drove and Quadring Bank
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Wildlife to spot
1,547 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,547 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLittle Owl · Swift · Chaffinch · Kestrel · Fieldfare +9
- Little OwlAthene noctua2022
- SwiftApus apus2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2021
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2018
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2018
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2018
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2018
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2018
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2018
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2018
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2018
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2018
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
7-spot Ladybird · Pine Ladybird · Peacock · Small White · Gatekeeper +14
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
Red Clover · Watercress · Reed Sweet-grass · Autumn Hawkbit · Hedgerow Crane's-bill +135
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense
- WatercressNasturtium officinale
- Reed Sweet-grassGlyceria maxima
- Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
- Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum
- Great BindweedCalystegia sepium subsp. sepium
- Wild Privet
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,547 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLittle Owl · Swift · Chaffinch · Kestrel · Fieldfare +9
- Little OwlAthene noctua2022
- SwiftApus apus2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2021
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2018
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2018
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2018
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2018
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2018
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2018
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2018
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2018
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2018
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
7-spot Ladybird · Pine Ladybird · Peacock · Small White · Gatekeeper +14
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
Red Clover · Watercress · Reed Sweet-grass · Autumn Hawkbit · Hedgerow Crane's-bill +135
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense
- WatercressNasturtium officinale
- Reed Sweet-grassGlyceria maxima
- Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
- Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum
- Great BindweedCalystegia sepium subsp. sepium
- Wild Privet
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Ligustrum vulgare2017
Ligustrum vulgare2017
AspenPopulus tremula2017AspenPopulus tremula2017Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2017Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2017Water-violetHottonia palustrisWater-violetHottonia palustrisNuttall's WaterweedElodea nuttalliiNuttall's WaterweedElodea nuttalliiMare's-tailHippuris vulgarisMare's-tailHippuris vulgarisBlunt-fruited Water-starwortCallitriche obtusangulaBlunt-fruited Water-starwortCallitriche obtusangulaCelery-leaved ButtercupRanunculus sceleratus2018Celery-leaved ButtercupRanunculus sceleratus2018Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2018Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2018Oxalis corniculata var. atropurpureaOxalis corniculata var. atropurpurea2018Oxalis corniculata var. atropurpureaOxalis corniculata var. atropurpurea2018Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2018Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2018Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2018Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2018Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2018Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2018Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2018Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2018Caper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyris2018Caper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyris2018Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2018Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2018Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum2018Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum2018Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2017Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2017Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2017Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2017Wild PlumPrunus domestica2017Wild PlumPrunus domestica2017DandelionTaraxacum2017DandelionTaraxacum2017Black MedickMedicago lupulina2017Black MedickMedicago lupulina2017Small NettleUrtica urens2017Small NettleUrtica urens2017Cerastium fontanum subsp. vulgareCerastium fontanum subsp. vulgare2017Cerastium fontanum subsp. vulgareCerastium fontanum subsp. vulgare2017Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2017Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2017Broad BeanVicia faba2017Broad BeanVicia faba2017Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2017Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2017Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2017Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2017Fig-leaved GoosefootChenopodium ficifolium2017Fig-leaved GoosefootChenopodium ficifolium2017Alder BuckthornFrangula alnus2017Alder BuckthornFrangula alnus2017KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2017KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2017Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides2017Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides2017Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2017Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2017Common DuckweedLemna minor2017Common DuckweedLemna minor2017Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2017Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2017Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2017Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2017AppleMalus domestica2017AppleMalus domestica2017Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola2017Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola2017Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2017Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2017Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2017Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2017Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2017Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2017Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2017Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2017Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum2017Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum2017Goat WillowSalix caprea2017Goat WillowSalix caprea2017White Dead-nettleLamium album2017White Dead-nettleLamium album2017PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2017PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2017Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2017Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2017NipplewortLapsana communis2017NipplewortLapsana communis2017White CloverTrifolium repens2017White CloverTrifolium repens2017Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2017Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2017Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2017Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2017Norway SprucePicea abies2017Norway SprucePicea abies2017Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2017Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2017Oil-seed RapeBrassica napus subsp. oleifera2017Oil-seed RapeBrassica napus subsp. oleifera2017Wood AvensGeum urbanum2017Wood AvensGeum urbanum2017Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2017Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2017Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2017Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2017Bread WheatTriticum aestivum2017Bread WheatTriticum aestivum2017Pale PersicariaPersicaria lapathifolia2017Pale PersicariaPersicaria lapathifolia2017Lombardy-PoplarPopulus nigra 'Italica'2017Lombardy-PoplarPopulus nigra 'Italica'2017Sessile OakQuercus petraea2017Sessile OakQuercus petraea2017HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2017HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2017TimothyPhleum pratense2017TimothyPhleum pratense2017YarrowAchillea millefolium2017YarrowAchillea millefolium2017False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2017False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2017Large-flowered Evening-primroseOenothera glazioviana2017Large-flowered Evening-primroseOenothera glazioviana2017CleaversGalium aparine2017CleaversGalium aparine2017Swine-cressLepidium coronopus2017Swine-cressLepidium coronopus2017Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2017Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2017Cornus sanguinea subsp. australisCornus sanguinea subsp. australis2017Cornus sanguinea subsp. australisCornus sanguinea subsp. australis2017Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2017Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2017Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2017Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2017Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2017Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2017SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2017SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2017Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2017Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2017Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2017Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2017BulrushTypha latifolia2017BulrushTypha latifolia2017Common NettleUrtica dioica2017Common NettleUrtica dioica2017Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2017Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2017BlackthornPrunus spinosa2017BlackthornPrunus spinosa2017Common MallowMalva sylvestris2017Common MallowMalva sylvestris2017Greater Pond-sedgeCarex riparia2017Greater Pond-sedgeCarex riparia2017Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2017Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2017AshFraxinus excelsior2017AshFraxinus excelsior2017Common CouchElymus repens2017Common CouchElymus repens2017Common ChickweedStellaria media2017Common ChickweedStellaria media2017RedshankPersicaria maculosa2017RedshankPersicaria maculosa2017Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2017Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2017DaisyBellis perennis2017DaisyBellis perennis2017CharlockSinapis arvensis2017CharlockSinapis arvensis2017Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2017Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2017Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla2017Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla2017Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2017Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2017Evergreen OakQuercus ilex2017Evergreen OakQuercus ilex2017Leyland CypressCupressus macrocarpa x nootkatensis = C. x leylandii2017Leyland CypressCupressus macrocarpa x nootkatensis = C. x leylandii2017Amphibious BistortPersicaria amphibia2017Amphibious BistortPersicaria amphibia2017Fat DuckweedLemna gibba2017Fat DuckweedLemna gibba2017Ivy-leaved DuckweedLemna trisulca2017Ivy-leaved DuckweedLemna trisulca2017Water-StarwortCallitriche2017Water-StarwortCallitriche2017Wild-oatAvena fatua2017Wild-oatAvena fatua2017LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea2017LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea2017Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2017Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2017Greater PlantainPlantago major2017Greater PlantainPlantago major2017Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana2017Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana2017Fat-henChenopodium album2017Fat-henChenopodium album2017Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus2017Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus2017Wall BarleyHordeum murinum2017Wall BarleyHordeum murinum2017Water-plantainAlisma plantago-aquatica2017Water-plantainAlisma plantago-aquatica2017Field MapleAcer campestre2017Field MapleAcer campestre2017ColtsfootTussilago farfara2017ColtsfootTussilago farfara2017Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2017Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2017Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2017Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2017MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2017MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2017Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2017Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2017Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera2017Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera2017Biting StonecropSedum acre2017Biting StonecropSedum acre2017BrambleRubus fruticosus2017BrambleRubus fruticosus2017Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2017Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2017Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2017Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2017Red FescueFestuca rubra2017Red FescueFestuca rubra2017PearPyrus communis2017PearPyrus communis2017HawthornCrataegus monogyna2017HawthornCrataegus monogyna2017Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2017Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2017Clustered DockRumex conglomeratus2017Clustered DockRumex conglomeratus2017Weeping Crack-willowSalix babylonica x alba x euxina = S. x pendulina2017Weeping Crack-willowSalix babylonica x alba x euxina = S. x pendulina2017Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2017Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2017American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2017American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2017GroundselSenecio vulgaris2017GroundselSenecio vulgaris2017Rosa caninaRosa canina2017Rosa caninaRosa canina2017SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2017SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2017Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2017Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2017Silver BirchBetula pendula2017Silver BirchBetula pendula2017Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2017Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2017Black MustardBrassica nigra2017Black MustardBrassica nigra2017