Broadleaved woodland near Plungar
4 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
52.89106, -0.87636
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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
Jubilee Way (Leicestershire)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 64Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 64National Cycle Network
Grantham CanalCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.7 km▾
Named routeRef 64Length 1.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route485 m▾
Named routeRef 64Length 485 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 64Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Old railway bridge, near Plungar
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Wildlife to spot
15,679 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
15,679 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBarn Owl · Chiffchaff · Robin · Woodpigeon · Skylark +37
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great TitParus major
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RavenCorvus corax
- WigeonMareca penelope2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2024
- QuailCoturnix coturnix2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2024▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Hairy Dragonfly · Bindweed Sleeper · Southern Hawker · Large Red Damselfly · Clouded Yellow +21
- Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense
- Bindweed SleeperBedellia somnulentella2022
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Clouded YellowColias croceus
- Dorhn’s Alder Mining SawflyFenusa dohrnii2024
Meadow Brome · Field Pepperwort · Upright Brome · Hop Trefoil · Rough Hawkbit +17
- Meadow BromeBromus racemosus subsp. commutatus2023
- Field PepperwortLepidium campestre2023
- Upright BromeBromopsis erecta2023
- Hop TrefoilTrifolium campestre2023
- Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus2023
- Spiny Restharrow
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,679 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBarn Owl · Chiffchaff · Robin · Woodpigeon · Skylark +37
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great TitParus major
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RavenCorvus corax
- WigeonMareca penelope2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2024
- QuailCoturnix coturnix2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2024▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Hairy Dragonfly · Bindweed Sleeper · Southern Hawker · Large Red Damselfly · Clouded Yellow +21
- Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense
- Bindweed SleeperBedellia somnulentella2022
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Clouded YellowColias croceus
- Dorhn’s Alder Mining SawflyFenusa dohrnii2024
Meadow Brome · Field Pepperwort · Upright Brome · Hop Trefoil · Rough Hawkbit +17
- Meadow BromeBromus racemosus subsp. commutatus2023
- Field PepperwortLepidium campestre2023
- Upright BromeBromopsis erecta2023
- Hop TrefoilTrifolium campestre2023
- Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus2023
- Spiny Restharrow
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Flat Alder-cutter
Flat Alder-cutter
Platycampus luridiventris2024
Platycampus luridiventris2024
Aulagromyza tremulaeAulagromyza tremulae2024Aulagromyza tremulaeAulagromyza tremulae2024PeacockAglais io2024PeacockAglais io2024Variable DamselflyCoenagrion pulchellum2023Variable DamselflyCoenagrion pulchellum2023Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2023Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2023Maple DotStigmella aceris2022Maple DotStigmella aceris2022Blue-shot DotStigmella plagicolella2022Blue-shot DotStigmella plagicolella2022Glossy Birch DotStigmella sakhalinella2022Glossy Birch DotStigmella sakhalinella2022Willow Bent-wingPhyllocnistis saligna2022Willow Bent-wingPhyllocnistis saligna2022Least Hawthorn DotStigmella perpygmaeella2022Least Hawthorn DotStigmella perpygmaeella2022Hawthorn ParornixParornix anglicella2022Hawthorn ParornixParornix anglicella2022Hawthorn Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter corylifoliella2022Hawthorn Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter corylifoliella2022Apple Leaf MinerLyonetia clerkella2022Apple Leaf MinerLyonetia clerkella2022Bramble Blotch-minerCoptotriche marginea2022Bramble Blotch-minerCoptotriche marginea2022Shoulder-spot DotStigmella basiguttella2022Shoulder-spot DotStigmella basiguttella2022Hawthorn DotStigmella crataegella2022Hawthorn DotStigmella crataegella2022Common Thorn Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter oxyacanthae2022Common Thorn Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter oxyacanthae2022Oak CarlTischeria ekebladella2022Oak CarlTischeria ekebladella2022Buckthorn DotStigmella catharticella2022Buckthorn DotStigmella catharticella2022Chestnut DotStigmella samiatella2022Chestnut DotStigmella samiatella2022Ononis spinosa2023
Ononis spinosa2023
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensisCuckooflowerCardamine pratensisTall MelilotMelilotus altissimus2023Tall MelilotMelilotus altissimus2023Woolly ThistleCirsium eriophorum2023Woolly ThistleCirsium eriophorum2023Many-Seeded GoosefootLipandra polysperma2023Many-Seeded GoosefootLipandra polysperma2023Pink-sorrelOxalis articulata2023Pink-sorrelOxalis articulata2023Grey SedgeCarex divulsa subsp. divulsa2023Grey SedgeCarex divulsa subsp. divulsa2023Narrow-leaved Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus tenuis2023Narrow-leaved Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus tenuis2023Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2023Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2023Cirsium eriophorum x vulgare = C. x grandiflorumCirsium eriophorum x vulgare = C. x grandiflorum2023Cirsium eriophorum x vulgare = C. x grandiflorumCirsium eriophorum x vulgare = C. x grandiflorum2023Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum2023Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum2023Hoary PlantainPlantago media2023Hoary PlantainPlantago media2023Round-fruited RushJuncus compressus2023Round-fruited RushJuncus compressus2023Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2023Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2023Common ReedPhragmites australis2023Common ReedPhragmites australis2023Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2023Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2023BulrushTypha latifolia2023BulrushTypha latifolia2023