Brocks Hill Country Park and Environment Centre 1 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🍄 Fungi🦋 Insects
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 1 ha
Places › England › East Midlands › Oadby and Wigston Getting here
52.58802, -1.08713
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days 🍄 Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground 210m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days 🍄 Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground 210m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🅿️ Parking· Paid 🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Crepidotus, Yellow Brain, Crimped Gill +11 more · last seen 2025; Fungi — Crepidotus, Yellow Brain, Crimped Gill +11 more · last seen 2025
Varies
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Carder Bee, Lucilia, Common Bluebottle +214 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Common Carder Bee, Lucilia, Common Bluebottle +214 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +32 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +32 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 1 signed route nearby
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Wildlife to spot
49,791 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 49,791 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow +28
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Magpie Pica pica Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Great Tit Parus major2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Goldcrest Regulus regulus Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Common Gull Larus canus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 🦌 Mammals 1 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Common Bluebottle · 7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Common Wasp +31
Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes Common Bluebottle Calliphora vicina 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris Eudasyphora cyanella Eudasyphora cyanella Pollenia Crepidotus · Yellow Brain · King Alfred's Cakes · Wood Blewits · Crimped Gill +8
Crepidotus Crepidotus Yellow Brain Tremella mesenterica King Alfred's Cakes Daldinia concentrica Wood Blewits Lepista nuda Crimped Gill Plicatura crispa Candlesnuff Fungus Xylaria hypoxylon Razor Strop Fungus Fomitopsis betulina Ivy · Ash · Elder
Ivy Hedera helix Ash Fraxinus excelsior Elder Sambucus nigra Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 49,791 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow +28
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Magpie Pica pica Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Great Tit Parus major2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Goldcrest Regulus regulus Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Common Gull Larus canus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 🦌 Mammals 1 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Common Bluebottle · 7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Common Wasp +31
Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes Common Bluebottle Calliphora vicina 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris Eudasyphora cyanella Eudasyphora cyanella Pollenia Crepidotus · Yellow Brain · King Alfred's Cakes · Wood Blewits · Crimped Gill +8
Crepidotus Crepidotus Yellow Brain Tremella mesenterica King Alfred's Cakes Daldinia concentrica Wood Blewits Lepista nuda Crimped Gill Plicatura crispa Candlesnuff Fungus Xylaria hypoxylon Razor Strop Fungus Fomitopsis betulina Ivy · Ash · Elder
Ivy Hedera helix Ash Fraxinus excelsior Elder Sambucus nigra Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pollenia
Pollenia
Yellow-legged Mining Bee Andrena flavipes
Yellow-legged Mining Bee Andrena flavipes
Gwynne's Mining Bee Andrena bicolor
Gwynne's Mining Bee Andrena bicolor
Ramshorn Gall Causer Andricus aries f. agamic2025
Ramshorn Gall Causer Andricus aries f. agamic2025
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris2025
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris2025
Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera2025
Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera2025
German Wasp Vespula germanica2025
German Wasp Vespula germanica2025
24-spot Ladybird Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
24-spot Ladybird Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger
Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger
Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni
Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Liocoris tripustulatus Liocoris tripustulatus
Liocoris tripustulatus Liocoris tripustulatus
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
Gilletteella cooleyi Gilletteella cooleyi2025
Gilletteella cooleyi Gilletteella cooleyi2025
Cola-nut Causer Andricus lignicola f. agamic2025
Cola-nut Causer Andricus lignicola f. agamic2025
Cardiastethus fasciiventris Cardiastethus fasciiventris2025
Cardiastethus fasciiventris Cardiastethus fasciiventris2025
Rhyzobius chrysomeloides Rhyzobius chrysomeloides2025
Rhyzobius chrysomeloides Rhyzobius chrysomeloides2025
Dioxyna bidentis Dioxyna bidentis2025
Dioxyna bidentis Dioxyna bidentis2025
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata2025
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata2025
Ribautiana tenerrima Ribautiana tenerrima2025
Ribautiana tenerrima Ribautiana tenerrima2025
Rhyzobius lophanthae Rhyzobius lophanthae2025
Rhyzobius lophanthae Rhyzobius lophanthae2025
Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis2025
Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis2025
Empoasca vitis Empoasca vitis2025
Empoasca vitis Empoasca vitis2025
Birch Catkin Bug Kleidocerys resedae2025
Birch Catkin Bug Kleidocerys resedae2025
Acericerus vittifrons Acericerus vittifrons2025
Acericerus vittifrons Acericerus vittifrons2025
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2025
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2025
Marble Gall Causer Andricus kollari f. agamic2025
Marble Gall Causer Andricus kollari f. agamic2025
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2025
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Blushing Bracket Daedaleopsis confragosa
Blushing Bracket Daedaleopsis confragosa
Shaggy Scalycap Pholiota squarrosa
Shaggy Scalycap Pholiota squarrosa
Silver Leaf Disease Chondrostereum purpureum
Silver Leaf Disease Chondrostereum purpureum
Jelly Ear Auricularia auricula-judae
Jelly Ear Auricularia auricula-judae
Woolly Woodwart Lasiosphaeria ovina
Woolly Woodwart Lasiosphaeria ovina
Botryobasidium aureum Botryobasidium aureum
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