Burrough Hill Country Park
70 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome70 ha
Getting here
52.70126, -0.87387
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦42+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shoveler and Wigeon
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦42+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shoveler and Wigeon
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Shoveler, Wigeon, Blackbird +39 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Shoveler, Wigeon, Blackbird +39 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects; Insects — Hornet, Ringlet, Small Copper +14 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Earthy Waxcap, Cap Cŵyr Parhaol · last seen 2025
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Jubilee Way (Leicestershire)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
4 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
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route9.1 km▾
Named routeRef 63Length 9.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
Woodland and path at the Burrough Hill Country Park
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
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Wildlife to spot
13,458 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,458 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Shoveler · Wigeon · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Dunnock +37
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- WigeonMareca penelope
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
🦌Mammals5 species
springautumn
2026▾
Muntjac · Badger · Rabbit · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- BadgerMeles meles2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
🐝Insects17 species
springsummer
2025▾
Hornet · Ringlet · Small Copper · Humming-bird Hawk-moth · Hedgehog Gall Causer +12
- HornetVespa crabro
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus
- Small CopperLycaena phlaeas
- Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum
- Hedgehog Gall CauserAndricus lucidus f. agamic
- Eurhadina loewiiEurhadina loewii
Earthy Waxcap · Cap Cŵyr Parhaol
- Earthy WaxcapCuphophyllus fornicatus
- Cap Cŵyr ParhaolHygrocybe acutoconica
Mouse-ear-hawkweed · Meadow Saxifrage · Wood Anemone · Gorse · White Dead-nettle +4
- Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum
- Meadow SaxifrageSaxifraga granulata
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- GorseUlex europaeus
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Upright Hedge BedstrawGalium album subsp. erectum
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,458 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Shoveler · Wigeon · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Dunnock +37
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- WigeonMareca penelope
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
🦌Mammals5 species
springautumn
2026▾
Muntjac · Badger · Rabbit · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- BadgerMeles meles2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
🐝Insects17 species
springsummer
2025▾
Hornet · Ringlet · Small Copper · Humming-bird Hawk-moth · Hedgehog Gall Causer +12
- HornetVespa crabro
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus
- Small CopperLycaena phlaeas
- Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum
- Hedgehog Gall CauserAndricus lucidus f. agamic
- Eurhadina loewiiEurhadina loewii
Earthy Waxcap · Cap Cŵyr Parhaol
- Earthy WaxcapCuphophyllus fornicatus
- Cap Cŵyr ParhaolHygrocybe acutoconica
Mouse-ear-hawkweed · Meadow Saxifrage · Wood Anemone · Gorse · White Dead-nettle +4
- Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum
- Meadow SaxifrageSaxifraga granulata
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- GorseUlex europaeus
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Upright Hedge BedstrawGalium album subsp. erectum
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Small Skipper
Small Skipper
Thymelicus sylvestris
Thymelicus sylvestris
CommaPolygonia c-albumCommaPolygonia c-albumMeadow BrownManiola jurtinaMeadow BrownManiola jurtinaLarge WhitePieris brassicaeLarge WhitePieris brassicaeGatekeeperPyronia tithonusGatekeeperPyronia tithonusMarbled WhiteMelanargia galatheaMarbled WhiteMelanargia galatheaOak-apple CauserBiorhiza pallida f. sexualOak-apple CauserBiorhiza pallida f. sexualWhite-underwing PiercerGrapholita internanaWhite-underwing PiercerGrapholita internanaPoplar Hawk-mothLaothoe populiPoplar Hawk-mothLaothoe populiShoulder StripeEarophila badiataShoulder StripeEarophila badiataOrange-tipAnthocharis cardaminesOrange-tipAnthocharis cardaminesBluebellHyacinthoides non-scriptaBluebellHyacinthoides non-scriptaGreater StitchwortStellaria holosteaGreater StitchwortStellaria holosteaEvents & activities nearby
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