Cold Overton Park Wood ✦ Ancient woodland 17 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
Free entry Dogs welcome 17 ha
Places › England › East Midlands › Melton Getting here
52.66922, -0.78595
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🌿 Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Raven, Blue Tit, Swallow +67 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Raven, Blue Tit, Swallow +67 more · last seen 2025
Free
Plants — Hawthorn, Elder, Common Nettle +22 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Ash, Creeping Buttercup, Hawthorn +188 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red Admiral, Small Tortoiseshell, Speckled Wood +57 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Red Admiral, Small Tortoiseshell, Speckled Wood +57 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Blushing Bracket · last seen 2022; Fungi — Blushing Bracket · last seen 2022
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Macmillan Way Walking route 290 km ▾
Named route Ref MWA Length 290 km Listed length 461 Regional walking route
Show on map Jubilee Way (Leicestershire) Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Rutland Round Walking route 105 km ▾
Named route Length 105 km Regional walking route
Show on map Leicestershire Round Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Hereward Way Walking route ▾
Named route Point-to-point Regional walking route
Show on map 10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 64 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 64 National Cycle Network
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National Byway in Rutland
Named route Ref NB Regional cycle route
Show on map National Byway (Oakham Loop) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref NB Regional cycle route
Show on map Route 63 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 63 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 546 m ▾
Named route Ref 63 Length 546 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 614 m ▾
Named route Ref 63 Length 614 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
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✦ Ancient woodland — continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD. A rare and irreplaceable habitat, rich in biodiversity and historical character.
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Wildlife to spot
3,638 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 3,638 records · National Biodiversity Network Wren · Robin · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Chaffinch +42
Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Blackbird Turdus merula Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Rook Corvus frugilegus Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Dunnock Prunella modularis Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Carrion Crow Corvus corone Great Tit Parus major Skylark Alauda arvensis Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Nuthatch Sitta europaea Coal Tit Periparus ater Swallow Hirundo rustica Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus Magpie Pica pica Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Goldcrest Regulus regulus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Garden Warbler Sylvia borin Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca Linnet Linaria cannabina Starling Sturnus vulgaris House Martin Delichon urbicum Redwing Turdus iliacus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2024 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2024 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2024 Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2024 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2024 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2023 🦌 Mammals 2 species
summer autumn
2024 ▾
Roe Deer · Pygmy Shrew
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Pygmy Shrew Sorex minutus2023 🐝 Insects 14 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Eupeodes · Meadow Brown · Western Honey Bee · Bombus lucorum · Brown-line Bright-eye +9
Eupeodes Eupeodes Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera Bombus lucorum Bombus lucorum2024 Brown-line Bright-eye Mythimna conigera Peacock Aglais io Common Liverwort · Cuckooflower · Ground-ivy · Hogweed · False Oat-grass +17
Common Liverwort Marchantia polymorpha Cuckooflower Cardamine pratensis Ground-ivy Glechoma hederacea2023 Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium2023 False Oat-grass Arrhenatherum elatius2023 Common Mouse-ear Cerastium fontanum2023 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 3,638 records · National Biodiversity Network Wren · Robin · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Chaffinch +42
Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Blackbird Turdus merula Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Rook Corvus frugilegus Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Dunnock Prunella modularis Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Carrion Crow Corvus corone Great Tit Parus major Skylark Alauda arvensis Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Nuthatch Sitta europaea Coal Tit Periparus ater Swallow Hirundo rustica Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus Magpie Pica pica Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Goldcrest Regulus regulus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Garden Warbler Sylvia borin Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca Linnet Linaria cannabina Starling Sturnus vulgaris House Martin Delichon urbicum Redwing Turdus iliacus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2024 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2024 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2024 Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2024 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2024 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2023 🦌 Mammals 2 species
summer autumn
2024 ▾
Roe Deer · Pygmy Shrew
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Pygmy Shrew Sorex minutus2023 🐝 Insects 14 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Eupeodes · Meadow Brown · Western Honey Bee · Bombus lucorum · Brown-line Bright-eye +9
Eupeodes Eupeodes Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera Bombus lucorum Bombus lucorum2024 Brown-line Bright-eye Mythimna conigera Peacock Aglais io Common Liverwort · Cuckooflower · Ground-ivy · Hogweed · False Oat-grass +17
Common Liverwort Marchantia polymorpha Cuckooflower Cardamine pratensis Ground-ivy Glechoma hederacea2023 Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium2023 False Oat-grass Arrhenatherum elatius2023 Common Mouse-ear Cerastium fontanum2023 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
14-spot Ladybird
14-spot Ladybird
Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
Liocoris tripustulatus Liocoris tripustulatus
Liocoris tripustulatus Liocoris tripustulatus
Scaeva pyrastri Scaeva pyrastri
Scaeva pyrastri Scaeva pyrastri
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus2024
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus2024
Six-spot Burnet Zygaena filipendulae2024
Six-spot Burnet Zygaena filipendulae2024
Feverfew Tanacetum parthenium2023
Feverfew Tanacetum parthenium2023
Malus sylvestris Malus sylvestris2023
Malus sylvestris Malus sylvestris2023
Timothy Phleum pratense2023
Timothy Phleum pratense2023
Black-grass Alopecurus myosuroides2023
Black-grass Alopecurus myosuroides2023
Bittersweet Solanum dulcamara2023
Bittersweet Solanum dulcamara2023
Giant Fescue Schedonorus giganteus2023
Giant Fescue Schedonorus giganteus2023
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris2023
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris2023
Chenopodium album Chenopodium album2023
Chenopodium album Chenopodium album2023
Redshank Persicaria maculosa2023
Redshank Persicaria maculosa2023
Meadow Buttercup Ranunculus acris2023
Meadow Buttercup Ranunculus acris2023
Common Nettle Urtica dioica2023
Common Nettle Urtica dioica2023
Turkey Oak Quercus cerris2023
Turkey Oak Quercus cerris2023
Hairy Sedge Carex hirta2023
Hairy Sedge Carex hirta2023
Swine-cress Lepidium coronopus2023
Swine-cress Lepidium coronopus2023
Common Chickweed Stellaria media2023
Common Chickweed Stellaria media2023
Annual Meadow-grass Poa annua2023
Annual Meadow-grass Poa annua2023 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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