Two Acre Spinney - Conifer woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🌲Walks
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.58656, -1.14593
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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
- 🐕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
- 🐕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
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Blaby Village Heritage TrailWalking route▾
109 signed routes nearby
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Wildlife to spot
19,534 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
19,534 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Robin · Magpie · Wren · Mallard · Woodpigeon +31
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Great TitParus major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
🦌Mammals9 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Red Fox · Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Badger · Noctule +4
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2025
- Wood Mouse
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians4 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog · Palmate Newt · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Field Digger Wasp · Speckled Bush-cricket · Oak Bush-cricket · Red-legged Shieldbug · Green Shieldbug +27
- Field Digger WaspMellinus arvensis2025
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium
🍄Fungi3 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Candlesnuff Fungus · Shaggy Bracket · Pear Rust
- Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon
- Shaggy BracketInonotus hispidus
- Pear RustGymnosporangium sabinae
🌿Plants20 species
springsummer
2026▾
Ivy · Hogweed · Elder · Glory-of-the-snow · Common Nettle +15
- IvyHedera helix
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Glory-of-the-snowScilla forbesii
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium
- Cleavers
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
19,534 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Robin · Magpie · Wren · Mallard · Woodpigeon +31
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Great TitParus major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
🦌Mammals9 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Red Fox · Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Badger · Noctule +4
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2025
- Wood Mouse
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians4 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog · Palmate Newt · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Field Digger Wasp · Speckled Bush-cricket · Oak Bush-cricket · Red-legged Shieldbug · Green Shieldbug +27
- Field Digger WaspMellinus arvensis2025
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium
🍄Fungi3 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Candlesnuff Fungus · Shaggy Bracket · Pear Rust
- Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon
- Shaggy BracketInonotus hispidus
- Pear RustGymnosporangium sabinae
🌿Plants20 species
springsummer
2026▾
Ivy · Hogweed · Elder · Glory-of-the-snow · Common Nettle +15
- IvyHedera helix
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Glory-of-the-snowScilla forbesii
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium
- Cleavers
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Apodemus sylvaticus
Apodemus sylvaticus
Brown RatRattus norvegicusBrown RatRattus norvegicusBrown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2025Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2025Myotis Bat speciesMyotis2025Myotis Bat speciesMyotis20252025
2025
Aquarius paludumAquarius paludum2025Aquarius paludumAquarius paludum2025Urophora carduiUrophora cardui2025Urophora carduiUrophora cardui2025Beautiful PlumeAmblyptilia acanthadactyla2025Beautiful PlumeAmblyptilia acanthadactyla2025PeacockAglais io2025PeacockAglais io2025Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2025Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2025Shining Alder Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter klemannella2025Shining Alder Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter klemannella2025Poplar Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter comparella2025Poplar Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter comparella2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Large WhitePieris brassicae2025Large WhitePieris brassicae2025Knopper Gall CauserAndricus quercuscalicis f. agamic2025Knopper Gall CauserAndricus quercuscalicis f. agamic20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Common Spangle CauserNeuroterus quercusbaccarum f. agamic2025Common Spangle CauserNeuroterus quercusbaccarum f. agamic2025Oak-apple CauserBiorhiza pallida f. sexual2025Oak-apple CauserBiorhiza pallida f. sexual2025Andricus kollari/infectorius f. agamicAndricus kollari/infectorius f. agamic2025Andricus kollari/infectorius f. agamicAndricus kollari/infectorius f. agamic2025GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2025GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025EupeodesEupeodes2025EupeodesEupeodes2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2025BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2025Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2025Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2025Toadflax BrocadeCalophasia lunula2025Toadflax BrocadeCalophasia lunula20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025CinnabarTyria jacobaeae2025CinnabarTyria jacobaeae2025Broad-barred WhiteHecatera bicolorata2025Broad-barred WhiteHecatera bicolorata2025Galium aparine
Galium aparine
Ground-elderAegopodium podagrariaGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaSnowdropGalanthus nivalisSnowdropGalanthus nivalisPrimrosePrimula vulgarisPrimrosePrimula vulgarisEvergreen SpindleEuonymus japonicus2025Evergreen SpindleEuonymus japonicus2025Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus2025Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus2025HazelCorylus avellana2025HazelCorylus avellana2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2025Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2025Fat-henChenopodium album2025Fat-henChenopodium album2025Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2025Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2025Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025