The Green - Conifer woodland
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.69364, -0.63571
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕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
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕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
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
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
Named hiking route nearby: Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
Rutland RoundWalking route105 km▾
Named routeLength 105 kmRegional walking route
Hereward WayWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Old Dairy Yardpublic footpath · 30 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 30 mPath type: residential
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Rutland)Cycling route▾
National Byway in Rutland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway (Oakham Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Rutland Water CircuitCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route546 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 546 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route890 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 890 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
7 public paths nearby
Public paths
West Endbridleway · 28 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 28 mPath type: residential
West Endbridleway · 94 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 94 mPath type: service
New Field Roadbridleway · 189 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 189 mPath type: residential
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
9,172 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
9,172 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Wren · Robin · Chaffinch · Great Tit +43
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- SwiftApus apus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- CootFulica atra2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
🦌Mammals4 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Mole · Field Vole · Fallow Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2023
- Fallow DeerDama dama2023
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects11 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hairy Shieldbug · Knotgrass Leaf Beetle · Syrphus · Cantharis nigricans · Common Cockchafer +6
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Knotgrass Leaf BeetleChrysolina polita2023
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans
- Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Deceiver · Clavaria · Snowy Waxcap · Shaggy Inkcap
- DeceiverLaccaria laccata
- ClavariaClavaria
- Snowy WaxcapCuphophyllus virgineus var. virgineus
- Shaggy InkcapCoprinus comatus2023
🌿Plants21 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Goat's-beard · Goldilocks Buttercup · Lesser Celandine · Greater Stitchwort · Groundsel +16
- Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis
- Goldilocks ButtercupRanunculus auricomus
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- DaisyBellis perennis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,172 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Wren · Robin · Chaffinch · Great Tit +43
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- SwiftApus apus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- CootFulica atra2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
🦌Mammals4 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Mole · Field Vole · Fallow Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2023
- Fallow DeerDama dama2023
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects11 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hairy Shieldbug · Knotgrass Leaf Beetle · Syrphus · Cantharis nigricans · Common Cockchafer +6
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Knotgrass Leaf BeetleChrysolina polita2023
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans
- Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Deceiver · Clavaria · Snowy Waxcap · Shaggy Inkcap
- DeceiverLaccaria laccata
- ClavariaClavaria
- Snowy WaxcapCuphophyllus virgineus var. virgineus
- Shaggy InkcapCoprinus comatus2023
🌿Plants21 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Goat's-beard · Goldilocks Buttercup · Lesser Celandine · Greater Stitchwort · Groundsel +16
- Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis
- Goldilocks ButtercupRanunculus auricomus
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- DaisyBellis perennis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024PeacockAglais io2024PeacockAglais io2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2023Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2023Dock BugCoreus marginatus2023Dock BugCoreus marginatus2023Willow Bean-gallerEuura proxima2023Willow Bean-gallerEuura proxima2023Petty Spurge
Petty Spurge
Euphorbia peplus
Euphorbia peplus
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureumRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumGreater PeriwinkleVinca majorGreater PeriwinkleVinca majorCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaDandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2023MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2023HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2023HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2023Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2023Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2023Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2023Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2023Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare2023Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare2023GypsywortLycopus europaeus2023GypsywortLycopus europaeus2023Red CampionSilene dioica2023Red CampionSilene dioica2023