Home Farm Spinney - Conifer woodland
1 ha
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.70848, -1.07039
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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 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
97 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Fosse2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 48National Cycle Network
Leicester 'Route 4'Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
NCN 6 Flood Diversion RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
Main RouteCycling route174 m▾
Named routeRef 48Length 174 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
20,665 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
20,665 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMistle Thrush · Canada Goose · Nuthatch · Mallard · Grey Heron +33
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SwiftApus apus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- TealAnas crecca
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- CootFulica atra
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MagpiePica pica
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummerwinter
2025▾
Mole · Red Fox · Badger · Rabbit · Muntjac
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- BadgerMeles meles
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects55 species
summerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Green Shieldbug · Rhamphus oxyacanthae +50
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Rhamphus oxyacanthaeRhamphus oxyacanthae
- Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis
Jelly Ear · Common Orange Lichen · Physcia tenella · Lecidella elaeochroma · Giant Polypore
- Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
- Common Orange LichenXanthoria parietina
- Physcia tenellaPhyscia tenella
- Lecidella elaeochromaLecidella elaeochroma
- Giant PolyporeMeripilus giganteus
🌿Plants39 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Greater Celandine · Cleavers · Common Nettle · Blackthorn · Meadow Vetchling +34
- Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2025
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
- Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025
- Creeping Thistle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,665 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMistle Thrush · Canada Goose · Nuthatch · Mallard · Grey Heron +33
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SwiftApus apus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- TealAnas crecca
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- CootFulica atra
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MagpiePica pica
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummerwinter
2025▾
Mole · Red Fox · Badger · Rabbit · Muntjac
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- BadgerMeles meles
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects55 species
summerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Green Shieldbug · Rhamphus oxyacanthae +50
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Rhamphus oxyacanthaeRhamphus oxyacanthae
- Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis
Jelly Ear · Common Orange Lichen · Physcia tenella · Lecidella elaeochroma · Giant Polypore
- Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
- Common Orange LichenXanthoria parietina
- Physcia tenellaPhyscia tenella
- Lecidella elaeochromaLecidella elaeochroma
- Giant PolyporeMeripilus giganteus
🌿Plants39 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Greater Celandine · Cleavers · Common Nettle · Blackthorn · Meadow Vetchling +34
- Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2025
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
- Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025
- Creeping Thistle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Cirsium arvense2025
Cirsium arvense2025
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025GypsywortLycopus europaeus2025GypsywortLycopus europaeus2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025ElmUlmus2025ElmUlmus2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025TomatoSolanum lycopersicum2025TomatoSolanum lycopersicum2025Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris2025Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris2025Procumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculata2025Procumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculata2025Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025ElderSambucus nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025HemlockConium maculatum2025HemlockConium maculatum2025AppleMalus domestica2025AppleMalus domestica2025Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium2025Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium2025Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Biting StonecropSedum acre2025Biting StonecropSedum acre2025White CampionSilene latifolia2025White CampionSilene latifolia2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025Dog-roseRosa canina2025Dog-roseRosa canina2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025Grey AlderAlnus incana2025Grey AlderAlnus incana2025PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2025Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2025Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025daffodilsNarcissus2025daffodilsNarcissus2025