Ashby Pastures - Conifer woodland
3 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
52.71790, -0.94147
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
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
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 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
Jubilee Way (Leicestershire)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
6 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
Fosse2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 48National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route2 km▾
Named routeRef 48Length 2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route3.7 km▾
Named routeRef 48Length 3.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route786 m▾
Named routeRef 48Length 786 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Edge of Ashby Pastures on 27 December 2008
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Wildlife to spot
3,943 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,943 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds25 species
winterspring
2025▾
Long-tailed Tit · Chiffchaff · Jackdaw · Goldfinch · Blue Tit +20
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Horse-Chestnut Leaf-miner · Red Admiral
- Horse-Chestnut Leaf-minerCameraria ohridella
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Elm · Field Bindweed · Rosebay Willowherb · Tufted Hair-grass · Horse-chestnut +83
- ElmUlmus
- Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
- Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
- Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,943 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds25 species
winterspring
2025▾
Long-tailed Tit · Chiffchaff · Jackdaw · Goldfinch · Blue Tit +20
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Horse-Chestnut Leaf-miner · Red Admiral
- Horse-Chestnut Leaf-minerCameraria ohridella
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Elm · Field Bindweed · Rosebay Willowherb · Tufted Hair-grass · Horse-chestnut +83
- ElmUlmus
- Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
- Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
- Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas