Fishpond Spinney - Conifer woodland
3 ha
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
52.78473, -1.18051
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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
- 🐕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 · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
32 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Loughborough Cycle Network Route 4Cycling route▾
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Loughborough Cycle Network Route 7Cycling route▾
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Loughborough Cycle Network Route 1Cycling route▾
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6,880 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
6,880 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Blackcap · Pied Wagtail · Blue Tit · Coal Tit +33
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- Great TitParus major2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
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springwinter
2025▾
Badger · Polecat · Rabbit
- BadgerMeles meles2024
- PolecatMustela putorius
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
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Common Toad
Speckled Bush-cricket · Notch-horned Cleg · Willow Bean-galler · Donacia simplex · Banded Demoiselle +39
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Notch-horned ClegHaematopota pluvialis2024
- Willow Bean-gallerEuura proxima2024
- Donacia simplexDonacia simplex2024
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024
- Prasocuris marginellaPrasocuris marginella
Dark Honey Fungus
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London Plane · Gypsywort · Black Horehound · Clustered Dock · Celery-leaved Buttercup +6
- London PlanePlatanus occidentalis x orientalis = P. x hispanica
- GypsywortLycopus europaeus
- Black HorehoundBallota nigra
- Clustered DockRumex conglomeratus
- Celery-leaved ButtercupRanunculus sceleratus
- Pepper-saxifrageSilaum silaus
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Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,880 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Blackcap · Pied Wagtail · Blue Tit · Coal Tit +33
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- Great TitParus major2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
🦌Mammals3 species
springwinter
2025▾
Badger · Polecat · Rabbit
- BadgerMeles meles2024
- PolecatMustela putorius
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2024▾
Common Toad
Speckled Bush-cricket · Notch-horned Cleg · Willow Bean-galler · Donacia simplex · Banded Demoiselle +39
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Notch-horned ClegHaematopota pluvialis2024
- Willow Bean-gallerEuura proxima2024
- Donacia simplexDonacia simplex2024
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024
- Prasocuris marginellaPrasocuris marginella
Dark Honey Fungus
- Dark Honey FungusArmillaria ostoyae
London Plane · Gypsywort · Black Horehound · Clustered Dock · Celery-leaved Buttercup +6
- London PlanePlatanus occidentalis x orientalis = P. x hispanica
- GypsywortLycopus europaeus
- Black HorehoundBallota nigra
- Clustered DockRumex conglomeratus
- Celery-leaved ButtercupRanunculus sceleratus
- Pepper-saxifrageSilaum silaus
- Wall-rue
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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Asplenium ruta-muraria
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