Cant's Thorns - Conifer woodland
2 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
52.78477, -0.94192
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
- 🐕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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths 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
Jubilee Way (Leicestershire)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
28 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 64Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 64National Cycle Network
Fosse2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 48National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route191 m▾
Named routeRef 48Length 191 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route232 m▾
Named routeRef 48Length 232 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route746 m▾
Named routeRef 48Length 746 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route131 m▾
Named routeRef 48Length 131 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Fields and woodland east of Glebe Farm
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Wildlife to spot
22,307 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
22,307 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Goldfinch · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Stock Dove · Rook +46
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2026▾
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Common Blue · Small Heath · Small White · Peacock · Brimstone +5
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2025
- Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2025
- Small WhitePieris rapae2025
- PeacockAglais io
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
- Taxomyia taxiTaxomyia taxi2025
🌿Plants5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Snowberry · Yarrow · Viper's-bugloss · Common Stork's-bill · Evening Primrose
- SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- Viper's-buglossEchium vulgare
- Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium
- Evening PrimroseOenothera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
22,307 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Goldfinch · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Stock Dove · Rook +46
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2026▾
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Common Blue · Small Heath · Small White · Peacock · Brimstone +5
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2025
- Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2025
- Small WhitePieris rapae2025
- PeacockAglais io
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
- Taxomyia taxiTaxomyia taxi2025
🌿Plants5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Snowberry · Yarrow · Viper's-bugloss · Common Stork's-bill · Evening Primrose
- SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- Viper's-buglossEchium vulgare
- Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium
- Evening PrimroseOenothera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Straw-barred Pearl
Straw-barred Pearl
Pyrausta despicata2025
Pyrausta despicata2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Large WhitePieris brassicae2025Large WhitePieris brassicae2025CommaPolygonia c-album2025CommaPolygonia c-album2025Events & activities nearby
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