Piper Wood - Conifer woodland
✦ Ancient woodland2 ha
🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
52.79466, -1.29180
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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
Ancient woodland — owls, woodpeckers, warblers
Free
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 5 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
67 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 52Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 52National Cycle Network
Loughborough Cycle Network Route 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
Loughborough Cycle Network Route 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 7Local cycle route
Loughborough Cycle Network Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
Route 15Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 15National Cycle Network
Hathern <> KegworthCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Photos
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Wildlife to spot
10,400 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,400 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds22 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Shoveler · Pochard · Wigeon · Hawfinch · Yellow-legged Gull +17
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2024
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
- PintailAnas acuta2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- RuffCalidris pugnax2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
- MagpiePica pica2024
Wood Mouse · Field Vole · Bank Vole
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
- Bank VoleMyodes glareolus
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2024▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Alder Leaf Beetle · Bedeguar Gall · Dasineura rosae · Poplar Hawk-moth +25
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2024
- Bedeguar GallDiplolepis rosae2024
- Dasineura rosaeDasineura rosae2024
- Poplar Hawk-mothLaothoe populi2024
- Phytomyza crassisetaPhytomyza crassiseta
🍄Fungi12 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Twig Parachute · Hairy Oysterling · Oak Pin · Bitter Waxcap · Arum Rust +7
- Twig ParachuteMarasmiellus ramealis
- Hairy OysterlingResupinatus trichotis
- Oak PinCudoniella acicularis
- Bitter WaxcapHygrocybe mucronella
- Arum RustPuccinia sessilis
- Pale Bramble Rust
🌿Plants37 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Mistletoe · Lizard Orchid · Common Pincushion · Herb-Robert · Wood Millet +32
- MistletoeViscum album
- Lizard OrchidHimantoglossum hircinum
- Common PincushionDicranoweisia cirrata
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- Wood MilletMilium effusum
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,400 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds22 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Shoveler · Pochard · Wigeon · Hawfinch · Yellow-legged Gull +17
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2024
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
- PintailAnas acuta2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- RuffCalidris pugnax2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
- MagpiePica pica2024
Wood Mouse · Field Vole · Bank Vole
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
- Bank VoleMyodes glareolus
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2024▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Alder Leaf Beetle · Bedeguar Gall · Dasineura rosae · Poplar Hawk-moth +25
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2024
- Bedeguar GallDiplolepis rosae2024
- Dasineura rosaeDasineura rosae2024
- Poplar Hawk-mothLaothoe populi2024
- Phytomyza crassisetaPhytomyza crassiseta
🍄Fungi12 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Twig Parachute · Hairy Oysterling · Oak Pin · Bitter Waxcap · Arum Rust +7
- Twig ParachuteMarasmiellus ramealis
- Hairy OysterlingResupinatus trichotis
- Oak PinCudoniella acicularis
- Bitter WaxcapHygrocybe mucronella
- Arum RustPuccinia sessilis
- Pale Bramble Rust
🌿Plants37 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Mistletoe · Lizard Orchid · Common Pincushion · Herb-Robert · Wood Millet +32
- MistletoeViscum album
- Lizard OrchidHimantoglossum hircinum
- Common PincushionDicranoweisia cirrata
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- Wood MilletMilium effusum
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Kuehneola uredinis
Kuehneola uredinis
Entyloma ficariaeEntyloma ficariaeEntyloma ficariaeEntyloma ficariaeSnowy DiscoLachnum virgineumSnowy DiscoLachnum virgineumBallerinaPorpolomopsis calyptriformis2024BallerinaPorpolomopsis calyptriformis2024Earthy WaxcapCuphophyllus fornicatus2024Earthy WaxcapCuphophyllus fornicatus2024Torth FelenHypholoma fasciculare2024Torth FelenHypholoma fasciculare2024Hare'sfoot InkcapCoprinopsis lagopus2024Hare'sfoot InkcapCoprinopsis lagopus2024WoodruffGalium odoratumWoodruffGalium odoratumWood-sorrelOxalis acetosellaWood-sorrelOxalis acetosellaWood AnemoneAnemone nemorosaWood AnemoneAnemone nemorosaRamsonsAllium ursinumRamsonsAllium ursinumLesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaBugleAjuga reptansBugleAjuga reptansRed CampionSilene dioicaRed CampionSilene dioicaCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineYellow ArchangelLamiastrum galeobdolonYellow ArchangelLamiastrum galeobdolonGreater StitchwortStellaria holosteaGreater StitchwortStellaria holosteaSanicleSanicula europaeaSanicleSanicula europaeaGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysRusty Swan-neck MossCampylopus flexuosusRusty Swan-neck MossCampylopus flexuosusLesser Pocket-mossFissidens bryoidesLesser Pocket-mossFissidens bryoidesCape Thread-mossOrthodontium lineareCape Thread-mossOrthodontium lineareSilky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeumSilky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeumMinute PouncewortMyriocoleopsis minutissimaMinute PouncewortMyriocoleopsis minutissimaWhite BryonyBryonia dioica2024White BryonyBryonia dioica2024IvyHedera helix2024IvyHedera helix2024FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2024FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2024RowanSorbus aucuparia2024RowanSorbus aucuparia2024Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2024Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2024BlackthornPrunus spinosa2024BlackthornPrunus spinosa2024HazelCorylus avellana2024HazelCorylus avellana2024Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2024Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2024Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana2024Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana2024Goat WillowSalix caprea2024Goat WillowSalix caprea2024Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2024Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2024Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2024Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2024Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024