Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome11 ha
Getting here
52.58580, -1.06972
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦27+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 104m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦27+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 104m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Magpie +24 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Magpie +24 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — King Alfred's Cakes, Crepidotus, Jelly Ear +18 more · last seen 2026
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Hairy-footed Flower Bee, Common Bluebottle, Buff-tailed Bumblebee +30 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km40 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Leicester 'Route 4'Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.3 km▾
Named routeRef 63Length 1.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route161 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 161 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 63Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route62 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 62 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface blocks
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
38,084 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
38,084 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Blue Tit · Great Tit +22
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Otter
🐝Insects33 species
springautumn
2026▾
Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Common Bluebottle · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Common Wasp · Common Carder Bee +28
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- Common BluebottleCalliphora vicina
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2025
- Common WaspVespula vulgaris
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025
- Hairy Shieldbug
King Alfred's Cakes · Crepidotus · Jelly Ear · Wet Rot · Yellow Brain +16
- King Alfred's CakesDaldinia concentrica
- CrepidotusCrepidotus2025
- Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
- Wet RotConiophora puteana
- Yellow BrainTremella mesenterica
- Witch's ButterExidia glandulosa
- Ramalina farinacea
Hazel · Ivy · Ash · Elder · Bramble
- HazelCorylus avellana
- IvyHedera helix
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- ElderSambucus nigra
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
38,084 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Blue Tit · Great Tit +22
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Otter
🐝Insects33 species
springautumn
2026▾
Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Common Bluebottle · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Common Wasp · Common Carder Bee +28
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- Common BluebottleCalliphora vicina
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2025
- Common WaspVespula vulgaris
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025
- Hairy Shieldbug
King Alfred's Cakes · Crepidotus · Jelly Ear · Wet Rot · Yellow Brain +16
- King Alfred's CakesDaldinia concentrica
- CrepidotusCrepidotus2025
- Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
- Wet RotConiophora puteana
- Yellow BrainTremella mesenterica
- Witch's ButterExidia glandulosa
- Ramalina farinacea
Hazel · Ivy · Ash · Elder · Bramble
- HazelCorylus avellana
- IvyHedera helix
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- ElderSambucus nigra
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Dolycoris baccarum
Dolycoris baccarum
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorEudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanellaPolleniaPolleniaPolleniaPolleniaYellow-legged Mining BeeAndrena flavipesYellow-legged Mining BeeAndrena flavipesGwynne's Mining BeeAndrena bicolorGwynne's Mining BeeAndrena bicolorEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataWestern Honey BeeApis mellifera2025Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025LuciliaLucilia2025LuciliaLucilia2025Phaonia validaPhaonia valida2025Phaonia validaPhaonia valida202524-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctataLiocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatusBrimstoneGonepteryx rhamniBrimstoneGonepteryx rhamniMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisOyster Gall CauserNeuroterus anthracinus f. agamic2025Oyster Gall CauserNeuroterus anthracinus f. agamic2025Cola-nut CauserAndricus lignicola f. agamic2025Cola-nut CauserAndricus lignicola f. agamic2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025Amblyteles armatoriusAmblyteles armatorius2025Amblyteles armatoriusAmblyteles armatorius2025Tipula paludosaTipula paludosa2025Tipula paludosaTipula paludosa2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2025Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2025Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum2025Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum2025Sheep-strike GreenbottleLucilia sericata2025Sheep-strike GreenbottleLucilia sericata2025Ramalina farinacea
Ramalina farinacea
Common Orange LichenXanthoria parietinaCommon Orange LichenXanthoria parietinaNetted Shield LichenParmelia sulcataNetted Shield LichenParmelia sulcataWood BlewitsLepista nuda2025Wood BlewitsLepista nuda2025Crimped GillPlicatura crispa2025Crimped GillPlicatura crispa2025Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon2025Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon2025Razor Strop FungusFomitopsis betulina2025Razor Strop FungusFomitopsis betulina2025Blushing BracketDaedaleopsis confragosa2025Blushing BracketDaedaleopsis confragosa2025Shaggy ScalycapPholiota squarrosa2025Shaggy ScalycapPholiota squarrosa2025Silver Leaf DiseaseChondrostereum purpureum2025Silver Leaf DiseaseChondrostereum purpureum2025Beefsteak FungusFistulina hepatica2025Beefsteak FungusFistulina hepatica2025Fairy InkcapCoprinellus disseminatus2025Fairy InkcapCoprinellus disseminatus2025Redleg ClubTyphula erythropus2025Redleg ClubTyphula erythropus2025Woolly WoodwartLasiosphaeria ovina2025Woolly WoodwartLasiosphaeria ovina2025Botryobasidium aureumBotryobasidium aureum2025Botryobasidium aureumBotryobasidium aureum2025Events & activities nearby
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