Coombe Park Recreation Ground
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🦉 Wildlife⚽ Pitches🍄 Fungi
Dogs welcome
Places › England › East Midlands › Oadby and Wigston Getting here
52.58581, -1.06974
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ⚽ Playing fields is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground 105m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ⚽ Playing fields is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground 105m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
⚽ Playing fields
Very strong match
Playing field
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — King Alfred's Cakes, Crepidotus, Jelly Ear +18 more · last seen 2026; Fungi — King Alfred's Cakes, Crepidotus, Jelly Ear +18 more · last seen 2026
Varies
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Magpie +27 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Magpie +27 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Carder Bee, Lucilia, Common Bluebottle +206 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Common Carder Bee, Lucilia, Common Bluebottle +206 more · last seen 2026
Free
Plants — Hazel, Elder, Bramble +5 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 40 signed routes nearby
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Wildlife to spot
38,084 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 38,084 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Blue Tit · Great Tit +22
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Otter
🐝 Insects 33 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Common Bluebottle · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Common Wasp · Common Carder Bee +28
Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes Common Bluebottle Calliphora vicina Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris2025 Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum2025 Hairy Shieldbug King Alfred's Cakes · Crepidotus · Jelly Ear · Wet Rot · Yellow Brain +16
King Alfred's Cakes Daldinia concentrica Crepidotus Crepidotus2025 Jelly Ear Auricularia auricula-judae Wet Rot Coniophora puteana Yellow Brain Tremella mesenterica Witch's Butter Exidia glandulosa Ramalina farinacea Hazel · Ivy · Ash · Elder · Bramble
Hazel Corylus avellana Ivy Hedera helix Ash Fraxinus excelsior Elder Sambucus nigra Bramble Rubus fruticosus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 38,084 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Blue Tit · Great Tit +22
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Otter
🐝 Insects 33 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Common Bluebottle · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Common Wasp · Common Carder Bee +28
Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes Common Bluebottle Calliphora vicina Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris2025 Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum2025 Hairy Shieldbug King Alfred's Cakes · Crepidotus · Jelly Ear · Wet Rot · Yellow Brain +16
King Alfred's Cakes Daldinia concentrica Crepidotus Crepidotus2025 Jelly Ear Auricularia auricula-judae Wet Rot Coniophora puteana Yellow Brain Tremella mesenterica Witch's Butter Exidia glandulosa Ramalina farinacea Hazel · Ivy · Ash · Elder · Bramble
Hazel Corylus avellana Ivy Hedera helix Ash Fraxinus excelsior Elder Sambucus nigra Bramble Rubus fruticosus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Dolycoris baccarum
Dolycoris baccarum
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Eudasyphora cyanella Eudasyphora cyanella
Eudasyphora cyanella Eudasyphora cyanella
Pollenia Pollenia
Pollenia Pollenia
Yellow-legged Mining Bee Andrena flavipes
Yellow-legged Mining Bee Andrena flavipes
Gwynne's Mining Bee Andrena bicolor
Gwynne's Mining Bee Andrena bicolor
Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger
Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera2025
Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera2025
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2025
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2025
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Lucilia Lucilia2025
Lucilia Lucilia2025
Phaonia valida Phaonia valida2025
Phaonia valida Phaonia valida2025
24-spot Ladybird Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
24-spot Ladybird Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
Liocoris tripustulatus Liocoris tripustulatus
Liocoris tripustulatus Liocoris tripustulatus
Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni
Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
Oyster Gall Causer Neuroterus anthracinus f. agamic2025
Oyster Gall Causer Neuroterus anthracinus f. agamic2025
Cola-nut Causer Andricus lignicola f. agamic2025
Cola-nut Causer Andricus lignicola f. agamic2025
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2025
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Amblyteles armatorius Amblyteles armatorius2025
Amblyteles armatorius Amblyteles armatorius2025
Tipula paludosa Tipula paludosa2025
Tipula paludosa Tipula paludosa2025
Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus2025
Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus2025
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria2025
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria2025
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2025
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2025
Eristalis arbustorum Eristalis arbustorum2025
Eristalis arbustorum Eristalis arbustorum2025
Sheep-strike Greenbottle Lucilia sericata2025
Sheep-strike Greenbottle Lucilia sericata2025 Ramalina farinacea
Ramalina farinacea
Common Orange Lichen Xanthoria parietina
Common Orange Lichen Xanthoria parietina
Netted Shield Lichen Parmelia sulcata
Netted Shield Lichen Parmelia sulcata
Wood Blewits Lepista nuda2025
Wood Blewits Lepista nuda2025
Crimped Gill Plicatura crispa2025
Crimped Gill Plicatura crispa2025
Candlesnuff Fungus Xylaria hypoxylon2025
Candlesnuff Fungus Xylaria hypoxylon2025
Razor Strop Fungus Fomitopsis betulina2025
Razor Strop Fungus Fomitopsis betulina2025
Blushing Bracket Daedaleopsis confragosa2025
Blushing Bracket Daedaleopsis confragosa2025
Shaggy Scalycap Pholiota squarrosa2025
Shaggy Scalycap Pholiota squarrosa2025
Silver Leaf Disease Chondrostereum purpureum2025
Silver Leaf Disease Chondrostereum purpureum2025
Beefsteak Fungus Fistulina hepatica2025
Beefsteak Fungus Fistulina hepatica2025
Fairy Inkcap Coprinellus disseminatus2025
Fairy Inkcap Coprinellus disseminatus2025
Redleg Club Typhula erythropus2025
Redleg Club Typhula erythropus2025
Woolly Woodwart Lasiosphaeria ovina2025
Woolly Woodwart Lasiosphaeria ovina2025
Botryobasidium aureum Botryobasidium aureum2025
Botryobasidium aureum Botryobasidium aureum2025 