Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
52.64667, -1.20539
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦39+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦39+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Goldfinch +36 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Goldfinch +36 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Cedar Cup, Oak Moss, Physcia adscendens +9 more · last seen 2026
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Lesser Marsh Grasshopper, Long-winged Cone-head, Elgiva cucularia +145 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
National Forest WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
132 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Leicester 'Route 2'Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 2Local cycle route
West End WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef West End WayLocal cycle route
Inner RingwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Inner RingwayLocal cycle route
Leicester 'Route 4'Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
Leicester 'Route 3'Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
Ivanhoe Trailbridleway · 1 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 1 kmSurface asphaltPath type: cycleway
Ivanhoe Trailbridleway · 340 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 340 mSurface asphaltPath type: cycleway
Photos
The Jungle Climbing Frame in Ellis Park
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
45,567 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
45,567 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Goldfinch · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Robin +19
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great TitParus major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Hedgehog
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
springsummer
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects22 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Rosemary Beetle · Common Bluebottle · Hesperocorixa linnaei · Haliplus · Hydroporus palustris +17
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana
- Common BluebottleCalliphora vicina2025
- Hesperocorixa linnaeiHesperocorixa linnaei
- HaliplusHaliplus
- Hydroporus palustrisHydroporus palustris
- Large Red Damselfly
Cedar Cup · Physcia adscendens · Lecanora chlarotera s. lat. · Oak Moss · Splitgill +3
- Cedar CupGeopora sumneriana
- Physcia adscendensPhyscia adscendens
- Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.
- Oak MossEvernia prunastri
- SplitgillSchizophyllum commune
- Coesyn MelfedFlammulina velutipes2025
- Arrhenia rickenii
Cherry Plum · Nuttall's Waterweed · Rigid Hornwort · Hazel · Hedge Woundwort +8
- Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
- Nuttall's WaterweedElodea nuttallii
- Rigid HornwortCeratophyllum demersum
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
45,567 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Goldfinch · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Robin +19
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great TitParus major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Hedgehog
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
springsummer
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects22 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Rosemary Beetle · Common Bluebottle · Hesperocorixa linnaei · Haliplus · Hydroporus palustris +17
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana
- Common BluebottleCalliphora vicina2025
- Hesperocorixa linnaeiHesperocorixa linnaei
- HaliplusHaliplus
- Hydroporus palustrisHydroporus palustris
- Large Red Damselfly
Cedar Cup · Physcia adscendens · Lecanora chlarotera s. lat. · Oak Moss · Splitgill +3
- Cedar CupGeopora sumneriana
- Physcia adscendensPhyscia adscendens
- Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.
- Oak MossEvernia prunastri
- SplitgillSchizophyllum commune
- Coesyn MelfedFlammulina velutipes2025
- Arrhenia rickenii
Cherry Plum · Nuttall's Waterweed · Rigid Hornwort · Hazel · Hedge Woundwort +8
- Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
- Nuttall's WaterweedElodea nuttallii
- Rigid HornwortCeratophyllum demersum
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Idiocerus stigmaticalisIdiocerus stigmaticalis2025Idiocerus stigmaticalisIdiocerus stigmaticalis2025Rhytidodus decimusquartusRhytidodus decimusquartus2025Rhytidodus decimusquartusRhytidodus decimusquartus2025Lamprotettix nitidulusLamprotettix nitidulus2025Lamprotettix nitidulusLamprotettix nitidulus2025Idiocerus lituratusIdiocerus lituratus2025Idiocerus lituratusIdiocerus lituratus2025Helina evectaHelina evecta2025Helina evectaHelina evecta2025European Tarnished Plant BugLygus rugulipennis2025European Tarnished Plant BugLygus rugulipennis2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Bramble Blotch-minerCoptotriche marginea2025Bramble Blotch-minerCoptotriche marginea2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025HeraldScoliopteryx libatrix2025HeraldScoliopteryx libatrix2025Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2025Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2025Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2025Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2025Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2025Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2025GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2025GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2025Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2025Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2025Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2025Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2025Arrhenia rickenii2025
Arrhenia rickenii2025
Glistening InkcapCoprinellus micaceus2025Glistening InkcapCoprinellus micaceus2025White Clover
White Clover
Trifolium repens2025
Trifolium repens2025
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2025Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2025Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025Procumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculata2025Procumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculata2025Events & activities nearby
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