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Eyebrook Reservoir

352 ha

📷 Mat Fascione · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome352 ha

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Teal and Mute Swan
🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Teal and Mute Swan
🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

7 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Teal, Mute Swan, Coot +77 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Teal, Mute Swan, Coot +77 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Coral Spot, Physcia tenella, Lecanora campestris +7 more · last seen 2025; Fungi — Coral Spot, Physcia tenella, Lecanora campestris +7 more · last seen 2025

Varies

Waterside walks

Good match

Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking

Varies

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Golden Dot, Phytomyza chaerophylli, Common Darter · last seen 2025; Insects — Golden Dot, Phytomyza chaerophylli, Common Darter · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Jurassic WayWalking route142 km

Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route

Rutland RoundWalking route105 km

Named routeLength 105 kmRegional walking route

Leicestershire RoundWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

National Byway (Rutland)Cycling route

National Byway in Rutland

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

93,093 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

93,093 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds59 species

winter

2026

Teal · Smew · Mute Swan · Red-legged Partridge · Coot +54

TealAnas crecca
SmewMergellus albellus
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
CootFulica atra2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Common GullLarus canus
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
ScaupAythya marila2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
Great TitParus major2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Red-crested PochardNetta rufina2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2026

Brown Hare

Brown HareLepus europaeus

🐝

Insects1 species

winter

2025

Golden Dot

Golden DotStigmella aurella

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

93,093 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds59 species

winter

2026

Teal · Smew · Mute Swan · Red-legged Partridge · Coot +54

TealAnas crecca
SmewMergellus albellus
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
CootFulica atra2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Common GullLarus canus
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
ScaupAythya marila2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
Great TitParus major2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Red-crested PochardNetta rufina2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2026

Brown Hare

Brown HareLepus europaeus

🐝

Insects1 species

winter

2025

Golden Dot

Golden DotStigmella aurella

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Mat Fascione · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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