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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
52.72875, -0.82746
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Grey Partridge and Kestrel
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🐾Ferneley's Milk Hut on site — a good way to combine wildlife and an animal visit in the same trip
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Grey Partridge and Kestrel
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🐾Ferneley's Milk Hut on site — a good way to combine wildlife and an animal visit in the same trip
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking🛝Playground🐄Farm visit
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Grey Partridge, Kestrel, Skylark +74 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Grey Partridge, Kestrel, Skylark +74 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Clouded Silver, Speckled Wood, Small White +113 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Cow Parsley, Hawthorn, Cleavers +126 more · last seen 2024
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Jubilee Way (Leicestershire)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Rutland RoundWalking route105 km▾
Named routeLength 105 kmRegional walking route
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 64Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 64National Cycle Network
National Byway (Rutland)Cycling route▾
National Byway in Rutland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway (Oakham Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 64Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route30 m▾
Named routeRef 64Length 30 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route199 m▾
Named routeLength 199 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
Whissendine Road and Brickfield Farm
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
2,910 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,910 records · National Biodiversity NetworkKestrel · Barn Owl · Blackbird · Lapwing · Woodpigeon +20
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2022
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2022
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Great TitParus major2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Little OwlAthene noctua2022
- JackdawColoeus monedula2022
- MagpiePica pica2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2022
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2022
🦌Mammals6 species
winterspring
2026▾
Brown Hare · Badger · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Muntjac +1
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
- BadgerMeles meles
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2023
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Large Yellow Underwing · Marbled Minor agg. · Smoky Wainscot · Scalloped Oak · Dusky Sallow +25
- Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba
- Marbled Minor agg.Oligia strigilis agg.
- Smoky WainscotMythimna impura
- Scalloped OakCrocallis elinguaria
- Dusky SallowEremobia ochroleuca2024
- Dusky ThornEnnomos fuscantaria2024
Elm · Cock's-foot · Hawthorn · Broad-leaved Dock · Black Horehound +48
- ElmUlmus
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna2023
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2023
- Black HorehoundBallota nigra2023
- Greater PlantainPlantago major2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,910 records · National Biodiversity NetworkKestrel · Barn Owl · Blackbird · Lapwing · Woodpigeon +20
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2022
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2022
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Great TitParus major2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Little OwlAthene noctua2022
- JackdawColoeus monedula2022
- MagpiePica pica2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2022
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2022
🦌Mammals6 species
winterspring
2026▾
Brown Hare · Badger · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Muntjac +1
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
- BadgerMeles meles
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2023
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Large Yellow Underwing · Marbled Minor agg. · Smoky Wainscot · Scalloped Oak · Dusky Sallow +25
- Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba
- Marbled Minor agg.Oligia strigilis agg.
- Smoky WainscotMythimna impura
- Scalloped OakCrocallis elinguaria
- Dusky SallowEremobia ochroleuca2024
- Dusky ThornEnnomos fuscantaria2024
Elm · Cock's-foot · Hawthorn · Broad-leaved Dock · Black Horehound +48
- ElmUlmus
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna2023
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2023
- Black HorehoundBallota nigra2023
- Greater PlantainPlantago major2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Common Rustic agg.
Common Rustic agg.
Mesapamea secalis agg.2024
Mesapamea secalis agg.2024
Scarce FootmanEilema complanaScarce FootmanEilema complanaGrey/Dark DaggerAcronicta psi/tridensGrey/Dark DaggerAcronicta psi/tridensCoronetCraniophora ligustriCoronetCraniophora ligustriSetaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrumSetaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrumSmall MagpieAnania hortulataSmall MagpieAnania hortulataBuff-tipPhalera bucephalaBuff-tipPhalera bucephalaUncertainHoplodrina octogenariaUncertainHoplodrina octogenariaFlame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2024Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2024Straw DotRivula sericealis2024Straw DotRivula sericealis2024Marbled BeautyBryophila domestica2024Marbled BeautyBryophila domestica2024Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2024Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2024Riband WaveIdaea aversata2024Riband WaveIdaea aversata2024Ringed China-markParapoynx stratiotata2024Ringed China-markParapoynx stratiotata2024YponomeutaYponomeuta2024YponomeutaYponomeuta2024Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa2024Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa2024Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2024Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2024Magpie MothAbraxas grossulariata2024Magpie MothAbraxas grossulariata2024Common WainscotMythimna pallens2024Common WainscotMythimna pallens2024Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria2024Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria2024Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2023Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2023Blood-veinTimandra comae2023Blood-veinTimandra comae2023Common FootmanEilema lurideola2023Common FootmanEilema lurideola2023Holly Leaf Gall FlyPhytomyza ilicis2023Holly Leaf Gall FlyPhytomyza ilicis2023Hairy SedgeCarex hirta2023Hairy SedgeCarex hirta2023Wood DockRumex sanguineus2023Wood DockRumex sanguineus2023DogwoodCornus sanguinea2023DogwoodCornus sanguinea2023Winter-cressBarbarea vulgaris2023Winter-cressBarbarea vulgaris2023Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2023Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2023Scots PinePinus sylvestris2023Scots PinePinus sylvestris2023Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2023Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2023HemlockConium maculatum2023HemlockConium maculatum2023Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2023Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2023Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2023Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2023Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2023Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2023TimothyPhleum pratense2023TimothyPhleum pratense2023Austrian PinePinus nigra2023Austrian PinePinus nigra2023Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum2023Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum2023Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2023Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2023Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum2023Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum2023YewTaxus baccata2023YewTaxus baccata2023Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2023Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2023Field MapleAcer campestre2023Field MapleAcer campestre2023Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2023Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2023Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2023Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2023Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2023Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2023Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2023Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2023Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2023Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2023Red CampionSilene dioica2023Red CampionSilene dioica2023YarrowAchillea millefolium2023YarrowAchillea millefolium2023MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2023MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2023Common CouchElymus repens2023Common CouchElymus repens2023Greater PeriwinkleVinca major2023Greater PeriwinkleVinca major2023Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2023Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2023Midland HawthornCrataegus laevigataMidland HawthornCrataegus laevigataIvyHedera helix2023IvyHedera helix2023Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2023Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2023CleaversGalium aparine2023CleaversGalium aparine2023Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2023Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2023Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2023Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2023Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2023Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2023Wood AvensGeum urbanum2023Wood AvensGeum urbanum2023Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2023Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2023White CloverTrifolium repens2023White CloverTrifolium repens2023Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2023Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2023DaisyBellis perennis2023DaisyBellis perennis2023Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2023Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2023Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2023Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2023Atlas CedarCedrus atlantica2023Atlas CedarCedrus atlantica2023Cedrus atlantica f. glaucissimaCedrus atlantica f. glaucissima2023Cedrus atlantica f. glaucissimaCedrus atlantica f. glaucissima2023Events & activities nearby
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