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Places › England › East Midlands › Blaby Getting here
52.61372, -1.17600
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground on site — 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 🌿 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🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Robin, Moorhen +75 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Robin, Moorhen +75 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Greater Plantain, Cherry Plum, Silverweed +80 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Greater Plantain, Cherry Plum, Silverweed +80 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Migrant Hawker, Banded Demoiselle, Blue-tailed Damselfly +108 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Migrant Hawker, Banded Demoiselle, Blue-tailed Damselfly +108 more · last seen 2026
Free
Plants — Bramble, Bulrush, Rowan +17 more foraging species
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Forest Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Blaby Village Heritage Trail Walking route ▾
157 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Leicester 'Route 4' Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 4 Local cycle route
Show on map Leicester 'Route 3' Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 3 Local cycle route
Show on map Route 63 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 63 National Cycle Network
Show on map Leicester 'Route 2' Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 2 Local cycle route
Show on map West End Way Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref West End Way Local cycle route
Show on map Route 6 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 6 National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
64,600 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 64,600 records · National Biodiversity Network Magpie · Robin · Great Tit · Redwing · Blackbird +47
Magpie Pica pica2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Great Tit Parus major Redwing Turdus iliacus Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Dunnock Prunella modularis Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Goldcrest Regulus regulus Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Jay Garrulus glandarius Goosander Mergus merganser Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Siberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita tristis2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Common Gull Larus canus Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Coot Fulica atra2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Southern Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
spring autumn winter
2026 ▾
Muntjac · Red Fox
Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi2025 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Toad
🐝 Insects 8 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Oak Bush-cricket · Marble Gall Causer · 7-spot Ladybird · Peacock · 24-spot Ladybird +3
Oak Bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum2025 Marble Gall Causer Andricus kollari f. agamic 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Peacock Aglais io 24-spot Ladybird Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata Comma Polygonia c-album 🍄 Fungi 2 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Jelly Ear · Common Orange Lichen
Jelly Ear Auricularia auricula-judae Common Orange Lichen Xanthoria parietina2025 🌿 Plants 12 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Lesser Celandine · Flowering Currant · Sweet Violet · Cherry Plum · Common Chickweed +7
Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna Flowering Currant Ribes sanguineum Sweet Violet Viola odorata Cherry Plum Prunus cerasifera Common Chickweed Stellaria media Common Whitlowgrass Erophila verna Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 64,600 records · National Biodiversity Network Magpie · Robin · Great Tit · Redwing · Blackbird +47
Magpie Pica pica2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Great Tit Parus major Redwing Turdus iliacus Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Dunnock Prunella modularis Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Goldcrest Regulus regulus Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Jay Garrulus glandarius Goosander Mergus merganser Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Siberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita tristis2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Common Gull Larus canus Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Coot Fulica atra2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Southern Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
spring autumn winter
2026 ▾
Muntjac · Red Fox
Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi2025 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Toad
🐝 Insects 8 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Oak Bush-cricket · Marble Gall Causer · 7-spot Ladybird · Peacock · 24-spot Ladybird +3
Oak Bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum2025 Marble Gall Causer Andricus kollari f. agamic 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Peacock Aglais io 24-spot Ladybird Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata Comma Polygonia c-album 🍄 Fungi 2 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Jelly Ear · Common Orange Lichen
Jelly Ear Auricularia auricula-judae Common Orange Lichen Xanthoria parietina2025 🌿 Plants 12 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Lesser Celandine · Flowering Currant · Sweet Violet · Cherry Plum · Common Chickweed +7
Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna Flowering Currant Ribes sanguineum Sweet Violet Viola odorata Cherry Plum Prunus cerasifera Common Chickweed Stellaria media Common Whitlowgrass Erophila verna Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Speckled Holm Oak Dot Ectoedemia heringella
Speckled Holm Oak Dot Ectoedemia heringella
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025 Bristly Oxtongue
Bristly Oxtongue
Helminthotheca echioides
Helminthotheca echioides
Groundsel Senecio vulgaris
Groundsel Senecio vulgaris
Buck's-horn Plantain Plantago coronopus
Buck's-horn Plantain Plantago coronopus
Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens
Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens
Winter Heliotrope Petasites pyrenaicus2025
Winter Heliotrope Petasites pyrenaicus2025
Viper's-bugloss Echium vulgare2025
Viper's-bugloss Echium vulgare2025 