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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
52.68079, -0.80300
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Raven and Swallow
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Courtyard Coffee Shop — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Raven and Swallow
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Courtyard Coffee Shop — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🚻Toilets🐄Farm visit
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Raven, Swallow, Woodpigeon +56 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Raven, Swallow, Woodpigeon +56 more · last seen 2025
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red Admiral, Eristalis tenax, Common Carder Bee +66 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Ash, Dog's Mercury, Lords-and-Ladies +255 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 1 public path 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
Hereward WayWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
5 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
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route9.1 km▾
Named routeRef 63Length 9.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
Benchmark on gatepost at entrance to Gates Garden Centre
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
2,565 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,565 records · National Biodiversity NetworkJackdaw · Wren · Rook · Blue Tit · Little Grebe +29
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great TitParus major
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2023▾
Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects15 species
springsummer
2025▾
Eupeodes · Western Honey Bee · Bombus lucorum · Peacock · Brown-line Bright-eye +10
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2024
- PeacockAglais io
- Brown-line Bright-eyeMythimna conigera
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Lords-and-Ladies · Common Liverwort · Creeping-Jenny · Smooth Meadow-grass · Common Poppy +69
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2024
- Common LiverwortMarchantia polymorpha
- Creeping-JennyLysimachia nummularia2023
- Smooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensis2023
- Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2023
- Yellow Oat-grassTrisetum flavescens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,565 records · National Biodiversity NetworkJackdaw · Wren · Rook · Blue Tit · Little Grebe +29
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great TitParus major
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2023▾
Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects15 species
springsummer
2025▾
Eupeodes · Western Honey Bee · Bombus lucorum · Peacock · Brown-line Bright-eye +10
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2024
- PeacockAglais io
- Brown-line Bright-eyeMythimna conigera
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Lords-and-Ladies · Common Liverwort · Creeping-Jenny · Smooth Meadow-grass · Common Poppy +69
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2024
- Common LiverwortMarchantia polymorpha
- Creeping-JennyLysimachia nummularia2023
- Smooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensis2023
- Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2023
- Yellow Oat-grassTrisetum flavescens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Liocoris tripustulatus
Liocoris tripustulatus
Liocoris tripustulatus
Liocoris tripustulatus
Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctataMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMeadow BrownManiola jurtinaMeadow BrownManiola jurtinaEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxXestophanes potentillaeXestophanes potentillae2024Xestophanes potentillaeXestophanes potentillae2024Devil's Coach-horseOcypus olens2023Devil's Coach-horseOcypus olens2023Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2023Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva20232023
2023
Two-rowed BarleyHordeum distichon2023Two-rowed BarleyHordeum distichon2023Wild CarrotDaucus carota2023Wild CarrotDaucus carota2023Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2023Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2023Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2023Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2023Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2023Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2023Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica2023Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica2023Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2023Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2023Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2023Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2023White Dead-nettleLamium album2023White Dead-nettleLamium album2023YewTaxus baccata2023YewTaxus baccata2023Wood AvensGeum urbanum2023Wood AvensGeum urbanum2023Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis2023Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis2023Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2023Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2023DaisyBellis perennis2023DaisyBellis perennis2023Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2023Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2023Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2023Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2023Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2023Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2023Austrian PinePinus nigra2023Austrian PinePinus nigra2023Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2023Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2023Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2023Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2023Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2023Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2023Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum2023Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum2023Common ChickweedStellaria media2023Common ChickweedStellaria media2023BorageBorago officinalis2023BorageBorago officinalis2023Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2023Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2023CuckooflowerCardamine pratensisCuckooflowerCardamine pratensisDog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2024Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2024Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2023Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2023Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2023Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2023Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2023Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2023Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2023Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2023FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2023FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2023Taraxacum agg.Taraxacum agg.2023Taraxacum agg.Taraxacum agg.2023Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2023Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2023Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2023Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2023IvyHedera helix2023IvyHedera helix2023Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2023Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2023Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2023Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2023Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2023Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2023Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia2023Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia2023Black MedickMedicago lupulina2023Black MedickMedicago lupulina2023Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2023Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2023BoxBuxus sempervirens2023BoxBuxus sempervirens2023Common MallowMalva sylvestris2023Common MallowMalva sylvestris2023ElderSambucus nigra2023ElderSambucus nigra2023HollyIlex aquifolium2023HollyIlex aquifolium2023Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana2023Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana2023SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium2023SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium2023AshFraxinus excelsior2023AshFraxinus excelsior2023Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2023Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2023Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2023Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2023Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare2023Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare2023Lesser BurdockArctium minus2023Lesser BurdockArctium minus2023Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2023Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2023Procumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculata2023Procumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculata2023White StonecropSedum album2023White StonecropSedum album2023Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2023Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2023Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2023Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2023Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2023Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2023Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2023Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2023Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2023Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2023DandelionTaraxacum2023DandelionTaraxacum2023Atlas CedarCedrus atlantica2023Atlas CedarCedrus atlantica2023ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris2023ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris2023Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2023Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2023SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2023SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2023Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum2023Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum2023Events & activities nearby
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