Gilmorton Recreation Ground
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.48173, -1.16005
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Barn Owl and Robin
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Barn Owl and Robin
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Barn Owl, Robin, Tawny Owl +62 more · last seen 2026
Free
Mammals — Common Pipistrelle, Mole, Brown Long-eared Bat +11 more · last seen 2023
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red Admiral, Large White, Peacock +58 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Hawthorn, Cleavers, Cock's-foot +181 more · last seen 2023
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
20 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 50Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 50National Cycle Network
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route36 m▾
Named routeRef 50Length 36 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.4 km▾
Named routeRef 50Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.7 km▾
Named routeRef 50Length 2.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route367 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 367 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
3,062 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,062 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
winterspring
2026▾
Tawny Owl · Goldcrest · Stock Dove · Little Owl · Robin +46
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
- Little OwlAthene noctua2021
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2021
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2021
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- SwiftApus apus2021
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2021
- CurlewNumenius arquata2021
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2021
- White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2021
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2021
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2021
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2021
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2022
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2021
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2021
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2021
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
- TealAnas crecca2021
- RavenCorvus corax2021
🦌Mammals3 species
wintersummerautumn
2023▾
Grey Squirrel · Muntjac · Badger
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- BadgerMeles meles2021
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2022▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects18 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Western Honey Bee · Red Admiral · Ivy Bee +13
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2024
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2023
- Ivy BeeColletes hederae
Giant Puffball
- Giant PuffballCalvatia gigantea
Yellow Iris · Lesser Celandine · Hawthorn · Holly · Italian Lords-and-Ladies +6
- Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2022
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2022
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum2021
- Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2021
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,062 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
winterspring
2026▾
Tawny Owl · Goldcrest · Stock Dove · Little Owl · Robin +46
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
- Little OwlAthene noctua2021
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2021
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2021
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- SwiftApus apus2021
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2021
- CurlewNumenius arquata2021
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2021
- White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2021
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2021
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2021
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2021
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2022
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2021
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2021
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2021
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
- TealAnas crecca2021
- RavenCorvus corax2021
🦌Mammals3 species
wintersummerautumn
2023▾
Grey Squirrel · Muntjac · Badger
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- BadgerMeles meles2021
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2022▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects18 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Western Honey Bee · Red Admiral · Ivy Bee +13
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2024
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2023
- Ivy BeeColletes hederae
Giant Puffball
- Giant PuffballCalvatia gigantea
Yellow Iris · Lesser Celandine · Hawthorn · Holly · Italian Lords-and-Ladies +6
- Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2022
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2022
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum2021
- Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2021
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
2023
Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2022Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2022Demetrias atricapillusDemetrias atricapillusDemetrias atricapillusDemetrias atricapillusScarlet TigerCallimorpha dominulaScarlet TigerCallimorpha dominulaBrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024Large WhitePieris brassicae2023Large WhitePieris brassicae2023Dewick's PlusiaMacdunnoughia confusa2023Dewick's PlusiaMacdunnoughia confusa2023Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2023Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2023Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2023Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2023Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2023Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus202310-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata202310-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2023Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2022Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2022Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2022Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2022Holly Leaf Gall FlyPhytomyza ilicis2021Holly Leaf Gall FlyPhytomyza ilicis2021CleaversGalium aparine2021CleaversGalium aparine2021Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare2021Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare2021Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2021Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2021Sweet VioletViola odorata2021Sweet VioletViola odorata2021AshFraxinus excelsior2021AshFraxinus excelsior2021