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Gorse Covert

4 ha

📷 Chris J Dixon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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52.78160, -1.24195

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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
🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParkingPicnic spotPlayground

Best for

12 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +55 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +55 more · last seen 2026

Free

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Torth Felen, Lecanora chlarotera s. lat., Lecidella elaeochroma +10 more · last seen 2026; Fungi — Torth Felen, Lecanora chlarotera s. lat., Lecidella elaeochroma +10 more · last seen 2026

Varies

Picnic day out

Strong match

picnic area, car park

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Bramble, White Dead-nettle, Common Nettle +10 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Mistletoe, Goldilocks Buttercup, Yarrow +81 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Mistletoe, Goldilocks Buttercup, Yarrow +81 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Cycling

50 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Loughborough Cycle Network Route 4Cycling route

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Loughborough Cycle Network Route 7Cycling route

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Loughborough Cycle Network Route 1Cycling route

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Hathern <> KegworthCycling route

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Loughborough Cycle Network Route 2Cycling route

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Loughborough Cycle Network Route 3Cycling route

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🐴

Horse riding

1 public path nearby

Public paths

Pear Tree Lanebridleway · 1.1 km

Public pathbridlewayLength 1.1 kmSurface gravelPath type: bridleway

Wildlife to spot

49,343 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

49,343 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds36 species

summerwinter

2026

Robin · Magpie · Mute Swan · Blue Tit · Great Crested Grebe +31

RobinErithacus rubecula
MagpiePica pica2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
GadwallMareca strepera
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Greylag GooseAnser anser
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Common GullLarus canus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Great TitParus major2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
CootFulica atra2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Badger · Brown Hare · Wood Mouse

BadgerMeles meles2025
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2025

🐝

Insects50 species

summer

2026

Harlequin Ladybird · Mintho rufiventris · Cramp-Ball Fungus Weevil · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Red-legged Shieldbug +45

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Mintho rufiventrisMintho rufiventris2025
Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Ivy BeeColletes hederae2025
Bright Four-spined LegionnaireChorisops nagatomii2025
Water VeneerAcentria ephemerella2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
Cola-nut CauserAndricus lignicola f. agamic2025
Cherry Gall CauserCynips quercusfolii f. agamic2025
Dinocampus coccinellaeDinocampus coccinellae2025
Netelia infractorNetelia infractor2025
Chequered Fruit-tree TortrixPandemis corylana2025
Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria2025
Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025
Small RanunculusHecatera dysodea2025
NutmegAnarta trifolii2025
Straw Grass-veneerAgriphila straminella2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Cream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctata2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
YponomeutaYponomeuta2025
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Bedeguar GallDiplolepis rosae2025
Common Water-BoatmanNotonecta (Notonecta) glauca2025
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
Common PondskaterGerris (Gerris) lacustris2025
Large WhitePieris brassicae2025
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2025
16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2025
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2025
Common Fern MothPsychoides filicivora2025
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2025
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025
Turnip TigressAthalia rosae2025
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
Furness DowdBlastobasis adustella2025
Garden StrawAgapeta hamana2025

🍄

Fungi11 species

autumn

2026

Lecanora chlarotera s. lat. · Lecidella elaeochroma · Jelly Ear · Deer Shield · Torth Felen +6

Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.
Lecidella elaeochromaLecidella elaeochroma
Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae2025
Deer ShieldPluteus cervinus2025
Torth FelenHypholoma fasciculare2025
Common InkcapCoprinopsis atramentaria2025
Brown RollrimPaxillus involutus2025
Weeping WidowLacrymaria lacrymabunda2025
Common Orange LichenXanthoria parietina2025
Sycamore TarspotRhytisma acerinum2025
Chicken Of The WoodsLaetiporus sulphureus2025

🌿

Plants37 species

summer

2026

Mistletoe · Yarrow · Yellow Iris · Butterbur · Almond Willow +32

MistletoeViscum album
YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2025
ButterburPetasites hybridus
Almond WillowSalix triandra
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2025
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2025
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025
White CloverTrifolium repens2025
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
White Dead-nettleLamium album2025
GypsywortLycopus europaeus2025
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis2025
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2025
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2025
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2025
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2025
ColumbineAquilegia2025
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
Red CampionSilene dioica2025
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2025
Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2025
Greater KnapweedCentaurea scabiosa2025
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

49,343 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds36 species

summerwinter

2026

Robin · Magpie · Mute Swan · Blue Tit · Great Crested Grebe +31

RobinErithacus rubecula
MagpiePica pica2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
GadwallMareca strepera
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Greylag GooseAnser anser
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Common GullLarus canus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Great TitParus major2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
CootFulica atra2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Badger · Brown Hare · Wood Mouse

BadgerMeles meles2025
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2025

🐝

Insects50 species

summer

2026

Harlequin Ladybird · Mintho rufiventris · Cramp-Ball Fungus Weevil · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Red-legged Shieldbug +45

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Mintho rufiventrisMintho rufiventris2025
Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Ivy BeeColletes hederae2025
Bright Four-spined LegionnaireChorisops nagatomii2025
Water VeneerAcentria ephemerella2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
Cola-nut CauserAndricus lignicola f. agamic2025
Cherry Gall CauserCynips quercusfolii f. agamic2025
Dinocampus coccinellaeDinocampus coccinellae2025
Netelia infractorNetelia infractor2025
Chequered Fruit-tree TortrixPandemis corylana2025
Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria2025
Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025
Small RanunculusHecatera dysodea2025
NutmegAnarta trifolii2025
Straw Grass-veneerAgriphila straminella2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Cream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctata2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
YponomeutaYponomeuta2025
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Bedeguar GallDiplolepis rosae2025
Common Water-BoatmanNotonecta (Notonecta) glauca2025
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
Common PondskaterGerris (Gerris) lacustris2025
Large WhitePieris brassicae2025
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2025
16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2025
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2025
Common Fern MothPsychoides filicivora2025
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2025
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025
Turnip TigressAthalia rosae2025
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
Furness DowdBlastobasis adustella2025
Garden StrawAgapeta hamana2025

🍄

Fungi11 species

autumn

2026

Lecanora chlarotera s. lat. · Lecidella elaeochroma · Jelly Ear · Deer Shield · Torth Felen +6

Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.
Lecidella elaeochromaLecidella elaeochroma
Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae2025
Deer ShieldPluteus cervinus2025
Torth FelenHypholoma fasciculare2025
Common InkcapCoprinopsis atramentaria2025
Brown RollrimPaxillus involutus2025
Weeping WidowLacrymaria lacrymabunda2025
Common Orange LichenXanthoria parietina2025
Sycamore TarspotRhytisma acerinum2025
Chicken Of The WoodsLaetiporus sulphureus2025

🌿

Plants37 species

summer

2026

Mistletoe · Yarrow · Yellow Iris · Butterbur · Almond Willow +32

MistletoeViscum album
YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2025
ButterburPetasites hybridus
Almond WillowSalix triandra
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2025
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2025
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025
White CloverTrifolium repens2025
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
White Dead-nettleLamium album2025
GypsywortLycopus europaeus2025
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis2025
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2025
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2025
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2025
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2025
ColumbineAquilegia2025
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
Red CampionSilene dioica2025
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2025
Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2025
Greater KnapweedCentaurea scabiosa2025
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Chris J Dixon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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