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Getting here
52.62254, -0.55925
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦15+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Green Woodpecker and Carrion Crow
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦15+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Green Woodpecker and Carrion Crow
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Green Woodpecker, Carrion Crow, Jay +12 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Blackening Waxcap, Cap Cŵyr Parhaol, Yellow Brain +18 more · last seen 2026
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Peacock, Common Blue, Brimstone +73 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Primrose, Cowslip, Mouse-ear-hawkweed +36 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Green Woodpecker, Carrion Crow, Jay +12 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Jurassic WayWalking route142 km▾
Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
Rutland RoundWalking route105 km▾
Named routeLength 105 kmRegional walking route
Hereward WayWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Rutland)Cycling route▾
National Byway in Rutland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Rutland Water CircuitCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Photos
Valley of the River Chater
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
22,331 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
22,331 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds15 species
winterspring
2026▾
Green Woodpecker · Carrion Crow · Jay · Tawny Owl · Mistle Thrush +10
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Larus canus canusLarus canus canus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
🦌Mammals3 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Muntjac · Rabbit · Brown Hare
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Adder · Grass Snake
- AdderVipera berus
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Peacock · Common Blue · Brimstone · 7-spot Ladybird · Bedeguar Gall +71
- PeacockAglais io2025
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2025
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Bedeguar GallDiplolepis rosae2025
- Megophthalmus scabripennisMegophthalmus scabripennis
Blackening Waxcap · Cap Cŵyr Parhaol · Yellow Brain · Jelly Ear · Chlorociboria +16
- Blackening WaxcapHygrocybe conica2025
- Cap Cŵyr ParhaolHygrocybe acutoconica2025
- Yellow BrainTremella mesenterica
- Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
- ChlorociboriaChlorociboria
- Dark ClubClavaria greletii2025
Primrose · Cowslip · Mouse-ear-hawkweed · Wild Marjoram · Agrimony +34
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- CowslipPrimula veris
- Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2025
- Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare2025
- AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2025
- Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
22,331 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds15 species
winterspring
2026▾
Green Woodpecker · Carrion Crow · Jay · Tawny Owl · Mistle Thrush +10
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Larus canus canusLarus canus canus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
🦌Mammals3 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Muntjac · Rabbit · Brown Hare
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Adder · Grass Snake
- AdderVipera berus
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Peacock · Common Blue · Brimstone · 7-spot Ladybird · Bedeguar Gall +71
- PeacockAglais io2025
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2025
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Bedeguar GallDiplolepis rosae2025
- Megophthalmus scabripennisMegophthalmus scabripennis
Blackening Waxcap · Cap Cŵyr Parhaol · Yellow Brain · Jelly Ear · Chlorociboria +16
- Blackening WaxcapHygrocybe conica2025
- Cap Cŵyr ParhaolHygrocybe acutoconica2025
- Yellow BrainTremella mesenterica
- Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
- ChlorociboriaChlorociboria
- Dark ClubClavaria greletii2025
Primrose · Cowslip · Mouse-ear-hawkweed · Wild Marjoram · Agrimony +34
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- CowslipPrimula veris
- Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2025
- Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare2025
- AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2025
- Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Viburnum Leaf BeetlePyrrhalta viburni2025Viburnum Leaf BeetlePyrrhalta viburni2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025Mint MothPyrausta aurata2025Mint MothPyrausta aurata2025Sermylassa halensisSermylassa halensis2025Sermylassa halensisSermylassa halensis2025Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2025Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2025CommaPolygonia c-album2025CommaPolygonia c-album2025Twin-lobed DeerflyChrysops relictus2025Twin-lobed DeerflyChrysops relictus2025Hypera nigrirostrisHypera nigrirostris2025Hypera nigrirostrisHypera nigrirostris2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataPhytomyza crassisetaPhytomyza crassiseta2025Phytomyza crassisetaPhytomyza crassiseta2025Taxomyia taxiTaxomyia taxi2025Taxomyia taxiTaxomyia taxi2025White-spot Sallow DotEctoedemia intimella2025White-spot Sallow DotEctoedemia intimella2025Psyllopsis fraxiniPsyllopsis fraxini2025Psyllopsis fraxiniPsyllopsis fraxini2025Stenocranus majorStenocranus major2025Stenocranus majorStenocranus major2025Asiraca clavicornisAsiraca clavicornis2025Asiraca clavicornisAsiraca clavicornis2025Mocydia croceaMocydia crocea2025Mocydia croceaMocydia crocea2025Kolbia quisquiliarumKolbia quisquiliarum2025Kolbia quisquiliarumKolbia quisquiliarum2025Eupteryx filicumEupteryx filicum2025Eupteryx filicumEupteryx filicum2025Fagocyba cruentaFagocyba cruenta2025Fagocyba cruentaFagocyba cruenta2025European Tarnished Plant BugLygus rugulipennis2025European Tarnished Plant BugLygus rugulipennis2025Adarrus multinotatusAdarrus multinotatus2025Adarrus multinotatusAdarrus multinotatus2025Zyginella pulchraZyginella pulchra2025Zyginella pulchraZyginella pulchra2025Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber2025Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Baccha elongataBaccha elongata2025Baccha elongataBaccha elongata2025Artichoke Gall CauserAndricus foecundatrix f. agamic2025Artichoke Gall CauserAndricus foecundatrix f. agamic2025Dasineura crataegiDasineura crataegi2025Dasineura crataegiDasineura crataegi2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Lucerne BugAdelphocoris lineolatus2025Lucerne BugAdelphocoris lineolatus2025Dicranotropis hamataDicranotropis hamata2025Dicranotropis hamataDicranotropis hamata2025Latticed HeathChiasmia clathrata2025Latticed HeathChiasmia clathrata2025Large WhitePieris brassicae2025Large WhitePieris brassicae2025Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata2025Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata2025Brown ArgusAricia agestis2025Brown ArgusAricia agestis2025GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2025GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2025Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2025Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2025Six-spot BurnetZygaena filipendulae2025Six-spot BurnetZygaena filipendulae2025Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2025Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025Evacanthus interruptusEvacanthus interruptus2025Evacanthus interruptusEvacanthus interruptus2025Oncotylus (Oncotylus) viridiflavusOncotylus (Oncotylus) viridiflavus2025Oncotylus (Oncotylus) viridiflavusOncotylus (Oncotylus) viridiflavus2025Closterotomus fulvomaculatusClosterotomus fulvomaculatus2025Closterotomus fulvomaculatusClosterotomus fulvomaculatus2025Charagochilus (Charagochilus) gyllenhaliiCharagochilus (Charagochilus) gyllenhalii2025Charagochilus (Charagochilus) gyllenhaliiCharagochilus (Charagochilus) gyllenhalii2025Poplar Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter comparella2025Poplar Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter comparella2025Halticus luteicollisHalticus luteicollis2025Halticus luteicollisHalticus luteicollis2025Mother ShiptonCallistege mi2025Mother ShiptonCallistege mi2025Myrmus miriformisMyrmus miriformis2025Myrmus miriformisMyrmus miriformis2025Notostira elongataNotostira elongata2025Notostira elongataNotostira elongata2025Rhopalus (Rhopalus) parumpunctatusRhopalus (Rhopalus) parumpunctatus2025Rhopalus (Rhopalus) parumpunctatusRhopalus (Rhopalus) parumpunctatus2025Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2025Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2025Anaceratagallia venosaAnaceratagallia venosa2025Anaceratagallia venosaAnaceratagallia venosa2025Variimorda villosaVariimorda villosa2025Variimorda villosaVariimorda villosa202524-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata202524-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025Thamnotettix confinisThamnotettix confinis2025Thamnotettix confinisThamnotettix confinis2025Euscelis incisusEuscelis incisus2025Euscelis incisusEuscelis incisus2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025Orchard ErmineYponomeuta padella2025Orchard ErmineYponomeuta padella2025Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2025Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2025Common HeathEmaturga atomaria2025Common HeathEmaturga atomaria2025Xanthogramma citrofasciatumXanthogramma citrofasciatum2025Xanthogramma citrofasciatumXanthogramma citrofasciatum2025White-legged Case-bearerColeophora albitarsella2024White-legged Case-bearerColeophora albitarsella2024Dasineura odorataeDasineura odoratae2024Dasineura odorataeDasineura odoratae2024Dasineura fraxiniDasineura fraxini2024Dasineura fraxiniDasineura fraxini2024Felted Twiglet
Felted Twiglet
Tubaria conspersa2025
Tubaria conspersa2025
Wood BlewitsLepista nuda2025Wood BlewitsLepista nuda2025Cladonia pocillumCladonia pocillum2025Cladonia pocillumCladonia pocillum2025Yellow FieldcapBolbitius titubans2025Yellow FieldcapBolbitius titubans2025ClavulinopsisClavulinopsis2025ClavulinopsisClavulinopsis2025Snowy WaxcapCuphophyllus virgineus var. virgineus2025Snowy WaxcapCuphophyllus virgineus var. virgineus2025Glistening InkcapCoprinellus micaceus2025Glistening InkcapCoprinellus micaceus2025Clavaria atroumbrinaClavaria atroumbrina2025Clavaria atroumbrinaClavaria atroumbrina2025Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon2025Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon2025Ground Ivy RustPuccinia glechomatis2025Ground Ivy RustPuccinia glechomatis2025Maple MildewSawadaea bicornis2025Maple MildewSawadaea bicornis2025Sycamore TarspotRhytisma acerinum2025Sycamore TarspotRhytisma acerinum2025Golovinomyces artemisiaeGolovinomyces artemisiae2025Golovinomyces artemisiaeGolovinomyces artemisiae2025Umbellifer MildewErysiphe heraclei2025Umbellifer MildewErysiphe heraclei2025Phragmidium bulbosumPhragmidium bulbosum2024Phragmidium bulbosumPhragmidium bulbosum2024Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare2025Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare2025Common TwaybladeNeottia ovata2025Common TwaybladeNeottia ovata2025Sweet VioletViola odorataSweet VioletViola odorataAutumn GentianGentianella amarella2025Autumn GentianGentianella amarella2025Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2025Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2025TansyTanacetum vulgare2025TansyTanacetum vulgare2025Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis2025Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis2025Carline ThistleCarlina vulgaris2025Carline ThistleCarlina vulgaris2025HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025Woolly ThistleCirsium eriophorum2025Woolly ThistleCirsium eriophorum2025Deadly NightshadeAtropa belladonna2025Deadly NightshadeAtropa belladonna2025Crown VetchSecurigera varia2025Crown VetchSecurigera varia2025Viper's-buglossEchium vulgare2025Viper's-buglossEchium vulgare2025Three-nerved SandwortMoehringia trinervia2025Three-nerved SandwortMoehringia trinervia2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025Wild PlumPrunus domestica2025Wild PlumPrunus domestica2025Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus2025Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus2025Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2025Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2025Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2025Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2025Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025Common VetchVicia sativa2025Common VetchVicia sativa2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2025Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2025DaisyBellis perennis2025DaisyBellis perennis2025Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025DandelionTaraxacum2025DandelionTaraxacum2025Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica2025Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025ElderSambucus nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025Events & activities nearby
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