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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.54473, -1.37760
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦50+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Goldfinch and Blue Tit
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Hollycroft Park 130m away — 10 car parks within reach, toilets nearby
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦50+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Goldfinch and Blue Tit
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Hollycroft Park 130m away — 10 car parks within reach, toilets nearby
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Goldfinch, Blue Tit, Long-tailed Tit +47 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Goldfinch, Blue Tit, Long-tailed Tit +47 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Eristalis pertinax, Eristalis tenax +199 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Springbeauty, Crescent-cup Liverwort, Italian Lords-and-Ladies +13 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km34 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Bridleway V29Walking route▾
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Footpath V35Walking route▾
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Footpath U50Walking route▾
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Footpath V23Walking route▾
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Bridleway U52Walking route▾
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10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 52Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 52National Cycle Network
N/ACycling route1.6 km▾
Named routeLength 1.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route244 m▾
Named routeLength 244 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route284 m▾
Named routeLength 284 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route433 m▾
Named routeLength 433 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route673 m▾
Named routeRef 52Length 673 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Hollycroft Park, Hinckley
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Wildlife to spot
20,149 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
20,149 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds27 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Long-tailed Tit · Great Tit · Blackbird · Chaffinch · Goldfinch +22
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- CootFulica atra
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Mystacides longicornis · Eristalis tenax · Common Blue · Common Darter · Sphaerophoria scripta +46
- Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis2025
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025
- Eristalis pertinax
🌿Plants7 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Springbeauty · Crescent-cup Liverwort · Italian Lords-and-Ladies · Weld · Shining Crane's-bill +2
- SpringbeautyClaytonia perfoliata
- Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata
- Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum
- WeldReseda luteola2025
- Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,149 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds27 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Long-tailed Tit · Great Tit · Blackbird · Chaffinch · Goldfinch +22
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- CootFulica atra
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Mystacides longicornis · Eristalis tenax · Common Blue · Common Darter · Sphaerophoria scripta +46
- Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis2025
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025
- Eristalis pertinax
🌿Plants7 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Springbeauty · Crescent-cup Liverwort · Italian Lords-and-Ladies · Weld · Shining Crane's-bill +2
- SpringbeautyClaytonia perfoliata
- Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata
- Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum
- WeldReseda luteola2025
- Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax
Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2025Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2025Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2025Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025Tinodes waeneriTinodes waeneri2025Tinodes waeneriTinodes waeneri2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2025Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Scarlet TigerCallimorpha dominulaScarlet TigerCallimorpha dominulaMottled UmberErannis defoliaria2025Mottled UmberErannis defoliaria2025Plane Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter platani2025Plane Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter platani2025Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2025Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2025Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2025Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Glyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidus2025Glyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidus2025Green-veined WhitePieris napi2025Green-veined WhitePieris napi2025Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2025Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2025Limnephilus flavicornisLimnephilus flavicornis2025Limnephilus flavicornisLimnephilus flavicornis2025SimuliumSimulium2025SimuliumSimulium202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2025Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2025Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2025GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2025GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2025Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2025Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2025RhyacophilaRhyacophila2025RhyacophilaRhyacophila2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Cream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctata2025Cream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctata2025Painted LadyVanessa cardui2025Painted LadyVanessa cardui2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2025BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2025Lime-speck PugEupithecia centaureata2025Lime-speck PugEupithecia centaureata2025Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2025Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2025Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Dusky SallowEremobia ochroleuca2025Dusky SallowEremobia ochroleuca2025Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa2025Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa2025Conops quadrifasciatusConops quadrifasciatus2025Conops quadrifasciatusConops quadrifasciatus2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025Acidia cognataAcidia cognata2025Acidia cognataAcidia cognata2025EupeodesEupeodes2025EupeodesEupeodes2025Black Nightshade
Black Nightshade
Solanum nigrum2025
Solanum nigrum2025
Thorn-appleDatura stramonium2025Thorn-appleDatura stramonium2025