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🦅Birds🛝Family🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome25 ha
Getting here
52.63998, -1.08463
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦46+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Green Woodpecker
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 159m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦46+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Green Woodpecker
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 159m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Green Woodpecker, Long-tailed Tit +43 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Green Woodpecker, Long-tailed Tit +43 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Ganoderma, Shaggy Inkcap, Cushion Bracket +28 more · last seen 2026
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Clouded Drab, Hebrew Character, Common Quaker +203 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km150 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Leicester 'Route 2'Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 2Local cycle route
West End WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef West End WayLocal cycle route
Fosse2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 48National Cycle Network
Inner RingwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Inner RingwayLocal cycle route
Leicester 'Route 4'Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
Photos
Humberstone Park, Leicester
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
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Wildlife to spot
43,791 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
43,791 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds22 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Starling · Blackbird · Goldfinch +17
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Red Fox · Common Pipistrelle · Brown Rat · Myotis Bat species · Badger
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
- Myotis Bat speciesMyotis2025
- BadgerMeles meles2025
🐝Insects81 species
springsummer
2025▾
Shuttle-shaped Dart · Green Shieldbug · Box Tree Moth · Broad-bodied Chaser · Oak Bush-cricket +76
- Shuttle-shaped DartAgrotis puta
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
- Elephant Hawk-mothDeilephila elpenor
🍄Fungi2 species
springautumn
2026▾
Cedar Cup · Honey Fungus
- Cedar CupGeopora sumneriana
- Honey FungusArmillaria mellea2025
🌿Plants18 species
springsummer
2026▾
Red Dead-nettle · Deadly Nightshade · Black Nightshade · Feverfew · Raspberry +13
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Deadly NightshadeAtropa belladonna2025
- Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025
- FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025
- RaspberryRubus idaeus2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
43,791 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds22 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Starling · Blackbird · Goldfinch +17
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Red Fox · Common Pipistrelle · Brown Rat · Myotis Bat species · Badger
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
- Myotis Bat speciesMyotis2025
- BadgerMeles meles2025
🐝Insects81 species
springsummer
2025▾
Shuttle-shaped Dart · Green Shieldbug · Box Tree Moth · Broad-bodied Chaser · Oak Bush-cricket +76
- Shuttle-shaped DartAgrotis puta
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
- Elephant Hawk-mothDeilephila elpenor
🍄Fungi2 species
springautumn
2026▾
Cedar Cup · Honey Fungus
- Cedar CupGeopora sumneriana
- Honey FungusArmillaria mellea2025
🌿Plants18 species
springsummer
2026▾
Red Dead-nettle · Deadly Nightshade · Black Nightshade · Feverfew · Raspberry +13
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Deadly NightshadeAtropa belladonna2025
- Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025
- FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025
- RaspberryRubus idaeus2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Scarlet Tiger
Scarlet Tiger
Callimorpha dominula
Callimorpha dominula
Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncataCommon Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncataBuff ErmineSpilosoma luteaBuff ErmineSpilosoma luteaHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisSmall MagpieAnania hortulataSmall MagpieAnania hortulataPseudovadonia lividaPseudovadonia lividaPseudovadonia lividaPseudovadonia lividaBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaChrysolina oricalciaChrysolina oricalciaChrysolina oricalciaChrysolina oricalciaEarly BumblebeeBombus pratorumEarly BumblebeeBombus pratorumRoesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeseliiRoesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeseliiWasp BeetleClytus arietisWasp BeetleClytus arietisGwynne's Mining BeeAndrena bicolorGwynne's Mining BeeAndrena bicolorDownlooker SnipeflyRhagio scolopaceusDownlooker SnipeflyRhagio scolopaceusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusSmall Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorumSmall Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorumHeart & DartAgrotis exclamationisHeart & DartAgrotis exclamationisHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipesHairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipesCurved-leaf Gall CauserAndricus curvator f. sexualCurved-leaf Gall CauserAndricus curvator f. sexualEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxRhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahiRhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahiToadflax BrocadeCalophasia lunulaToadflax BrocadeCalophasia lunulaCanary-shouldered ThornEnnomos alniariaCanary-shouldered ThornEnnomos alniariaCopper Underwing agg.Amphipyra pyramidea agg.Copper Underwing agg.Amphipyra pyramidea agg.Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosaAngle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosaLarge Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronubaLarge Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronubaYellow ShellCamptogramma bilineataYellow ShellCamptogramma bilineataAulagromyza populiAulagromyza populiAulagromyza populiAulagromyza populiCommon BluePolyommatus icarusCommon BluePolyommatus icarusFirethorn Leaf MinerPhyllonorycter leucographellaFirethorn Leaf MinerPhyllonorycter leucographellaOld LadyMormo mauraOld LadyMormo mauraRed AdmiralVanessa atalantaRed AdmiralVanessa atalantaPeacockAglais ioPeacockAglais ioLight Brown Apple MothEpiphyas postvittanaLight Brown Apple MothEpiphyas postvittanaMillerAcronicta leporinaMillerAcronicta leporinaPine Hawk-mothSphinx pinastriPine Hawk-mothSphinx pinastriNetted TortrixAcleris forsskaleanaNetted TortrixAcleris forsskaleanaRiband WaveIdaea aversataRiband WaveIdaea aversataSycamoreAcronicta acerisSycamoreAcronicta acerisGrey/Dark DaggerAcronicta psi/tridensGrey/Dark DaggerAcronicta psi/tridensBroad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua fimbriataBroad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua fimbriataGarden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuataGarden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuataScalloped OakCrocallis elinguariaScalloped OakCrocallis elinguariaFlameAxylia putrisFlameAxylia putrisMint MothPyrausta aurataMint MothPyrausta aurataYponomeutaYponomeutaYponomeutaYponomeutaSpotted MagpieAnania coronataSpotted MagpieAnania coronataSwallow-tailed MothOurapteryx sambucariaSwallow-tailed MothOurapteryx sambucariaOrange Pine TortrixLozotaeniodes formosanaOrange Pine TortrixLozotaeniodes formosanaCommon FootmanEilema lurideolaCommon FootmanEilema lurideolaCommaPolygonia c-albumCommaPolygonia c-albumHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleGasteruptionGasteruptionGasteruptionGasteruptionDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberEupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollaeRingletAphantopus hyperantusRingletAphantopus hyperantusCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaMeadow BrownManiola jurtinaMeadow BrownManiola jurtinaSpeckled WoodPararge aegeriaSpeckled WoodPararge aegeriaBird-cherry ErmineYponomeuta evonymellaBird-cherry ErmineYponomeuta evonymellaCantharis rusticaCantharis rusticaCantharis rusticaCantharis rusticaBugle TigressAthalia cordataBugle TigressAthalia cordataCinnabarTyria jacobaeaeCinnabarTyria jacobaeaeXylota segnisXylota segnisXylota segnisXylota segnisVolucella bombylansVolucella bombylansVolucella bombylansVolucella bombylansMeadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrataMeadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrataCoenosia tigrinaCoenosia tigrinaCoenosia tigrinaCoenosia tigrinaTimothy TortrixZelotherses paleanaTimothy TortrixZelotherses paleanaBroad-barred FusehornArge cyanocroceaBroad-barred FusehornArge cyanocroceaCocksfoot MothGlyphipterix simpliciellaCocksfoot MothGlyphipterix simpliciellaTipula vernalisTipula vernalisTipula vernalisTipula vernalisBrimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolataBrimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolataKnot GrassAcronicta rumicisKnot GrassAcronicta rumicisFlame ShoulderOchropleura plectaFlame ShoulderOchropleura plectaEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxDruce's Crane's-bill
Druce's Crane's-bill
Geranium endressii x versicolor = G. x oxonianum2025
Geranium endressii x versicolor = G. x oxonianum2025
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Lesser BurdockArctium minus2025Lesser BurdockArctium minus2025White BryonyBryonia dioica2025White BryonyBryonia dioica2025Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2025Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2025Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2025Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2025Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025DaisyBellis perennis2025DaisyBellis perennis2025Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2025Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2025Events & activities nearby
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