Keythorpe Wood
✦ Ancient woodland6 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
52.57972, -0.87915
Open directionsv
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
- 🌿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
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Yellowhammer, Pheasant, House Sparrow +65 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Yellowhammer, Pheasant, House Sparrow +65 more · last seen 2025
Free
Plants — Hawthorn, Common Nettle, Bristly Oxtongue +17 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Hawthorn, Common Nettle, Bristly Oxtongue +156 more · last seen 2024
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Gatekeeper, Small White, Meadow Brown +42 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Gatekeeper, Small White, Meadow Brown +42 more · last seen 2025
Free
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Route 64Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 64National Cycle Network
National Byway (Rutland)Cycling route▾
National Byway in Rutland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route9.1 km▾
Named routeRef 63Length 9.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 63Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route3.7 km▾
Named routeRef 63Length 3.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
6,214 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,214 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds54 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Blue Tit · Yellowhammer · Great Tit · Wren · Dunnock +49
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Common GullLarus canus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RavenCorvus corax
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
🦌Mammals1 species
springautumn
2025▾
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Large White · Gatekeeper · Small White · Red Admiral · Meadow Brown +10
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,214 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds54 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Blue Tit · Yellowhammer · Great Tit · Wren · Dunnock +49
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Common GullLarus canus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RavenCorvus corax
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
🦌Mammals1 species
springautumn
2025▾
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Large White · Gatekeeper · Small White · Red Admiral · Meadow Brown +10
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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