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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessDogs welcome44 ha
Getting here
52.52976, -0.94456
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Rook
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Rook
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Rook, Blackbird +52 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Rook, Blackbird +52 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red-eyed Damselfly, White-legged Damselfly, Hawthorn Mining Bee +41 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Nettle, Cleavers, Dandelion +84 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Sycamore Tarspot, Crystal Brain, Common Orange Lichen +3 more · last seen 2024
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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
27 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National 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 route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 6Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 64Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route103 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 103 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
8,194 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,194 records · National Biodiversity NetworkChiffchaff · Kestrel · Goldfinch · Jackdaw · Rook +23
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Badger · Rabbit
- BadgerMeles meles
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
🐝Insects38 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Red-eyed Damselfly · White-legged Damselfly · Hawthorn Mining Bee · Common Blue Damselfly · Banded Demoiselle +33
- Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2024
- Hawthorn Mining BeeAndrena chrysosceles
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Sycamore Tarspot
- Sycamore TarspotRhytisma acerinum
🌿Plants60 species
springsummer
2025▾
Dandelion · Barren Brome · Creeping Buttercup · Ash · Hogweed +55
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Bittersweet
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,194 records · National Biodiversity NetworkChiffchaff · Kestrel · Goldfinch · Jackdaw · Rook +23
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Badger · Rabbit
- BadgerMeles meles
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
🐝Insects38 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Red-eyed Damselfly · White-legged Damselfly · Hawthorn Mining Bee · Common Blue Damselfly · Banded Demoiselle +33
- Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2024
- Hawthorn Mining BeeAndrena chrysosceles
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Sycamore Tarspot
- Sycamore TarspotRhytisma acerinum
🌿Plants60 species
springsummer
2025▾
Dandelion · Barren Brome · Creeping Buttercup · Ash · Hogweed +55
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Bittersweet
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2024Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2024Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2024Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2024Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataEarly BumblebeeBombus pratorumEarly BumblebeeBombus pratorumBuff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestrisBuff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestrisSmall Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum2024Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum2024Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2024Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2024Mint MothPyrausta aurataMint MothPyrausta aurataMalachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatusMalachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatusCocksfoot MothGlyphipterix simpliciellaCocksfoot MothGlyphipterix simpliciellaEmpis tessellataEmpis tessellataEmpis tessellataEmpis tessellataSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisCuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumariusCuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumariusDouble Orange-spotPammene auranaDouble Orange-spotPammene auranaIschnomera cyaneaIschnomera cyaneaIschnomera cyaneaIschnomera cyaneaEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorumCheilosia albitarsisCheilosia albitarsisCheilosia albitarsisCheilosia albitarsisBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisMigrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2024Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2024Small Black AntLasius niger2024Small Black AntLasius niger2024Wheat Stem BorerCephus pygmeus2024Wheat Stem BorerCephus pygmeus2024Yellow-spot Yarrow MothDichrorampha petiverella2024Yellow-spot Yarrow MothDichrorampha petiverella2024Tiger CraneflyNephrotoma flavescens2024Tiger CraneflyNephrotoma flavescens2024Pale-legged Stem-sawflyCalameuta pallipes2024Pale-legged Stem-sawflyCalameuta pallipes2024Empis lividaEmpis livida2024Empis lividaEmpis livida2024Solanum dulcamara
Solanum dulcamara
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumHedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicumHedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicumGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaBrambleRubus fruticosusBrambleRubus fruticosusCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumField HorsetailEquisetum arvenseField HorsetailEquisetum arvenseBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusCommon VetchVicia sativaCommon VetchVicia sativaField BindweedConvolvulus arvensisField BindweedConvolvulus arvensisFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusGreater PlantainPlantago major2024Greater PlantainPlantago major2024Water-LilyNymphaea x marliaceaWater-LilyNymphaea x marliaceaRed CampionSilene dioicaRed CampionSilene dioicaWood DockRumex sanguineusWood DockRumex sanguineusMeadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensisMeadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensisCock's-footDactylis glomerataCock's-footDactylis glomerataTall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceusTall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceusHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaCut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectumCut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectumOxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgareOxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgareHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumBulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosusBulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosusYellow-rattleRhinanthus minorYellow-rattleRhinanthus minorCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisIvyHedera helixIvyHedera helixWood AvensGeum urbanumWood AvensGeum urbanumElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaSlender SpeedwellVeronica filiformisSlender SpeedwellVeronica filiformisElmUlmus2024ElmUlmus2024PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2024PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2024Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2024Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2024Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2024Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2024ButterburPetasites hybridus2024ButterburPetasites hybridus2024ChicoryCichorium intybus2024ChicoryCichorium intybus2024Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2024Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2024NipplewortLapsana communis2024NipplewortLapsana communis2024Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2024Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2024Common CouchElymus repens2024Common CouchElymus repens2024SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024White CloverTrifolium repens2024White CloverTrifolium repens2024Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2024Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2024Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2024Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2024Black MedickMedicago lupulina2024Black MedickMedicago lupulina2024Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2024Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2024Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2024Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2024Red FescueFestuca rubra2024Red FescueFestuca rubra2024Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024TimothyPhleum pratense2024TimothyPhleum pratense2024AppleMalus domestica2024AppleMalus domestica2024