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Leesthorpe Deserted Medieval Village

8 ha

📷 Mat Fascione · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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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

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Carrion Crow, Blackbird, Yellowhammer +65 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Carrion Crow, Blackbird, Yellowhammer +65 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Small White, Orange-tip, Holly Leaf Gall Fly +77 more · last seen 2023; Insects — Small White, Orange-tip, Holly Leaf Gall Fly +77 more · last seen 2023

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Hawthorn, Cleavers, Field Maple +118 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Hawthorn, Cleavers, Field Maple +118 more · last seen 2024

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Hawthorn, Common Nettle, Hogweed +19 more foraging species

Varies

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Jubilee Way (Leicestershire)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Rutland RoundWalking route105 km

Named routeLength 105 kmRegional walking route

Leicestershire RoundWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 64Cycling route

Named routeRef 64National Cycle Network

National Byway (Rutland)Cycling route

National Byway in Rutland

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

National Byway (Oakham Loop)Cycling route

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Route 63Cycling route

Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network

🐴

Horse riding

5 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

1,969 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,969 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds20 species

spring

2025

Kestrel · Garden Warbler · Grey Heron · Blackbird · Carrion Crow +15

KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2022
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2023
MagpiePica pica2023
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
JackdawColoeus monedula2022
RobinErithacus rubecula2022
SwallowHirundo rustica2022
Barn OwlTyto alba2022
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2020

🦌

Mammals11 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Badger · Brown Hare · Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Grey Squirrel +6

BadgerMeles meles
Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2022
NoctuleNyctalus noctula2020
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2023
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
BarbastelleBarbastella barbastellus2022
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2022
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2023

🐝

Insects7 species

springautumn

2023

Holly Leaf Gall Fly · Sepedophilus marshami · Quedius cinctus · Leistus spinibarbis · Mycetophagus quadripustulatus +2

Holly Leaf Gall FlyPhytomyza ilicis
Sepedophilus marshamiSepedophilus marshami2021
Quedius cinctusQuedius cinctus2021
Leistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbis2021
Mycetophagus quadripustulatusMycetophagus quadripustulatus2021
Quedius cruentusQuedius cruentus2021
Marble GallAndricus kollari2020

🍄

Fungi2 species

spring

2023

Dead Moll's Fingers · Jelly Ear

Dead Moll's FingersXylaria longipes
Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae

🌿

Plants66 species

winter

2024

Hawthorn · Field Maple · Cock's-foot · Broad-leaved Dock · Elm +61

HawthornCrataegus monogyna2023
Field MapleAcer campestre2023
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2023
ElmUlmus
Greater PlantainPlantago major2023
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023
AshFraxinus excelsior2022
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2023
IvyHedera helix2023
CleaversGalium aparine2023
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2023
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2023
Scots PinePinus sylvestris2023
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2023
HemlockConium maculatum2023
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2023
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2023
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2023
TimothyPhleum pratense2023
Black HorehoundBallota nigra2023
Hairy SedgeCarex hirta2023
Wood DockRumex sanguineus2023
DogwoodCornus sanguinea2023
Winter-cressBarbarea vulgaris2023
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2023
Austrian PinePinus nigra2023
Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum2023
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2023
Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum2023
YewTaxus baccata2023
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2023
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2023
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2023
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2023
Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2023
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2023
Red CampionSilene dioica2023
YarrowAchillea millefolium2023
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2023
Common CouchElymus repens2023
Greater PeriwinkleVinca major2023
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2023
ElderSambucus nigra2022
HazelCorylus avellana2021
Midland HawthornCrataegus laevigata
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2023
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2023
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2023
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2023
White CloverTrifolium repens2023
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2023
DaisyBellis perennis2023
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2023
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2023
Atlas CedarCedrus atlantica2023
Cedrus atlantica f. glaucissimaCedrus atlantica f. glaucissima2023
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2022
Common NettleUrtica dioica2022
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2022
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2022
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2022
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2022
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2022
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2020
False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae2020

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,969 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds20 species

spring

2025

Kestrel · Garden Warbler · Grey Heron · Blackbird · Carrion Crow +15

KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2022
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2023
MagpiePica pica2023
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
JackdawColoeus monedula2022
RobinErithacus rubecula2022
SwallowHirundo rustica2022
Barn OwlTyto alba2022
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2020

🦌

Mammals11 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Badger · Brown Hare · Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Grey Squirrel +6

BadgerMeles meles
Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2022
NoctuleNyctalus noctula2020
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2023
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
BarbastelleBarbastella barbastellus2022
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2022
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2023

🐝

Insects7 species

springautumn

2023

Holly Leaf Gall Fly · Sepedophilus marshami · Quedius cinctus · Leistus spinibarbis · Mycetophagus quadripustulatus +2

Holly Leaf Gall FlyPhytomyza ilicis
Sepedophilus marshamiSepedophilus marshami2021
Quedius cinctusQuedius cinctus2021
Leistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbis2021
Mycetophagus quadripustulatusMycetophagus quadripustulatus2021
Quedius cruentusQuedius cruentus2021
Marble GallAndricus kollari2020

🍄

Fungi2 species

spring

2023

Dead Moll's Fingers · Jelly Ear

Dead Moll's FingersXylaria longipes
Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae

🌿

Plants66 species

winter

2024

Hawthorn · Field Maple · Cock's-foot · Broad-leaved Dock · Elm +61

HawthornCrataegus monogyna2023
Field MapleAcer campestre2023
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2023
ElmUlmus
Greater PlantainPlantago major2023
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023
AshFraxinus excelsior2022
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2023
IvyHedera helix2023
CleaversGalium aparine2023
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2023
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2023
Scots PinePinus sylvestris2023
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2023
HemlockConium maculatum2023
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2023
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2023
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2023
TimothyPhleum pratense2023
Black HorehoundBallota nigra2023
Hairy SedgeCarex hirta2023
Wood DockRumex sanguineus2023
DogwoodCornus sanguinea2023
Winter-cressBarbarea vulgaris2023
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2023
Austrian PinePinus nigra2023
Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum2023
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2023
Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum2023
YewTaxus baccata2023
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2023
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2023
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2023
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2023
Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2023
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2023
Red CampionSilene dioica2023
YarrowAchillea millefolium2023
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2023
Common CouchElymus repens2023
Greater PeriwinkleVinca major2023
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2023
ElderSambucus nigra2022
HazelCorylus avellana2021
Midland HawthornCrataegus laevigata
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2023
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2023
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2023
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2023
White CloverTrifolium repens2023
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2023
DaisyBellis perennis2023
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2023
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2023
Atlas CedarCedrus atlantica2023
Cedrus atlantica f. glaucissimaCedrus atlantica f. glaucissima2023
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2022
Common NettleUrtica dioica2022
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2022
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2022
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2022
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2022
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2022
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2020
False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae2020

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Mat Fascione · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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