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52.70926, -1.22448
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🍄 Mushroom 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 🍄 Mushroom 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🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
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🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Shoveler, Wigeon, Pochard +73 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Shoveler, Wigeon, Pochard +73 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Clouded Funnel, Honey Fungus, Beefsteak Fungus +147 more · last seen 2026; Fungi — Clouded Funnel, Honey Fungus, Beefsteak Fungus +147 more · last seen 2026
Varies
Plants — Common Nettle, Wood-sorrel, Bramble +24 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Holly Leaf Gall Fly, 7-spot Ladybird, Common Spangle Causer +109 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Holly Leaf Gall Fly, 7-spot Ladybird, Common Spangle Causer +109 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Lesser Celandine, Red Campion, Bluebell +87 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Lesser Celandine, Red Campion, Bluebell +87 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 2 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Leicestershire Round Walking route ▾
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Named route Regional walking route
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Signed route nearby
Loughborough Cycle Network Route 1 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 1 Local cycle route
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Named route Ref 6 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 990 m ▾
Named route Ref 6 Length 990 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 561 m ▾
Named route Ref 6 Length 561 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
57,033 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 57,033 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 39 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Shoveler · Wigeon · Pochard · Carrion Crow · Blackbird +34
Shoveler Spatula clypeata Wigeon Mareca penelope2025 Pochard Aythya ferina Carrion Crow Corvus corone Blackbird Turdus merula Great Tit Parus major Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Raven Corvus corax Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Stock Dove Columba oenas Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Robin Erithacus rubecula Nuthatch Sitta europaea Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia2025 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Skylark Alauda arvensis Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 🦌 Mammals 4 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Fallow Deer · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Hazel Dormouse
Fallow Deer Dama dama Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius2025 🦎 Reptiles 1 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Frog
Drepanosiphum platanoidis · Large Flax Flea Beetle · Asaphes vulgaris · Holly Leaf Gall Fly · Buff-tailed Bumblebee +29
Drepanosiphum platanoidis Drepanosiphum platanoidis2025 Large Flax Flea Beetle Aphthona euphorbiae2025 Asaphes vulgaris Asaphes vulgaris2025 Holly Leaf Gall Fly Phytomyza ilicis Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni Clouded Funnel · Oak Moss · Yellow Brain · Witch's Butter · Beech Jellydisc +5
Clouded Funnel Clitocybe nebularis2025 Oak Moss Evernia prunastri Yellow Brain Tremella mesenterica Witch's Butter Exidia glandulosa Beech Jellydisc Neobulgaria pura var. pura2025 Birch Mazegill Trametes betulina2025 Foxglove · Bugle · Red Currant · Wood Sage · Yellow Pimpernel +13
Foxglove Digitalis purpurea Bugle Ajuga reptans Red Currant Ribes rubrum Wood Sage Teucrium scorodonia Yellow Pimpernel Lysimachia nemorum Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta Navelwort Umbilicus rupestris Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 57,033 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 39 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Shoveler · Wigeon · Pochard · Carrion Crow · Blackbird +34
Shoveler Spatula clypeata Wigeon Mareca penelope2025 Pochard Aythya ferina Carrion Crow Corvus corone Blackbird Turdus merula Great Tit Parus major Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Raven Corvus corax Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Stock Dove Columba oenas Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Robin Erithacus rubecula Nuthatch Sitta europaea Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia2025 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Skylark Alauda arvensis Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 🦌 Mammals 4 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Fallow Deer · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Hazel Dormouse
Fallow Deer Dama dama Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius2025 🦎 Reptiles 1 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Frog
Drepanosiphum platanoidis · Large Flax Flea Beetle · Asaphes vulgaris · Holly Leaf Gall Fly · Buff-tailed Bumblebee +29
Drepanosiphum platanoidis Drepanosiphum platanoidis2025 Large Flax Flea Beetle Aphthona euphorbiae2025 Asaphes vulgaris Asaphes vulgaris2025 Holly Leaf Gall Fly Phytomyza ilicis Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni Clouded Funnel · Oak Moss · Yellow Brain · Witch's Butter · Beech Jellydisc +5
Clouded Funnel Clitocybe nebularis2025 Oak Moss Evernia prunastri Yellow Brain Tremella mesenterica Witch's Butter Exidia glandulosa Beech Jellydisc Neobulgaria pura var. pura2025 Birch Mazegill Trametes betulina2025 Foxglove · Bugle · Red Currant · Wood Sage · Yellow Pimpernel +13
Foxglove Digitalis purpurea Bugle Ajuga reptans Red Currant Ribes rubrum Wood Sage Teucrium scorodonia Yellow Pimpernel Lysimachia nemorum Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta Navelwort Umbilicus rupestris Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha
Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha
Mesopolobus dubius Mesopolobus dubius2025
Mesopolobus dubius Mesopolobus dubius2025
Thaumatomyia notata Thaumatomyia notata2025
Thaumatomyia notata Thaumatomyia notata2025
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus
Golden Dot Stigmella aurella
Golden Dot Stigmella aurella
White-spot Mompha Mompha langiella
White-spot Mompha Mompha langiella
Comma Polygonia c-album
Comma Polygonia c-album
Scarlet Tiger Callimorpha dominula
Scarlet Tiger Callimorpha dominula
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Nut Bud Moth Epinotia tenerana
Nut Bud Moth Epinotia tenerana
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus
Bark-gall Causer Andricus quercuscorticis f. agamic
Bark-gall Causer Andricus quercuscorticis f. agamic
Contarinia coryli Contarinia coryli
Contarinia coryli Contarinia coryli
Chromatomyia aprilina Chromatomyia aprilina
Chromatomyia aprilina Chromatomyia aprilina
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
Winter Moth Operophtera brumata2025
Winter Moth Operophtera brumata2025
Zygina Zygina2025
Zygina Zygina2025
Delia platura Delia platura2025
Delia platura Delia platura2025
Megaselia pectoralis Megaselia pectoralis2025
Megaselia pectoralis Megaselia pectoralis2025
Apiloscatopse scutellata Apiloscatopse scutellata2025
Apiloscatopse scutellata Apiloscatopse scutellata2025
Phytocoris Phytocoris2025
Phytocoris Phytocoris2025
Megaselia Megaselia2025
Megaselia Megaselia2025
Megaselia verralli Megaselia verralli2025
Megaselia verralli Megaselia verralli2025
Trichomalus perfectus Trichomalus perfectus2025
Trichomalus perfectus Trichomalus perfectus2025
Perilitus Perilitus2025
Perilitus Perilitus2025
Bradysia vagans Bradysia vagans2025
Bradysia vagans Bradysia vagans2025
Megaselia nigriceps Megaselia nigriceps2025
Megaselia nigriceps Megaselia nigriceps2025
Austrosciara hyalipennis Austrosciara hyalipennis2025
Austrosciara hyalipennis Austrosciara hyalipennis2025 Honey Fungus
Honey Fungus
Armillaria mellea2025
Armillaria mellea2025
Hairy Curtain Crust Stereum hirsutum2025
Hairy Curtain Crust Stereum hirsutum2025
Candlesnuff Fungus Xylaria hypoxylon2025
Candlesnuff Fungus Xylaria hypoxylon2025
Dark Honey Fungus Armillaria ostoyae2025
Dark Honey Fungus Armillaria ostoyae2025
Shepherd's Cress Teesdalia nudicaulis
Shepherd's Cress Teesdalia nudicaulis
Great Wood-rush Luzula sylvatica
Great Wood-rush Luzula sylvatica
Heath Bedstraw Galium saxatile
Heath Bedstraw Galium saxatile
Sanicle Sanicula europaea
Sanicle Sanicula europaea
Hairy Wood-rush Luzula pilosa
Hairy Wood-rush Luzula pilosa
Wood Anemone Anemone nemorosa
Wood Anemone Anemone nemorosa
Wavy Hair-Grass Avenella flexuosa
Wavy Hair-Grass Avenella flexuosa
Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna
Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna
Common Nettle Urtica dioica
Common Nettle Urtica dioica
Ragwort Senecio
Ragwort Senecio
Himalayan Honeysuckle Leycesteria formosa
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