Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
52.47290, -0.91429
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +62 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Mammals — Red Fox, Hedgehog, Common Pipistrelle +14 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Southern Hawker, Small Tortoiseshell, Dark-edged Bee-fly +102 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Black Nightshade, Pendulous Sedge, Red Dead-nettle +41 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 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
Jurassic WayWalking route142 km▾
Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
57 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Brampton Valley WayCycling route▾
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Route 64Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 64National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 6Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route86 m▾
Named routeRef 64Length 86 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface other
Main RouteCycling route817 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 817 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Photos
Little Bowden Recreation Ground
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
15,175 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
15,175 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHouse Sparrow · Blue Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Goldfinch +34
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Common GullLarus canus
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Red Fox · Hedgehog · Muntjac
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
🐝Insects17 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Varied Carpet Beetle · Firethorn Leaf Miner · Obolodiplosis robiniae · Juniper Carpet · Lesser Alder Leaf-miner +12
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Firethorn Leaf MinerPhyllonorycter leucographella
- Obolodiplosis robiniaeObolodiplosis robiniae2025
- Juniper CarpetThera juniperata2025
- Lesser Alder Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter stettinensis2025
Lecidella elaeochroma · Yellow Brain
- Lecidella elaeochromaLecidella elaeochroma
- Yellow BrainTremella mesenterica
Red Dead-nettle · Stinking Iris · Hogweed · Hard Rush · Tall Fescue +36
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
- Hard RushJuncus inflexus2025
- Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2025
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,175 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHouse Sparrow · Blue Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Goldfinch +34
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Common GullLarus canus
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Red Fox · Hedgehog · Muntjac
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
🐝Insects17 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Varied Carpet Beetle · Firethorn Leaf Miner · Obolodiplosis robiniae · Juniper Carpet · Lesser Alder Leaf-miner +12
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Firethorn Leaf MinerPhyllonorycter leucographella
- Obolodiplosis robiniaeObolodiplosis robiniae2025
- Juniper CarpetThera juniperata2025
- Lesser Alder Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter stettinensis2025
Lecidella elaeochroma · Yellow Brain
- Lecidella elaeochromaLecidella elaeochroma
- Yellow BrainTremella mesenterica
Red Dead-nettle · Stinking Iris · Hogweed · Hard Rush · Tall Fescue +36
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
- Hard RushJuncus inflexus2025
- Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2025
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
House-fly
House-fly
Musca domestica2025
Musca domestica2025
Rusty DotUdea ferrugalis2025Rusty DotUdea ferrugalis2025Black RusticAporophyla nigra2025Black RusticAporophyla nigra2025Orange SallowTiliacea citrago2025Orange SallowTiliacea citrago2025Centre-barred SallowAtethmia centrago2025Centre-barred SallowAtethmia centrago2025Treble-barAplocera plagiata2025Treble-barAplocera plagiata2025Vine's RusticHoplodrina ambigua2025Vine's RusticHoplodrina ambigua2025Flounced RusticLuperina testacea2025Flounced RusticLuperina testacea2025Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa2025Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa2025Pale Mottled WillowCaradrina clavipalpis2025Pale Mottled WillowCaradrina clavipalpis2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus2025Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2025Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2025Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2025Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2025GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2025Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2025HazelCorylus avellana2025HazelCorylus avellana2025Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025IvyHedera helix2025IvyHedera helix2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025Swedish Whitebeam (aggregate)Sorbus intermedia2025Swedish Whitebeam (aggregate)Sorbus intermedia2025Rosa caninaRosa canina2025Rosa caninaRosa canina2025Fat-henChenopodium album2025Fat-henChenopodium album2025ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025Curled DockRumex crispus2025Curled DockRumex crispus2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Common CouchElymus repens2025Common CouchElymus repens2025Cornus sanguinea subsp. sanguineaCornus sanguinea subsp. sanguinea2025Cornus sanguinea subsp. sanguineaCornus sanguinea subsp. sanguinea2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025DandelionTaraxacum2025DandelionTaraxacum2025Wild CherryPrunus avium2025Wild CherryPrunus avium2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025Great LettuceLactuca virosa2025Great LettuceLactuca virosa2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025Goat WillowSalix caprea2025Goat WillowSalix caprea2025RowanSorbus aucuparia2025RowanSorbus aucuparia2025Common MallowMalva sylvestris2025Common MallowMalva sylvestris2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025Events & activities nearby
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