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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦87+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Moorhen and Little Grebe
🍄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

🐦87+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Moorhen and Little Grebe
🍄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

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🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Moorhen, Little Grebe, Woodpigeon +84 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Moorhen, Little Grebe, Woodpigeon +84 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Lecanora chlarotera s. lat., Turkeytail, Arthonia radiata +4 more · last seen 2026; Fungi — Lecanora chlarotera s. lat., Turkeytail, Arthonia radiata +4 more · last seen 2026

Varies

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Spear Thistle, Yarrow, Hawthorn +16 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Spear Thistle, Yarrow, Hawthorn +16 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Hawthorn, Guelder-rose, Blackthorn +5 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Phytomyza glechomae, Bramble Blotch-miner, Dasineura fraxini +7 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Phytomyza glechomae, Bramble Blotch-miner, Dasineura fraxini +7 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Leicestershire RoundWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

13 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 50Cycling route

Named routeRef 50National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route36 m

Named routeRef 50Length 36 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route2.5 km

Named routeRef 50Length 2.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.4 km

Named routeRef 50Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route2.7 km

Named routeRef 50Length 2.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route51 m

Named routeLength 51 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

14,487 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

14,487 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds90 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Moorhen · Little Grebe · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Tufted Duck +85

MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
CootFulica atra2025
MagpiePica pica2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Great TitParus major
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
Red KiteMilvus milvus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
SwiftApus apus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2023
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2025

Common Shrew

Common ShrewSorex araneus

🐝

Insects10 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Phytomyza glechomae · Bramble Blotch-miner · Dasineura fraxini · Oak Carl · Small Beech Dot +5

Phytomyza glechomaePhytomyza glechomae
Bramble Blotch-minerCoptotriche marginea
Dasineura fraxiniDasineura fraxini
Oak CarlTischeria ekebladella
Small Beech DotStigmella tityrella
Bedeguar GallDiplolepis rosae
Knopper Gall CauserAndricus quercuscalicis f. agamic
Scarlet TigerCallimorpha dominula
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Apple Leaf MinerLyonetia clerkella2024

🍄

Fungi7 species

winterautumn

2026

Lecanora chlarotera s. lat. · Turkeytail · Arthonia radiata · Shaggy Inkcap · Brown Birch Bolete +2

Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.
TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
Arthonia radiataArthonia radiata
Shaggy InkcapCoprinus comatus2025
Brown Birch BoleteLeccinum scabrum2025
Madarch y MaesAgaricus campestris2025
Amanita'r GwybedAmanita muscaria2025

🌿

Plants19 species

summer

2025

Spear Thistle · Yarrow · Hawthorn · Oxeye Daisy · Guelder-rose +14

Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
YarrowAchillea millefolium
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
PearPyrus communis
BrambleRubus fruticosus
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
BulrushTypha latifolia
London PlanePlatanus occidentalis x orientalis = P. x hispanica
Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis
AshFraxinus excelsior
Common WhitebeamSorbus aria
WalnutJuglans regia
IvyHedera helix
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
YewTaxus baccata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

14,487 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds90 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Moorhen · Little Grebe · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Tufted Duck +85

MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
CootFulica atra2025
MagpiePica pica2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Great TitParus major
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
Red KiteMilvus milvus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
SwiftApus apus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2023
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2025

Common Shrew

Common ShrewSorex araneus

🐝

Insects10 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Phytomyza glechomae · Bramble Blotch-miner · Dasineura fraxini · Oak Carl · Small Beech Dot +5

Phytomyza glechomaePhytomyza glechomae
Bramble Blotch-minerCoptotriche marginea
Dasineura fraxiniDasineura fraxini
Oak CarlTischeria ekebladella
Small Beech DotStigmella tityrella
Bedeguar GallDiplolepis rosae
Knopper Gall CauserAndricus quercuscalicis f. agamic
Scarlet TigerCallimorpha dominula
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Apple Leaf MinerLyonetia clerkella2024

🍄

Fungi7 species

winterautumn

2026

Lecanora chlarotera s. lat. · Turkeytail · Arthonia radiata · Shaggy Inkcap · Brown Birch Bolete +2

Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.
TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
Arthonia radiataArthonia radiata
Shaggy InkcapCoprinus comatus2025
Brown Birch BoleteLeccinum scabrum2025
Madarch y MaesAgaricus campestris2025
Amanita'r GwybedAmanita muscaria2025

🌿

Plants19 species

summer

2025

Spear Thistle · Yarrow · Hawthorn · Oxeye Daisy · Guelder-rose +14

Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
YarrowAchillea millefolium
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
PearPyrus communis
BrambleRubus fruticosus
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
BulrushTypha latifolia
London PlanePlatanus occidentalis x orientalis = P. x hispanica
Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis
AshFraxinus excelsior
Common WhitebeamSorbus aria
WalnutJuglans regia
IvyHedera helix
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
YewTaxus baccata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 David Dixon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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