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🦅Birds🧺Picnic🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.45836, -1.22175
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦83+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 261m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦83+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 261m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Magpie +80 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Magpie +80 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Tawny-fronted Straw, Grypotes puncticollis, Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata +98 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
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12 signed routes nearby
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Route 50Cycling route▾
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N/ACycling route51 m▾
Named routeLength 51 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.2 km▾
Named routeRef 50Length 2.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
14,756 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
14,756 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Blackbird · Moorhen · Robin · Redwing +42
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Phytomyza glechomae · Bramble Blotch-miner · Dasineura fraxini · Oak Carl · Small Beech Dot
- Phytomyza glechomaePhytomyza glechomae
- Bramble Blotch-minerCoptotriche marginea
- Dasineura fraxiniDasineura fraxini
- Oak CarlTischeria ekebladella
- Small Beech DotStigmella tityrella
🍄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 Maes
Spear Thistle
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
14,756 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Blackbird · Moorhen · Robin · Redwing +42
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Phytomyza glechomae · Bramble Blotch-miner · Dasineura fraxini · Oak Carl · Small Beech Dot
- Phytomyza glechomaePhytomyza glechomae
- Bramble Blotch-minerCoptotriche marginea
- Dasineura fraxiniDasineura fraxini
- Oak CarlTischeria ekebladella
- Small Beech DotStigmella tityrella
🍄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 Maes
Spear Thistle
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Agaricus campestris2025
Agaricus campestris2025
Amanita'r GwybedAmanita muscaria2025Amanita'r GwybedAmanita muscaria2025