Day's Plantation - Mixed woodland
3 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
52.74959, -0.75666
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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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Rutland RoundWalking route105 km▾
Named routeLength 105 kmRegional walking route
Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
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Farm track below Cord Hill
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Wildlife to spot
8,906 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,906 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds25 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Chiffchaff · Blackcap · Willow Warbler · Wren · Dunnock +20
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- SwiftApus apus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- TealAnas crecca
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Muntjac · Brown Hare · Brown Rat · Hedgehog · Otter +1
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
- OtterLutra lutra2024
- WeaselMustela nivalis2024
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐝Insects40 species
springsummer
2026▾
Wool Carder Bee · Tawny Mining Bee · Large Garden Bumblebee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Red-tailed Bumblebee +35
- Wool Carder BeeAnthidium manicatum2025
- Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva
- Large Garden BumblebeeBombus ruderatus
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
- Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea
Oily Waxcap · Snowy Waxcap · Sarcoscypha · Scarlet Waxcap · Parrot Waxcap +3
- Oily WaxcapHygrocybe quieta
- Snowy WaxcapCuphophyllus virgineus var. virgineus
- SarcoscyphaSarcoscypha
- Scarlet WaxcapHygrocybe coccinea2024
- Parrot WaxcapGliophorus psittacinus2024
- Blue RoundheadStropharia caerulea2024
Dropwort · Sweet Violet · Snowdrop · Dandelion · Black Bryony +7
- DropwortFilipendula vulgaris2025
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Black BryonyTamus communis2025
- Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,906 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds25 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Chiffchaff · Blackcap · Willow Warbler · Wren · Dunnock +20
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- SwiftApus apus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- TealAnas crecca
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Muntjac · Brown Hare · Brown Rat · Hedgehog · Otter +1
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
- OtterLutra lutra2024
- WeaselMustela nivalis2024
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐝Insects40 species
springsummer
2026▾
Wool Carder Bee · Tawny Mining Bee · Large Garden Bumblebee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Red-tailed Bumblebee +35
- Wool Carder BeeAnthidium manicatum2025
- Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva
- Large Garden BumblebeeBombus ruderatus
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
- Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea
Oily Waxcap · Snowy Waxcap · Sarcoscypha · Scarlet Waxcap · Parrot Waxcap +3
- Oily WaxcapHygrocybe quieta
- Snowy WaxcapCuphophyllus virgineus var. virgineus
- SarcoscyphaSarcoscypha
- Scarlet WaxcapHygrocybe coccinea2024
- Parrot WaxcapGliophorus psittacinus2024
- Blue RoundheadStropharia caerulea2024
Dropwort · Sweet Violet · Snowdrop · Dandelion · Black Bryony +7
- DropwortFilipendula vulgaris2025
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Black BryonyTamus communis2025
- Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Agapanthia villosoviridescensAgapanthia villosoviridescens2025Agapanthia villosoviridescensAgapanthia villosoviridescens2025Pseudovadonia lividaPseudovadonia livida2025Pseudovadonia lividaPseudovadonia livida2025German WaspVespula germanica2024German WaspVespula germanica2024Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2024Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2024Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2024Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2024Flavous Nomad BeeNomada flava2024Flavous Nomad BeeNomada flava2024Square-headed Blood BeeSphecodes monilicornis2024Square-headed Blood BeeSphecodes monilicornis2024Panzer's Nomad BeeNomada panzeri2024Panzer's Nomad BeeNomada panzeri20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataClover-root WeevilSitona hispidulus2025Clover-root WeevilSitona hispidulus2025Sallow Pea-gallerEuura pedunculi2025Sallow Pea-gallerEuura pedunculi2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Ornithomya fringillinaOrnithomya fringillina2025Ornithomya fringillinaOrnithomya fringillina2025Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2025Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2025Painted LadyVanessa cardui2025Painted LadyVanessa cardui2025Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2025Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2025Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2025Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2025Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2025Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2025Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2025Toadflax BrocadeCalophasia lunula2025Toadflax BrocadeCalophasia lunula2025VapourerOrgyia antiqua2025VapourerOrgyia antiqua2025Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2025Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2025Megatoma undataMegatoma undata2025Megatoma undataMegatoma undata2025Solomon's-seal SawflyPhymatocera aterrima2025Solomon's-seal SawflyPhymatocera aterrima2025Grizzled SkipperPyrgus malvae2025Grizzled SkipperPyrgus malvae2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2024Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2024Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2024Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2024Scarlet TigerCallimorpha dominula2024Scarlet TigerCallimorpha dominula2024Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024Orange-tailed ClearwingSynanthedon andrenaeformis2024Orange-tailed ClearwingSynanthedon andrenaeformis2024Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2024Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2024Green DrakeEphemera danica2024Green DrakeEphemera danica202416-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata202416-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2024Blackening WaxcapHygrocybe conica2024Blackening WaxcapHygrocybe conica2024Shaggy ParasolChlorophyllum rhacodes2024Shaggy ParasolChlorophyllum rhacodes2024Betony
Betony
Betonica officinalis2025
Betonica officinalis2025
Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2025Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2025Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2025Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2025Southern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza praetermissa2025Southern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza praetermissa2025PignutConopodium majus2025PignutConopodium majus2025Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis2024Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis2024Events & activities nearby
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