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Nerhercote Farm Wood

19 ha

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Free entryDogs welcome19 ha

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52.68429, -1.46470

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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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Yellowhammer, Whitethroat, Blackbird +59 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Yellowhammer, Whitethroat, Blackbird +59 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Western Honey Bee, Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Mining bee +139 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Western Honey Bee, Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Mining bee +139 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Yarrow, Perennial Rye-grass, Cock's-foot +240 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Yarrow, Perennial Rye-grass, Cock's-foot +240 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Common Chickweed, Common Nettle, Pedunculate Oak +27 more foraging species

Varies

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Cladonia rangiformis · last seen 2021; Fungi — Cladonia rangiformis · last seen 2021

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Leicestershire RoundWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

National Forest WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Ivanhoe WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

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Cycling

43 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 63Cycling route

Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network

Route 52Cycling route

Named routeRef 52National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route659 m

Named routeRef 63Length 659 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.8 km

Named routeRef 52Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route576 m

Named routeLength 576 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route5 m

Named routeLength 5 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

7,846 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

7,846 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds47 species

spring

2025

Yellowhammer · Whitethroat · Chiffchaff · Wren · Kestrel +42

YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
WhitethroatCurruca communis
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
LinnetLinaria cannabina
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RobinErithacus rubecula
GreenfinchChloris chloris
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Great TitParus major
House SparrowPasser domesticus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
SwallowHirundo rustica
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MagpiePica pica
JackdawColoeus monedula
DunnockPrunella modularis
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
CootFulica atra2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2025

Badger

BadgerMeles meles

🐝

Insects59 species

springsummer

2026

Mining bee · Western Honey Bee · Orange-tailed Mining Bee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Zig-zag Elm Sawfly +54

Mining beeAndrena2024
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024
Orange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoa2024
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
Zig-zag Elm SawflyAproceros leucopoda2025
Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2025
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024
Sitona obsoletusSitona obsoletus
Populicerus confususPopulicerus confusus2025
Idiocerus stigmaticalisIdiocerus stigmaticalis2025
Spike-rush BorerMonochroa lucidella2025
Rabdophaga rosaria complexRabdophaga rosaria complex2025
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
Ptychoptera contaminataPtychoptera contaminata2025
Cryptosiphum artemisiaeCryptosiphum artemisiae2025
Limotettix striolaLimotettix striola2025
Terellia tussilaginisTerellia tussilaginis2025
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
Narrow-bordered Five-spot BurnetZygaena lonicerae2025
Common FootmanEilema lurideola2025
Europiella artemisiaeEuropiella artemisiae2025
Liriomyza puellaLiriomyza puella2025
Stictopleurus punctatonervosusStictopleurus punctatonervosus2025
Broad-barred FusehornArge cyanocrocea2025
Oak BeautyBiston strataria2025
Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2025
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2025
Burnet CompanionEuclidia glyphica2025
Long-horned GeneralStratiomys longicornis2025
Latticed HeathChiasmia clathrata2025
Wayward SawflyTenthredo temula2025
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2025
Marsh DamselbugNabis (Dolichonabis) limbatus2024
Red-pea Gall CauserCynips divisa f. agamic2024
Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus2024
Megacoelum infusumMegacoelum infusum2024
Zyginidia scutellarisZyginidia scutellaris2024
Atractotomus magnicornisAtractotomus magnicornis2024
Macropsis scottiMacropsis scotti2024
Cymus glandicolorCymus glandicolor2024
Psallus (Psallus) haematodesPsallus (Psallus) haematodes2024
Compsidolon (Coniortodes) salicellumCompsidolon (Coniortodes) salicellum2024
Pine Cone BugGastrodes grossipes2024
Yellow-tailEuproctis similis2024
Macrosteles sexnotatusMacrosteles sexnotatus2024
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2024
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2024
Gooden's Nomad BeeNomada goodeniana2024
NomadaNomada2024
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024
LasioglossumLasioglossum2024
BumblebeeBombus2024
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024
Chocolate Mining BeeAndrena scotica2024
Flavous Nomad BeeNomada flava2024
Bronze Furrow BeeHalictus tumulorum2024

🌿

Plants5 species

summer

2026

Coltsfoot · Marsh Foxtail · Lady's Bedstraw · Upright Hedge-parsley · Yarrow

ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus2025
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2024
Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2024
YarrowAchillea millefolium2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

7,846 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds47 species

spring

2025

Yellowhammer · Whitethroat · Chiffchaff · Wren · Kestrel +42

YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
WhitethroatCurruca communis
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
LinnetLinaria cannabina
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RobinErithacus rubecula
GreenfinchChloris chloris
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Great TitParus major
House SparrowPasser domesticus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
SwallowHirundo rustica
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MagpiePica pica
JackdawColoeus monedula
DunnockPrunella modularis
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
CootFulica atra2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2025

Badger

BadgerMeles meles

🐝

Insects59 species

springsummer

2026

Mining bee · Western Honey Bee · Orange-tailed Mining Bee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Zig-zag Elm Sawfly +54

Mining beeAndrena2024
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024
Orange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoa2024
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
Zig-zag Elm SawflyAproceros leucopoda2025
Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2025
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024
Sitona obsoletusSitona obsoletus
Populicerus confususPopulicerus confusus2025
Idiocerus stigmaticalisIdiocerus stigmaticalis2025
Spike-rush BorerMonochroa lucidella2025
Rabdophaga rosaria complexRabdophaga rosaria complex2025
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
Ptychoptera contaminataPtychoptera contaminata2025
Cryptosiphum artemisiaeCryptosiphum artemisiae2025
Limotettix striolaLimotettix striola2025
Terellia tussilaginisTerellia tussilaginis2025
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
Narrow-bordered Five-spot BurnetZygaena lonicerae2025
Common FootmanEilema lurideola2025
Europiella artemisiaeEuropiella artemisiae2025
Liriomyza puellaLiriomyza puella2025
Stictopleurus punctatonervosusStictopleurus punctatonervosus2025
Broad-barred FusehornArge cyanocrocea2025
Oak BeautyBiston strataria2025
Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2025
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2025
Burnet CompanionEuclidia glyphica2025
Long-horned GeneralStratiomys longicornis2025
Latticed HeathChiasmia clathrata2025
Wayward SawflyTenthredo temula2025
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2025
Marsh DamselbugNabis (Dolichonabis) limbatus2024
Red-pea Gall CauserCynips divisa f. agamic2024
Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus2024
Megacoelum infusumMegacoelum infusum2024
Zyginidia scutellarisZyginidia scutellaris2024
Atractotomus magnicornisAtractotomus magnicornis2024
Macropsis scottiMacropsis scotti2024
Cymus glandicolorCymus glandicolor2024
Psallus (Psallus) haematodesPsallus (Psallus) haematodes2024
Compsidolon (Coniortodes) salicellumCompsidolon (Coniortodes) salicellum2024
Pine Cone BugGastrodes grossipes2024
Yellow-tailEuproctis similis2024
Macrosteles sexnotatusMacrosteles sexnotatus2024
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2024
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2024
Gooden's Nomad BeeNomada goodeniana2024
NomadaNomada2024
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024
LasioglossumLasioglossum2024
BumblebeeBombus2024
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024
Chocolate Mining BeeAndrena scotica2024
Flavous Nomad BeeNomada flava2024
Bronze Furrow BeeHalictus tumulorum2024

🌿

Plants5 species

summer

2026

Coltsfoot · Marsh Foxtail · Lady's Bedstraw · Upright Hedge-parsley · Yarrow

ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus2025
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2024
Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2024
YarrowAchillea millefolium2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

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