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🦉 Wildlife🍄 Fungi🌿 Foraging
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 1 ha
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52.63891, -1.20311
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🍄 Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground 208m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🍄 Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground 208m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Sycamore Tarspot, Splitgill, Arrhenia rickenii +11 more · last seen 2026; Fungi — Sycamore Tarspot, Splitgill, Arrhenia rickenii +11 more · last seen 2026
Varies
Plants — Hazel, Spear-leaved Orache, Bramble +15 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Darter, Southern Hawker, Common Carder Bee +118 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Common Darter, Southern Hawker, Common Carder Bee +118 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Goldfinch +39 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Goldfinch +39 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Creeping Cinquefoil, Ribwort Plantain, Cherry Plum +115 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Creeping Cinquefoil, Ribwort Plantain, Cherry Plum +115 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Leicestershire Round Walking route ▾
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Route 63 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 63 National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
32,905 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 32,905 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Magpie · Goldfinch · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit +22
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Peregrine Falco peregrinus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Redwing Turdus iliacus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 🦌 Mammals 4 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel · Field Vole · Pygmy Shrew
Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Field Vole Microtus agrestis Pygmy Shrew Sorex minutus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 18 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Rosemary Beetle · Common Carder Bee · Red Admiral · Polistes dominula · Common Spangle Causer +13
Rosemary Beetle Chrysolina americana Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum2025 Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2025 Polistes dominula Polistes dominula2025 Common Spangle Causer Neuroterus quercusbaccarum f. agamic2025 🍄 Fungi 2 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Splitgill · Arrhenia rickenii
Splitgill Schizophyllum commune Arrhenia rickenii Arrhenia rickenii2025 Cherry Plum · Hazel · Common Fleabane · Tufted Vetch · Creeping Thistle +3
Cherry Plum Prunus cerasifera Hazel Corylus avellana Common Fleabane Pulicaria dysenterica2025 Tufted Vetch Vicia cracca2025 Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense2025 Meadow Vetchling Lathyrus pratensis2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 32,905 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Magpie · Goldfinch · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit +22
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Peregrine Falco peregrinus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Redwing Turdus iliacus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 🦌 Mammals 4 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel · Field Vole · Pygmy Shrew
Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Field Vole Microtus agrestis Pygmy Shrew Sorex minutus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 18 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Rosemary Beetle · Common Carder Bee · Red Admiral · Polistes dominula · Common Spangle Causer +13
Rosemary Beetle Chrysolina americana Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum2025 Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2025 Polistes dominula Polistes dominula2025 Common Spangle Causer Neuroterus quercusbaccarum f. agamic2025 🍄 Fungi 2 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Splitgill · Arrhenia rickenii
Splitgill Schizophyllum commune Arrhenia rickenii Arrhenia rickenii2025 Cherry Plum · Hazel · Common Fleabane · Tufted Vetch · Creeping Thistle +3
Cherry Plum Prunus cerasifera Hazel Corylus avellana Common Fleabane Pulicaria dysenterica2025 Tufted Vetch Vicia cracca2025 Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense2025 Meadow Vetchling Lathyrus pratensis2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Silk-button Causer
Silk-button Causer
Neuroterus numismalis f. agamic2025
Neuroterus numismalis f. agamic2025
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata2025
Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata2025
Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas2025
Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas2025
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2025
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2025
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui2025
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui2025
Golden Argent Argyresthia goedartella2025
Golden Argent Argyresthia goedartella2025
Orthotylus (Parapachylops) caprai Orthotylus (Parapachylops) caprai2025
Orthotylus (Parapachylops) caprai Orthotylus (Parapachylops) caprai2025
Cream-streaked Ladybird Harmonia quadripunctata2025
Cream-streaked Ladybird Harmonia quadripunctata2025
Orthotylus (Melanotrichus) flavosparsus Orthotylus (Melanotrichus) flavosparsus2025
Orthotylus (Melanotrichus) flavosparsus Orthotylus (Melanotrichus) flavosparsus2025
Shining Dogwood Cutter Antispila metallella2025
Shining Dogwood Cutter Antispila metallella2025
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025
Peacock Aglais io2025
Peacock Aglais io2025
Purple-loosestrife Lythrum salicaria2025
Purple-loosestrife Lythrum salicaria2025
Spear-leaved Orache Atriplex prostrata2025
Spear-leaved Orache Atriplex prostrata2025 