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Charnwood Water

20 ha

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome20 ha

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52.76062, -1.19170

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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
🍄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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🍄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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

Best for

10 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Turkeytail, Lecidella elaeochroma, Blushing Bracket +61 more · last seen 2026; Fungi — Turkeytail, Lecidella elaeochroma, Blushing Bracket +61 more · last seen 2026

Varies

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Common Chickweed, Red Dead-nettle, White Dead-nettle +15 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Common Carder Bee, Field Grasshopper, Ivy Bee +283 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Common Carder Bee, Field Grasshopper, Ivy Bee +283 more · last seen 2026

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Magpie +41 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Magpie +41 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Common Chickweed, Red Dead-nettle, Hedgerow Crane's-bill +74 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Common Chickweed, Red Dead-nettle, Hedgerow Crane's-bill +74 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Leicestershire RoundWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

National Forest WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

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Cycling

34 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Hathern <> KegworthCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Loughborough Cycle Network Route 2Cycling route

Named routeRef 2Local cycle route

Loughborough Cycle Network Route 4Cycling route

Named routeRef 4Local cycle route

Loughborough Cycle Network Route 7Cycling route

Named routeRef 7Local cycle route

Loughborough Cycle Network Route 1Cycling route

Named routeRef 1Local cycle route

Route 6Cycling route

Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

36,581 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

36,581 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds27 species

winter

2026

Long-tailed Tit · Nuthatch · Blue Tit · Cormorant · Water Rail +22

Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Water RailRallus aquaticus
GadwallMareca strepera2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
CootFulica atra2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Great TitParus major2025
Gyr FalconFalco rusticolus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐸

Amphibians1 species

autumn

2025

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects92 species

summerautumn

2026

Field Grasshopper · Common Carder Bee · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Eristalis tenax · Common Darter +87

Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Riband WaveIdaea aversata2025
Hebrew CharacterOrthosia gothica
Gwynne's Mining BeeAndrena bicolor
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Swallow-tailed MothOurapteryx sambucaria2025
Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2025
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2025
Ivy BeeColletes hederae2025
Double-striped PugGymnoscelis rufifasciata2025
Copper Underwing agg.Amphipyra pyramidea agg.2025
YponomeutaYponomeuta2025
Common Grass-veneerAgriphila tristella2025
Centre-barred SallowAtethmia centrago2025
Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2025
Yellow ShellCamptogramma bilineata2025
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Common QuakerOrthosia cerasi
Clouded DrabOrthosia incerta
PeacockAglais io
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Sallow Pea-gallerEuura pedunculi2025
Dasineura odorataeDasineura odoratae2025
White-spot Sallow DotEctoedemia intimella2025
Lindbergina aurovittataLindbergina aurovittata2025
Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025
Edwardsiana plurispinosaEdwardsiana plurispinosa2025
Psylla alniPsylla alni2025
Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatusPantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus2025
Lachnus roborisLachnus roboris2025
Blair's Shoulder-knotLithophane leautieri2025
Red-green CarpetChloroclysta siterata2025
Vine's RusticHoplodrina ambigua2025
Grey Shoulder-knotLithophane ornitopus2025
Feathered ThornColotois pennaria2025
Cypress PugEupithecia phoeniceata2025
UncertainHoplodrina octogenaria2025
Australian Orange-tipTachystola acroxantha2025
Lead-coloured TortrixAcleris sparsana2025
Red-Line QuakerLeptologia lota2025
Blue-shot DotStigmella plagicolella2025
Sallow DotStigmella salicis2025
Zig-zag Elm SawflyAproceros leucopoda2025
Golden DotStigmella aurella2025
Willow Bean-gallerEuura proxima2025
Apple Leaf MinerLyonetia clerkella2025
Shoulder-spot DotStigmella basiguttella2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
SallowCirrhia icteritia2025
Barred SallowTiliacea aurago2025
Brindled GreenDryobotodes eremita2025
Frosted OrangeGortyna flavago2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Orange SallowTiliacea citrago2025
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2025
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2025
Rusty DotUdea ferrugalis2025
Straw UnderwingThalpophila matura2025
Old LadyMormo maura2025
Scarce Bordered StrawHelicoverpa armigera2025
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025
Barred Needle-minerCedestis subfasciella2025
Unaspis euonymiUnaspis euonymi2025
Common PlumeEmmelina monodactyla2025
Flame CarpetXanthorhoe designata2025
Small Blood-veinScopula imitaria2025
Light Brown Apple MothEpiphyas postvittana2025
Tawny-fronted StrawNeocochylis molliculana2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025
Toadflax BrocadeCalophasia lunula2025
Chequered Fruit-tree TortrixPandemis corylana2025
Shuttle-shaped DartAgrotis puta2025
Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria2025
Small Dusty WaveIdaea seriata2025
Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2025
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2025
Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2025
Poplar GreySubacronicta megacephala2025
Dusky ThornEnnomos fuscantaria2025
Marbled BeautyBryophila domestica2025
Micromus variegatusMicromus variegatus2025

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Fungi23 species

autumn

2026

Stinking Dapperling · Jelly Ear · Oak Moss · Spring Hazelcup · Lecidella elaeochroma +18

Stinking DapperlingLepiota cristata2025
Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
Oak MossEvernia prunastri
Spring HazelcupEncoelia furfuracea
Lecidella elaeochromaLecidella elaeochroma2025
Yellow BrainTremella mesenterica2025
Glistening InkcapCoprinellus micaceus2025
Crystal BrainExidia nucleata
Smoky BracketBjerkandera adusta
Witch's ButterExidia glandulosa
SarcoscyphaSarcoscypha
TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
Lepraria incana s. lat.Lepraria incana s. lat.2025
Scarlet WaxcapHygrocybe coccinea2025
Phyllactinia fraxiniPhyllactinia fraxini2025
Purple JellydiscAscocoryne sarcoides2025
Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon2025
Hazel WoodwartHypoxylon fuscum2025
Laxitextum bicolorLaxitextum bicolor2025
Stinky KnightTricholoma sulphureum2025
Rosy BonnetMycena rosea2025
DeceiverLaccaria laccata2025
Sticky ScalycapPholiota gummosa2025

🌿

Plants5 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Hairy Bitter-cress · Common Chickweed · Red Dead-nettle · Hedgerow Crane's-bill · Blackthorn

Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2025
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

36,581 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds27 species

winter

2026

Long-tailed Tit · Nuthatch · Blue Tit · Cormorant · Water Rail +22

Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Water RailRallus aquaticus
GadwallMareca strepera2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
CootFulica atra2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Great TitParus major2025
Gyr FalconFalco rusticolus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐸

Amphibians1 species

autumn

2025

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects92 species

summerautumn

2026

Field Grasshopper · Common Carder Bee · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Eristalis tenax · Common Darter +87

Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Riband WaveIdaea aversata2025
Hebrew CharacterOrthosia gothica
Gwynne's Mining BeeAndrena bicolor
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Swallow-tailed MothOurapteryx sambucaria2025
Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2025
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2025
Ivy BeeColletes hederae2025
Double-striped PugGymnoscelis rufifasciata2025
Copper Underwing agg.Amphipyra pyramidea agg.2025
YponomeutaYponomeuta2025
Common Grass-veneerAgriphila tristella2025
Centre-barred SallowAtethmia centrago2025
Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2025
Yellow ShellCamptogramma bilineata2025
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Common QuakerOrthosia cerasi
Clouded DrabOrthosia incerta
PeacockAglais io
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Sallow Pea-gallerEuura pedunculi2025
Dasineura odorataeDasineura odoratae2025
White-spot Sallow DotEctoedemia intimella2025
Lindbergina aurovittataLindbergina aurovittata2025
Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025
Edwardsiana plurispinosaEdwardsiana plurispinosa2025
Psylla alniPsylla alni2025
Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatusPantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus2025
Lachnus roborisLachnus roboris2025
Blair's Shoulder-knotLithophane leautieri2025
Red-green CarpetChloroclysta siterata2025
Vine's RusticHoplodrina ambigua2025
Grey Shoulder-knotLithophane ornitopus2025
Feathered ThornColotois pennaria2025
Cypress PugEupithecia phoeniceata2025
UncertainHoplodrina octogenaria2025
Australian Orange-tipTachystola acroxantha2025
Lead-coloured TortrixAcleris sparsana2025
Red-Line QuakerLeptologia lota2025
Blue-shot DotStigmella plagicolella2025
Sallow DotStigmella salicis2025
Zig-zag Elm SawflyAproceros leucopoda2025
Golden DotStigmella aurella2025
Willow Bean-gallerEuura proxima2025
Apple Leaf MinerLyonetia clerkella2025
Shoulder-spot DotStigmella basiguttella2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
SallowCirrhia icteritia2025
Barred SallowTiliacea aurago2025
Brindled GreenDryobotodes eremita2025
Frosted OrangeGortyna flavago2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Orange SallowTiliacea citrago2025
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2025
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2025
Rusty DotUdea ferrugalis2025
Straw UnderwingThalpophila matura2025
Old LadyMormo maura2025
Scarce Bordered StrawHelicoverpa armigera2025
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025
Barred Needle-minerCedestis subfasciella2025
Unaspis euonymiUnaspis euonymi2025
Common PlumeEmmelina monodactyla2025
Flame CarpetXanthorhoe designata2025
Small Blood-veinScopula imitaria2025
Light Brown Apple MothEpiphyas postvittana2025
Tawny-fronted StrawNeocochylis molliculana2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025
Toadflax BrocadeCalophasia lunula2025
Chequered Fruit-tree TortrixPandemis corylana2025
Shuttle-shaped DartAgrotis puta2025
Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria2025
Small Dusty WaveIdaea seriata2025
Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2025
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2025
Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2025
Poplar GreySubacronicta megacephala2025
Dusky ThornEnnomos fuscantaria2025
Marbled BeautyBryophila domestica2025
Micromus variegatusMicromus variegatus2025

🍄

Fungi23 species

autumn

2026

Stinking Dapperling · Jelly Ear · Oak Moss · Spring Hazelcup · Lecidella elaeochroma +18

Stinking DapperlingLepiota cristata2025
Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
Oak MossEvernia prunastri
Spring HazelcupEncoelia furfuracea
Lecidella elaeochromaLecidella elaeochroma2025
Yellow BrainTremella mesenterica2025
Glistening InkcapCoprinellus micaceus2025
Crystal BrainExidia nucleata
Smoky BracketBjerkandera adusta
Witch's ButterExidia glandulosa
SarcoscyphaSarcoscypha
TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
Lepraria incana s. lat.Lepraria incana s. lat.2025
Scarlet WaxcapHygrocybe coccinea2025
Phyllactinia fraxiniPhyllactinia fraxini2025
Purple JellydiscAscocoryne sarcoides2025
Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon2025
Hazel WoodwartHypoxylon fuscum2025
Laxitextum bicolorLaxitextum bicolor2025
Stinky KnightTricholoma sulphureum2025
Rosy BonnetMycena rosea2025
DeceiverLaccaria laccata2025
Sticky ScalycapPholiota gummosa2025

🌿

Plants5 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Hairy Bitter-cress · Common Chickweed · Red Dead-nettle · Hedgerow Crane's-bill · Blackthorn

Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2025
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Ashley Dace · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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