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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.83045, -1.18404
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 194m away — 4 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 194m away — 4 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit +71 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit +71 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus, Cantharis rustica, Swollen-thighed Beetle +45 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bee Orchid, Thale Cress, Blueish Veilwort +20 more · last seen 2023
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Bunny Old Wood Nature TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Gotham Heritage TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef GHT
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Clifton <> KegworthCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Loughborough Cycle Network Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
Photos
Old clock mechanism, St Mary's Church, East Leake
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Wildlife to spot
15,102 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
15,102 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlack-headed Gull · Blackbird · Dunnock · Blue Tit · Robin +26
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- RavenCorvus corax
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Badger
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles
🐸Amphibians1 species
springautumn
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects15 species
springsummer
2025▾
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus · Cantharis rustica · Harlequin Ladybird · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Glischrochilus hortensis +10
- Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus
- Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
- Glischrochilus hortensisGlischrochilus hortensis
- Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans
Red Fescue · Pepper-saxifrage · Meadow Barley · Narrow-leaved Bird's-foot-trefoil · Hawthorn +76
- Red FescueFestuca rubra
- Pepper-saxifrageSilaum silaus
- Meadow BarleyHordeum secalinum
- Narrow-leaved Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus tenuis
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Spiked SedgeCarex spicata
- Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,102 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlack-headed Gull · Blackbird · Dunnock · Blue Tit · Robin +26
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- RavenCorvus corax
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Badger
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles
🐸Amphibians1 species
springautumn
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects15 species
springsummer
2025▾
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus · Cantharis rustica · Harlequin Ladybird · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Glischrochilus hortensis +10
- Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus
- Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
- Glischrochilus hortensisGlischrochilus hortensis
- Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans
Red Fescue · Pepper-saxifrage · Meadow Barley · Narrow-leaved Bird's-foot-trefoil · Hawthorn +76
- Red FescueFestuca rubra
- Pepper-saxifrageSilaum silaus
- Meadow BarleyHordeum secalinum
- Narrow-leaved Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus tenuis
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Spiked SedgeCarex spicata
- Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas