Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.60830, -0.61104
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wigeon and Yellow-legged Gull
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️The Coach House Inn 306m away
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wigeon and Yellow-legged Gull
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️The Coach House Inn 306m away
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Wigeon, Yellow-legged Gull, Shoveler +65 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Wigeon, Yellow-legged Gull, Shoveler +65 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Glow-worm, Scarlet Tiger, Red-tailed Bumblebee +42 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Agrimony, Creeping Cinquefoil, Cleavers +176 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Erysiphe viburni, Crown Rust, Rose Rust +3 more · last seen 2025
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Jurassic WayWalking route142 km▾
Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
Rutland RoundWalking route105 km▾
Named routeLength 105 kmRegional walking route
Hereward WayWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Rutland)Cycling route▾
National Byway in Rutland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway (Northamptonshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Rutland Water CircuitCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Wakerly Woods Red RouteMountain bike route▾
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
40,043 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
40,043 records · National Biodiversity NetworkYellow-legged Gull · Wigeon · Shoveler · Black-tailed Godwit · Ruff +2
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- PintailAnas acuta
- SwallowHirundo rustica
🦌Mammals1 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Muntjac
Glow-worm · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Common Blue · Meadow Brown · Cinnabar +15
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- CinnabarTyria jacobaeae
- Phasia hemipteraPhasia hemiptera
- Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea
Erysiphe viburni
- Erysiphe viburniErysiphe viburni
Groundsel · Knotgrass · Common Orache · Fat-hen · Nipplewort +16
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare
- Common OracheAtriplex patula
- Fat-henChenopodium album
- NipplewortLapsana communis
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
40,043 records · National Biodiversity NetworkYellow-legged Gull · Wigeon · Shoveler · Black-tailed Godwit · Ruff +2
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- PintailAnas acuta
- SwallowHirundo rustica
🦌Mammals1 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Muntjac
Glow-worm · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Common Blue · Meadow Brown · Cinnabar +15
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- CinnabarTyria jacobaeae
- Phasia hemipteraPhasia hemiptera
- Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea
Erysiphe viburni
- Erysiphe viburniErysiphe viburni
Groundsel · Knotgrass · Common Orache · Fat-hen · Nipplewort +16
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare
- Common OracheAtriplex patula
- Fat-henChenopodium album
- NipplewortLapsana communis
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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