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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
Free entry Dogs welcome 1 ha
Places › England › East Midlands › Charnwood Getting here
52.78175, -1.10364
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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 🌿 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 £ 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
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Wren, Robin +55 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Wren, Robin +55 more · last seen 2025
Free
Plants — Common Nettle, Bramble, Hawthorn +14 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Cow Parsley, Meadow Buttercup, Cock's-foot +145 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Cow Parsley, Meadow Buttercup, Cock's-foot +145 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Nettle Rash, Common Orange Lichen, Pocket Plum +1 more · last seen 2023; Fungi — Nettle Rash, Common Orange Lichen, Pocket Plum +1 more · last seen 2023
Varies
🦋 Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Altica, Red Admiral, Roesel's Bush-cricket +14 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Altica, Red Admiral, Roesel's Bush-cricket +14 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Midshires Way Walking route 370 km ▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named route Length 370 km Regional walking route
Show on map Notts Wolds Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Leicestershire Round Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Fosse2 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 48 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 6 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 6 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 423 m ▾
Named route Ref 48 Length 423 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 2 km ▾
Named route Ref 48 Length 2 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
5,940 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 5,940 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 39 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Wren · Dunnock · Robin · Blackbird +34
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Dunnock Prunella modularis Robin Erithacus rubecula Blackbird Turdus merula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Carrion Crow Corvus corone Skylark Alauda arvensis Linnet Linaria cannabina2024 Whitethroat Curruca communis2024 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Great Tit Parus major Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Magpie Pica pica Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2023 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2024 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2024 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2024 Barn Owl Tyto alba2023 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Coal Tit Periparus ater Starling Sturnus vulgaris Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2022 🦌 Mammals 4 species
winter spring summer
2025 ▾
Brown Hare · Muntjac · Mole · Grey Squirrel
Brown Hare Lepus europaeus Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi2023 Mole Talpa europaea2023 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2023 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2022 ▾
Common Toad
Altica · Graphomya maculata · Field Grasshopper · Speckled Wood · Empis tessellata +1
Altica Altica2024 Graphomya maculata Graphomya maculata Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2024 Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2024 Empis tessellata Empis tessellata2023 Phytomyza hellebori Phytomyza hellebori Nettle Rash · Common Orange Lichen
Nettle Rash Leptosphaeria acuta Common Orange Lichen Xanthoria parietina Cow Parsley · Red Campion · Common Knapweed · Meadow Buttercup · Cut-leaved Crane's-bill +5
Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris Red Campion Silene dioica Common Knapweed Centaurea nigra2023 Meadow Buttercup Ranunculus acris2023 Cut-leaved Crane's-bill Geranium dissectum2023 Cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata2023 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 5,940 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 39 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Wren · Dunnock · Robin · Blackbird +34
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Dunnock Prunella modularis Robin Erithacus rubecula Blackbird Turdus merula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Carrion Crow Corvus corone Skylark Alauda arvensis Linnet Linaria cannabina2024 Whitethroat Curruca communis2024 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Great Tit Parus major Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Magpie Pica pica Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2023 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2024 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2024 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2024 Barn Owl Tyto alba2023 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Coal Tit Periparus ater Starling Sturnus vulgaris Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2022 🦌 Mammals 4 species
winter spring summer
2025 ▾
Brown Hare · Muntjac · Mole · Grey Squirrel
Brown Hare Lepus europaeus Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi2023 Mole Talpa europaea2023 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2023 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2022 ▾
Common Toad
Altica · Graphomya maculata · Field Grasshopper · Speckled Wood · Empis tessellata +1
Altica Altica2024 Graphomya maculata Graphomya maculata Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2024 Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2024 Empis tessellata Empis tessellata2023 Phytomyza hellebori Phytomyza hellebori Nettle Rash · Common Orange Lichen
Nettle Rash Leptosphaeria acuta Common Orange Lichen Xanthoria parietina Cow Parsley · Red Campion · Common Knapweed · Meadow Buttercup · Cut-leaved Crane's-bill +5
Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris Red Campion Silene dioica Common Knapweed Centaurea nigra2023 Meadow Buttercup Ranunculus acris2023 Cut-leaved Crane's-bill Geranium dissectum2023 Cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata2023 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
2023
Common Nettle Urtica dioica2023
Common Nettle Urtica dioica2023
Cleavers Galium aparine2023
Cleavers Galium aparine2023
Bramble Rubus fruticosus2023
Bramble Rubus fruticosus2023
Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2023
Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2023 