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Riverside Park

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha

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52.61459, -1.14893

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
🌿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

☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
🌿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

Bike parkingParking

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Robin, Magpie, Blackbird +66 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Magpie, Blackbird +66 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Elder, Common Nettle, Hawthorn +14 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Batman Hoverfly, Western Honey Bee, Migrant Hawker +145 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Batman Hoverfly, Western Honey Bee, Migrant Hawker +145 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Daisy, Elder, Yarrow +96 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Daisy, Elder, Yarrow +96 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Blaby Village Heritage TrailWalking route

Named route

🚴

Cycling

151 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Leicester 'Route 4'Cycling route

Named routeRef 4Local cycle route

Leicester 'Route 3'Cycling route

Named routeRef 3Local cycle route

NCN 6 Flood Diversion RouteCycling route

Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network

Route 63Cycling route

Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network

Leicester 'Route 2'Cycling route

Named routeRef 2Local cycle route

West End WayCycling route

Named routeRef West End WayLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

60,510 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

60,510 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

autumnwinter

2026

Robin · Magpie · Dunnock · Redwing · Goldcrest +44

RobinErithacus rubecula
MagpiePica pica
DunnockPrunella modularis
RedwingTurdus iliacus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great TitParus major2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GoosanderMergus merganser
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
JayGarrulus glandarius
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
NuthatchSitta europaea
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Rock DoveColumba livia
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Common GullLarus canus
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Dusky WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Southern CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo sinensis2025

🦌

Mammals6 species

winterspring

2026

Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Badger · Wood Mouse · Muntjac +1

Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
BadgerMeles meles
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
Brown RatRattus norvegicus

🐸

Amphibians3 species

spring

2026

Common Toad · Palmate Newt · Smooth Newt

Common ToadBufo bufo
Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐝

Insects9 species

springautumn

2026

Oak Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird · Marble Gall Causer · 24-spot Ladybird · Peacock +4

Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Marble Gall CauserAndricus kollari f. agamic
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
PeacockAglais io
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina

🍄

Fungi5 species

winterautumn

2026

Jelly Ear · Common Bird's Nest · Candlesnuff Fungus · Common Orange Lichen · Glistening Inkcap

Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
Common Bird's NestCrucibulum laeve
Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon2025
Common Orange LichenXanthoria parietina2025
Glistening InkcapCoprinellus micaceus2025

🌿

Plants18 species

spring

2026

Lesser Celandine · Hogweed · Elder · Glory-of-the-snow · Common Nettle +13

Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
ElderSambucus nigra
Glory-of-the-snowScilla forbesii
Common NettleUrtica dioica
IvyHedera helix
SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

60,510 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

autumnwinter

2026

Robin · Magpie · Dunnock · Redwing · Goldcrest +44

RobinErithacus rubecula
MagpiePica pica
DunnockPrunella modularis
RedwingTurdus iliacus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great TitParus major2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GoosanderMergus merganser
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
JayGarrulus glandarius
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
NuthatchSitta europaea
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Rock DoveColumba livia
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Common GullLarus canus
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Dusky WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Southern CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo sinensis2025

🦌

Mammals6 species

winterspring

2026

Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Badger · Wood Mouse · Muntjac +1

Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
BadgerMeles meles
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
Brown RatRattus norvegicus

🐸

Amphibians3 species

spring

2026

Common Toad · Palmate Newt · Smooth Newt

Common ToadBufo bufo
Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐝

Insects9 species

springautumn

2026

Oak Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird · Marble Gall Causer · 24-spot Ladybird · Peacock +4

Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Marble Gall CauserAndricus kollari f. agamic
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
PeacockAglais io
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina

🍄

Fungi5 species

winterautumn

2026

Jelly Ear · Common Bird's Nest · Candlesnuff Fungus · Common Orange Lichen · Glistening Inkcap

Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
Common Bird's NestCrucibulum laeve
Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon2025
Common Orange LichenXanthoria parietina2025
Glistening InkcapCoprinellus micaceus2025

🌿

Plants18 species

spring

2026

Lesser Celandine · Hogweed · Elder · Glory-of-the-snow · Common Nettle +13

Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
ElderSambucus nigra
Glory-of-the-snowScilla forbesii
Common NettleUrtica dioica
IvyHedera helix
SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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