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🦅Birds🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
52.76831, -1.20313
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦50+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blue Tit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Holly's — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦50+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blue Tit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Holly's — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Robin +47 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Robin +47 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Scarlet Waxcap, Lecanora chlarotera s. lat., Common Orange Lichen +29 more · last seen 2025
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Hairy-footed Flower Bee, 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird +298 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
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National Forest WayWalking route▾
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37 signed routes nearby
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Hathern <> KegworthCycling route▾
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Loughborough Cycle Network Route 2Cycling route▾
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Loughborough Cycle Network Route 4Cycling route▾
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Loughborough Cycle Network Route 7Cycling route▾
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Loughborough Cycle Network Route 1Cycling route▾
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Route 6Cycling route▾
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Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
37,741 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
37,741 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPied Wagtail · Nuthatch · Moorhen · Long-tailed Tit · Carrion Crow +18
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians2 species
springautumn
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Common Carder Bee · Eristalis tenax · 7-spot Ladybird · Riband Wave +102
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Riband WaveIdaea aversata2025
- Common Grass-veneerAgriphila tristella2025
🍄Fungi6 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Scarlet Waxcap · Phyllactinia fraxini · Lecanora chlarotera s. lat. · Common Orange Lichen · Physcia tenella +1
- Scarlet WaxcapHygrocybe coccinea
- Phyllactinia fraxiniPhyllactinia fraxini
- Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.
- Common Orange LichenXanthoria parietina
- Physcia tenellaPhyscia tenella
- Phacidium lauriPhacidium lauri
Hairy Bitter-cress · Common Chickweed · Red Dead-nettle · Mistletoe · Dove's-foot Crane's-bill +7
- Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- MistletoeViscum album2025
- Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2025
- Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
37,741 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPied Wagtail · Nuthatch · Moorhen · Long-tailed Tit · Carrion Crow +18
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians2 species
springautumn
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Common Carder Bee · Eristalis tenax · 7-spot Ladybird · Riband Wave +102
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Riband WaveIdaea aversata2025
- Common Grass-veneerAgriphila tristella2025
🍄Fungi6 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Scarlet Waxcap · Phyllactinia fraxini · Lecanora chlarotera s. lat. · Common Orange Lichen · Physcia tenella +1
- Scarlet WaxcapHygrocybe coccinea
- Phyllactinia fraxiniPhyllactinia fraxini
- Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.
- Common Orange LichenXanthoria parietina
- Physcia tenellaPhyscia tenella
- Phacidium lauriPhacidium lauri
Hairy Bitter-cress · Common Chickweed · Red Dead-nettle · Mistletoe · Dove's-foot Crane's-bill +7
- Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- MistletoeViscum album2025
- Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2025
- Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Purple-loosestrife
Purple-loosestrife
Lythrum salicaria2025
Lythrum salicaria2025
Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium2025Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium2025Upright Hedge BedstrawGalium album subsp. erectum2025Upright Hedge BedstrawGalium album subsp. erectum2025WalnutJuglans regia2025WalnutJuglans regia2025FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025