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St David's Church

📷 Richard Vince · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground 279m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground 279m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

10 activities

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 — Blue Tit, Robin, Goldfinch +50 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Goldfinch +50 more · last seen 2026

Free

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Violet Bramble Rust, Candlesnuff Fungus, Hairy Curtain Crust +38 more · last seen 2026; Fungi — Violet Bramble Rust, Candlesnuff Fungus, Hairy Curtain Crust +38 more · last seen 2026

Varies

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Bracken, Pedunculate Oak, Bramble +123 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Bracken, Pedunculate Oak, Bramble +123 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Knopper Gall Causer, Marble Gall Causer, Artichoke Gall Causer +241 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Knopper Gall Causer, Marble Gall Causer, Artichoke Gall Causer +241 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Leicestershire RoundWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

National Forest WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Ivanhoe WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

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Cycling

72 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Loughborough Cycle Network Route 2Cycling route

Named routeRef 2Local cycle route

Route 63Cycling route

Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network

Route 52Cycling route

Named routeRef 52National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route118 m

Named routeRef 52Length 118 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route113 m

Named routeRef 52Length 113 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Alternative RouteCycling route41 m

Named routeRef 52Length 41 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

40,916 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

40,916 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds29 species

winter

2026

Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Goldfinch · Robin · Blackbird +24

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
GreenfinchChloris chloris
RavenCorvus corax
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
NuthatchSitta europaea
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
MagpiePica pica
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
SiskinSpinus spinus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Common GullLarus canus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
Great TitParus major2025

🦌

Mammals4 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Badger · Grey Squirrel · Otter · Red Fox

BadgerMeles meles
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
OtterLutra lutra2025
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025

🐝

Insects56 species

summer

2026

Common Spangle Causer · Silk-button Causer · Artichoke Gall Causer · Cola-nut Causer · Marble Gall Causer +51

Common Spangle CauserNeuroterus quercusbaccarum f. agamic2025
Silk-button CauserNeuroterus numismalis f. agamic2025
Artichoke Gall CauserAndricus foecundatrix f. agamic2025
Cola-nut CauserAndricus lignicola f. agamic2025
Marble Gall CauserAndricus kollari f. agamic2025
Oyster Gall CauserNeuroterus anthracinus f. agamic2025
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
Holly Leaf Gall FlyPhytomyza ilicis
Sermylassa halensisSermylassa halensis2025
Cherry Gall CauserCynips quercusfolii f. agamic2025
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2025
Knopper Gall CauserAndricus quercuscalicis f. agamic2025
Oak CloudAcrocercops brongniardella2025
Ant BeetleThanasimus formicarius
Spring HarbingerTortricodes alternella
Twig Gall CauserAndricus inflator f. sexual2025
Maple DotStigmella aceris2025
Beautiful Hook-tipLaspeyria flexula2025
Australian Orange-tipTachystola acroxantha2025
Clifden NonpareilCatocala fraxini2025
Chrysoperla carnea groupChrysoperla carnea group2025
Lunar UnderwingAnchoscelis lunosa2025
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2025
Deep-brown DartAporophyla lueneburgensis2025
Black RusticAporophyla nigra2025
Tipula paludosaTipula paludosa2025
Blair's Shoulder-knotLithophane leautieri2025
Tipula confusaTipula confusa2025
Swallow-tailed MothOurapteryx sambucaria2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Narrow-winged GreyEudonia angustea2025
Vine's RusticHoplodrina ambigua2025
Pale Mottled WillowCaradrina clavipalpis2025
Green Silver-linesPseudoips prasinana2025
Chorosoma schillingiChorosoma schillingi2025
Arocephalus punctumArocephalus punctum2025
Fagocyba cruentaFagocyba cruenta2025
Narrow-winged PugEupithecia nanata2025
SallowCirrhia icteritia2025
Nysius senecionisNysius senecionis2025
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2025
Orius (Orius) nigerOrius (Orius) niger2025
Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata2025
Jassargus pseudocellarisJassargus pseudocellaris2025
Centre-barred SallowAtethmia centrago2025
Small PhoenixEcliptopera silaceata2025
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2025
Oak-apple CauserBiorhiza pallida f. sexual2025
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Kite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillus2025
Common WaspVespula vulgaris2025
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025

🍄

Fungi16 species

winterautumn

2026

Candlesnuff Fungus · Amanita'r Gwybed · Brown Rollrim · Violet Bramble Rust · Common Orange Lichen +11

Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon
Amanita'r GwybedAmanita muscaria2025
Brown RollrimPaxillus involutus2025
Violet Bramble RustPhragmidium violaceum2025
Common Orange LichenXanthoria parietina
Ramalina farinaceaRamalina farinacea
Coesyn MelfedFlammulina velutipes
Blushing BracketDaedaleopsis confragosa
Hairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutum2025
Lasallia pustulataLasallia pustulata2025
Porcelain FungusMucidula mucida2025
Pseudocercospora depazeoidesPseudocercospora depazeoides2025
Silver Leaf DiseaseChondrostereum purpureum2025
Yellow FieldcapBolbitius titubans2025
Ambarelo'r BwganMacrolepiota procera2025
Birch MilkcapLactarius tabidus2025

🌿

Plants33 species

summer

2026

Holly · Rosebay Willowherb · Pedunculate Oak · Bracken · Heather +28

HollyIlex aquifolium
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025
HeatherCalluna vulgaris2025
Turkey OakQuercus cerris2025
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Climbing CorydalisCeratocapnos claviculata2025
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025
RowanSorbus aucuparia2025
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2025
BrambleRubus fruticosus2025
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2025
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia
White Dead-nettleLamium album
IvyHedera helix
DaisyBellis perennis
Bell HeatherErica cinerea2025
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2025
Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa2025
Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2025
ElderSambucus nigra2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2025
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2025
RedshankPersicaria maculosa2025
TormentilPotentilla erecta2025
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
Silver BirchBetula pendula2025
Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

40,916 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds29 species

winter

2026

Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Goldfinch · Robin · Blackbird +24

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
GreenfinchChloris chloris
RavenCorvus corax
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
NuthatchSitta europaea
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
MagpiePica pica
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
SiskinSpinus spinus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Common GullLarus canus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
Great TitParus major2025

🦌

Mammals4 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Badger · Grey Squirrel · Otter · Red Fox

BadgerMeles meles
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
OtterLutra lutra2025
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025

🐝

Insects56 species

summer

2026

Common Spangle Causer · Silk-button Causer · Artichoke Gall Causer · Cola-nut Causer · Marble Gall Causer +51

Common Spangle CauserNeuroterus quercusbaccarum f. agamic2025
Silk-button CauserNeuroterus numismalis f. agamic2025
Artichoke Gall CauserAndricus foecundatrix f. agamic2025
Cola-nut CauserAndricus lignicola f. agamic2025
Marble Gall CauserAndricus kollari f. agamic2025
Oyster Gall CauserNeuroterus anthracinus f. agamic2025
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
Holly Leaf Gall FlyPhytomyza ilicis
Sermylassa halensisSermylassa halensis2025
Cherry Gall CauserCynips quercusfolii f. agamic2025
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2025
Knopper Gall CauserAndricus quercuscalicis f. agamic2025
Oak CloudAcrocercops brongniardella2025
Ant BeetleThanasimus formicarius
Spring HarbingerTortricodes alternella
Twig Gall CauserAndricus inflator f. sexual2025
Maple DotStigmella aceris2025
Beautiful Hook-tipLaspeyria flexula2025
Australian Orange-tipTachystola acroxantha2025
Clifden NonpareilCatocala fraxini2025
Chrysoperla carnea groupChrysoperla carnea group2025
Lunar UnderwingAnchoscelis lunosa2025
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2025
Deep-brown DartAporophyla lueneburgensis2025
Black RusticAporophyla nigra2025
Tipula paludosaTipula paludosa2025
Blair's Shoulder-knotLithophane leautieri2025
Tipula confusaTipula confusa2025
Swallow-tailed MothOurapteryx sambucaria2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Narrow-winged GreyEudonia angustea2025
Vine's RusticHoplodrina ambigua2025
Pale Mottled WillowCaradrina clavipalpis2025
Green Silver-linesPseudoips prasinana2025
Chorosoma schillingiChorosoma schillingi2025
Arocephalus punctumArocephalus punctum2025
Fagocyba cruentaFagocyba cruenta2025
Narrow-winged PugEupithecia nanata2025
SallowCirrhia icteritia2025
Nysius senecionisNysius senecionis2025
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2025
Orius (Orius) nigerOrius (Orius) niger2025
Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata2025
Jassargus pseudocellarisJassargus pseudocellaris2025
Centre-barred SallowAtethmia centrago2025
Small PhoenixEcliptopera silaceata2025
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2025
Oak-apple CauserBiorhiza pallida f. sexual2025
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Kite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillus2025
Common WaspVespula vulgaris2025
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025

🍄

Fungi16 species

winterautumn

2026

Candlesnuff Fungus · Amanita'r Gwybed · Brown Rollrim · Violet Bramble Rust · Common Orange Lichen +11

Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon
Amanita'r GwybedAmanita muscaria2025
Brown RollrimPaxillus involutus2025
Violet Bramble RustPhragmidium violaceum2025
Common Orange LichenXanthoria parietina
Ramalina farinaceaRamalina farinacea
Coesyn MelfedFlammulina velutipes
Blushing BracketDaedaleopsis confragosa
Hairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutum2025
Lasallia pustulataLasallia pustulata2025
Porcelain FungusMucidula mucida2025
Pseudocercospora depazeoidesPseudocercospora depazeoides2025
Silver Leaf DiseaseChondrostereum purpureum2025
Yellow FieldcapBolbitius titubans2025
Ambarelo'r BwganMacrolepiota procera2025
Birch MilkcapLactarius tabidus2025

🌿

Plants33 species

summer

2026

Holly · Rosebay Willowherb · Pedunculate Oak · Bracken · Heather +28

HollyIlex aquifolium
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025
HeatherCalluna vulgaris2025
Turkey OakQuercus cerris2025
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Climbing CorydalisCeratocapnos claviculata2025
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025
RowanSorbus aucuparia2025
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2025
BrambleRubus fruticosus2025
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2025
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia
White Dead-nettleLamium album
IvyHedera helix
DaisyBellis perennis
Bell HeatherErica cinerea2025
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2025
Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa2025
Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2025
ElderSambucus nigra2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2025
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2025
RedshankPersicaria maculosa2025
TormentilPotentilla erecta2025
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
Silver BirchBetula pendula2025
Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Richard Vince · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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