St Mary in the Elms Church
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52.73119, -1.20440
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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 🍄 Mushroom 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 🍄 Mushroom 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; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Black-headed Gull, Mallard, Mute Swan +79 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Black-headed Gull, Mallard, Mute Swan +79 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Erythricium aurantiacum, Silver Leaf Disease, Common Orange Lichen +55 more · last seen 2026; Fungi — Erythricium aurantiacum, Silver Leaf Disease, Common Orange Lichen +55 more · last seen 2026
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🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Field Grasshopper, Meadow Grasshopper, Small Skipper +88 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Field Grasshopper, Meadow Grasshopper, Small Skipper +88 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Smooth Sow-thistle, Moschatel, Dog's Mercury +77 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Smooth Sow-thistle, Moschatel, Dog's Mercury +77 more · last seen 2026
Free
Plants — Ramsons, Common Nettle, White Dead-nettle +17 more foraging species
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 2 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Leicestershire Round Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
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Named route Regional walking route
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Signed route nearby
Loughborough Cycle Network Route 2 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 2 Local cycle route
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Named route Ref 4 Local cycle route
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Named route Ref 7 Local cycle route
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Named route Ref 1 Local cycle route
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Named route Ref 6 National Cycle Network
Show on map Loughborough Cycle Network Route 3 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 3 Local cycle route
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Public paths
Vicary Lane bridleway · 321 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 321 m Path type: service
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Wildlife to spot
44,210 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 44,210 records · National Biodiversity Network Black-headed Gull · Tufted Duck · Carrion Crow · Mallard · Goldeneye +35
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Carrion Crow Corvus corone Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Magpie Pica pica Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Raven Corvus corax Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus2025 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Mole
Brimstone · Common Cockchafer · Common Wasp · Comma · Taxomyia taxi +10
Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris2025 Comma Polygonia c-album Taxomyia taxi Taxomyia taxi Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis 7-spot Ladybird 🍄 Fungi 30 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Silver Leaf Disease · Blushing Bracket · Illosporiopsis christiansenii · Erythricium aurantiacum · Lepraria incana s. lat. +25
Silver Leaf Disease Chondrostereum purpureum Blushing Bracket Daedaleopsis confragosa Illosporiopsis christiansenii Illosporiopsis christiansenii Erythricium aurantiacum Erythricium aurantiacum Lepraria incana s. lat. Lepraria incana s. lat. Sarcoscypha Sarcoscypha Smooth Sow-thistle · Common Pincushion · Bank Haircap · Common Feather-moss · Cypress-leaved Plait-moss +15
Smooth Sow-thistle Sonchus oleraceus Common Pincushion Dicranoweisia cirrata Bank Haircap Polytrichum formosum Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga Cypress-leaved Plait-moss Hypnum cupressiforme Common Smoothcap Atrichum undulatum Western Hemlock-spruce Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 44,210 records · National Biodiversity Network Black-headed Gull · Tufted Duck · Carrion Crow · Mallard · Goldeneye +35
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Carrion Crow Corvus corone Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Magpie Pica pica Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Raven Corvus corax Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus2025 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Mole
Brimstone · Common Cockchafer · Common Wasp · Comma · Taxomyia taxi +10
Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris2025 Comma Polygonia c-album Taxomyia taxi Taxomyia taxi Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis 7-spot Ladybird 🍄 Fungi 30 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Silver Leaf Disease · Blushing Bracket · Illosporiopsis christiansenii · Erythricium aurantiacum · Lepraria incana s. lat. +25
Silver Leaf Disease Chondrostereum purpureum Blushing Bracket Daedaleopsis confragosa Illosporiopsis christiansenii Illosporiopsis christiansenii Erythricium aurantiacum Erythricium aurantiacum Lepraria incana s. lat. Lepraria incana s. lat. Sarcoscypha Sarcoscypha Smooth Sow-thistle · Common Pincushion · Bank Haircap · Common Feather-moss · Cypress-leaved Plait-moss +15
Smooth Sow-thistle Sonchus oleraceus Common Pincushion Dicranoweisia cirrata Bank Haircap Polytrichum formosum Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga Cypress-leaved Plait-moss Hypnum cupressiforme Common Smoothcap Atrichum undulatum Western Hemlock-spruce Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Coccinella septempunctata2025
Coccinella septempunctata2025
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata2025
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata2025
Grey Smoke Luffia lapidella2025
Grey Smoke Luffia lapidella2025
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2025
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2025
Broken-barred Oak Dot Ectoedemia subbimaculella2025
Broken-barred Oak Dot Ectoedemia subbimaculella2025
November Moth agg. Epirrita dilutata agg.2025
November Moth agg. Epirrita dilutata agg.2025
Trioza remota Trioza remota2025
Trioza remota Trioza remota2025
Rowan Dot Stigmella nylandriella2025
Rowan Dot Stigmella nylandriella2025
Eudasyphora cyanella Eudasyphora cyanella2025
Eudasyphora cyanella Eudasyphora cyanella2025
Hypotrachyna revoluta s. lat. Hypotrachyna revoluta s. lat.
Hypotrachyna revoluta s. lat. Hypotrachyna revoluta s. lat.
Lecanora polytropa Lecanora polytropa
Lecanora polytropa Lecanora polytropa
Melanelixia glabratula Melanelixia glabratula
Melanelixia glabratula Melanelixia glabratula
Punctelia jeckeri Punctelia jeckeri
Punctelia jeckeri Punctelia jeckeri
Porpidia tuberculosa Porpidia tuberculosa
Porpidia tuberculosa Porpidia tuberculosa
Marchandiomyces corallinus Marchandiomyces corallinus
Marchandiomyces corallinus Marchandiomyces corallinus
Fuscidea lightfootii Fuscidea lightfootii
Fuscidea lightfootii Fuscidea lightfootii
Phlyctis argena Phlyctis argena
Phlyctis argena Phlyctis argena
Cobweb Duster Athelia arachnoidea
Cobweb Duster Athelia arachnoidea
Oak Moss Evernia prunastri
Oak Moss Evernia prunastri
Netted Shield Lichen Parmelia sulcata
Netted Shield Lichen Parmelia sulcata
Beech Barkspot Diatrype disciformis
Beech Barkspot Diatrype disciformis
Jelly Ear Auricularia auricula-judae2025
Jelly Ear Auricularia auricula-judae2025
Cushion Bracket Phellinus pomaceus2025
Cushion Bracket Phellinus pomaceus2025
Clavaria Clavaria2025
Clavaria Clavaria2025
Stinky Knight Tricholoma sulphureum2025
Stinky Knight Tricholoma sulphureum2025
Amanita citrina Amanita citrina2025
Amanita citrina Amanita citrina2025
Mycena pseudocorticola Mycena pseudocorticola2025
Mycena pseudocorticola Mycena pseudocorticola2025
Brown Birch Bolete Leccinum scabrum2025
Brown Birch Bolete Leccinum scabrum2025
Lecanora chlarotera s. lat. Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.2025
Lecanora chlarotera s. lat. Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.2025
Arthonia radiata Arthonia radiata2025
Arthonia radiata Arthonia radiata2025
Lecidella elaeochroma Lecidella elaeochroma2025
Lecidella elaeochroma Lecidella elaeochroma2025
Common Orange Lichen Xanthoria parietina2025
Common Orange Lichen Xanthoria parietina2025
Physcia tenella Physcia tenella2025
Physcia tenella Physcia tenella2025 Tsuga heterophylla
Tsuga heterophylla
Biting Stonecrop Sedum acre
Biting Stonecrop Sedum acre
Wall-rue Asplenium ruta-muraria
Wall-rue Asplenium ruta-muraria
Guernsey Fleabane Erigeron sumatrensis
Guernsey Fleabane Erigeron sumatrensis
Shepherd's-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris
Shepherd's-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris
White Dead-nettle Lamium album
White Dead-nettle Lamium album
Bulrush Typha latifolia
Bulrush Typha latifolia
Purple Toadflax Linaria purpurea
Purple Toadflax Linaria purpurea
Rusty-Back Fern Asplenium ceterach
Rusty-Back Fern Asplenium ceterach
Groundsel Senecio vulgaris
Groundsel Senecio vulgaris
Red Oak Quercus rubra
Red Oak Quercus rubra
Thyme-leaved Sandwort Arenaria serpyllifolia
Thyme-leaved Sandwort Arenaria serpyllifolia
Common Chickweed Stellaria media
Common Chickweed Stellaria media
Cat's-ear Hypochaeris radicata2025
Cat's-ear Hypochaeris radicata2025 