Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.72552, -1.03747
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blackbird +68 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blackbird +68 more · last seen 2025
Free
Grade II* listed building: CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Elder, Common Nettle, Bramble +22 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Bedeguar Gall, Orthotylus (Melanotrichus) flavosparsus, Microtendipes +11 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
55 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
Fosse2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 48National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route174 m▾
Named routeRef 48Length 174 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route408 m▾
Named routeRef 48Length 408 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route55 m▾
Named routeRef 48Length 55 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route94 m▾
Named routeRef 48Length 94 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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St Michael's church, Rearsby
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Wildlife to spot
38,454 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
38,454 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Great Tit · Rook · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow +42
- Great TitParus major
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Common GullLarus canus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Badger
Bedeguar Gall
- Bedeguar GallDiplolepis rosae
Common Orange Lichen · Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.
- Common Orange LichenXanthoria parietina
- Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.
Elder · False Oat-grass · Cock's-foot · Cleavers · Common Nettle +6
- ElderSambucus nigra
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
38,454 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Great Tit · Rook · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow +42
- Great TitParus major
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Common GullLarus canus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Badger
Bedeguar Gall
- Bedeguar GallDiplolepis rosae
Common Orange Lichen · Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.
- Common Orange LichenXanthoria parietina
- Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.
Elder · False Oat-grass · Cock's-foot · Cleavers · Common Nettle +6
- ElderSambucus nigra
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas