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St Nicholas's Church

📷 Roger Templeman · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦53+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Rock Dove
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
☕Jewry Wall Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦53+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Rock Dove
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
☕Jewry Wall Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingCaféParking· PaidPicnic spotPlayground

Best for

12 activities

Picnic day out

Very strong match

picnic area, café, car park

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Rock Dove, Canada Goose +50 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Rock Dove, Canada Goose +50 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Family friendly

Very strong match

playground, café, picnic area

Free

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Sycamore Tarspot, Amanita'r Gwybed, Torth Felen +17 more · last seen 2025; Fungi — Sycamore Tarspot, Amanita'r Gwybed, Torth Felen +17 more · last seen 2025

Varies

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, café, parking

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚴

Cycling

176 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

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

Fosse2Cycling route

Named routeRef 48National Cycle Network

Inner RingwayCycling route

Named routeRef Inner RingwayLocal cycle route

Leicester 'Route 4'Cycling route

Named routeRef 4Local cycle route

Wildlife to spot

41,257 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

41,257 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds37 species

wintersummer

2026

Magpie · Canada Goose · Mute Swan · Grey Heron · Robin +32

MagpiePica pica2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
Rock DoveColumba livia
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
DunnockPrunella modularis
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Great TitParus major
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
BuzzardButeo buteo
CootFulica atra
Greylag GooseAnser anser
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025

🦌

Mammals6 species

summer

2026

Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Brown Rat · Soprano Pipistrelle · Noctule +1

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
NoctuleNyctalus noctula2025
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025

🐝

Insects36 species

summerautumn

2026

Green Shieldbug · Hornet Hoverfly · Jet Ant · Western Honey Bee · Batman Hoverfly +31

Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
Jet AntLasius fuliginosus
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Common WaspVespula vulgaris2025
LuciliaLucilia2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
Viburnum ScaleLichtensia viburni
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
Crypturaphis grassiiCrypturaphis grassii2025
Laburnum Leaf MinerLeucoptera laburnella2025
Phytomyza bipunctataPhytomyza bipunctata2025
Urophora carduiUrophora cardui2025
Nut-tree DotStigmella microtheriella2025
Acidia cognataAcidia cognata2025
Eupteryx aurataEupteryx aurata2025
Common Ridge-backEpermenia chaerophyllella2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Andricus grossulariae f. agamicAndricus grossulariae f. agamic2025
Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
Rhingia rostrataRhingia rostrata2025
Plane Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter platani2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Strawberry-blossom WeevilAnthonomus rubi2025
Horse-Chestnut Leaf-minerCameraria ohridella2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2025
Small Dusty WaveIdaea seriata2025
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2025
Vine's RusticHoplodrina ambigua2025

🍄

Fungi1 species

autumn

2025

Glistening Inkcap

Glistening InkcapCoprinellus micaceus

🌿

Plants29 species

summerautumn

2026

Yarrow · Elm · Italian Alder · White Poplar · Traveller's-joy +24

YarrowAchillea millefolium
ElmUlmus
Italian AlderAlnus cordata2025
White PoplarPopulus alba2025
Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare2025
White BryonyBryonia dioica2025
Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2025
Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus2025
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025
ChicoryCichorium intybus2025
Silver BirchBetula pendula2025
Deadly NightshadeAtropa belladonna2025
Dwarf MallowMalva neglecta2025
London PlanePlatanus occidentalis x orientalis = P. x hispanica2025
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025
Swamp CypressTaxodium distichum2025
Silver LimeTilia tomentosa2025
AspenPopulus tremula2025
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2025
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025
AshFraxinus excelsior2025
Wild CherryPrunus avium2025
Hybrid Black-poplarPopulus deltoides x nigra = P. x canadensis2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

41,257 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds37 species

wintersummer

2026

Magpie · Canada Goose · Mute Swan · Grey Heron · Robin +32

MagpiePica pica2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
Rock DoveColumba livia
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
DunnockPrunella modularis
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Great TitParus major
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
BuzzardButeo buteo
CootFulica atra
Greylag GooseAnser anser
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025

🦌

Mammals6 species

summer

2026

Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Brown Rat · Soprano Pipistrelle · Noctule +1

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
NoctuleNyctalus noctula2025
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025

🐝

Insects36 species

summerautumn

2026

Green Shieldbug · Hornet Hoverfly · Jet Ant · Western Honey Bee · Batman Hoverfly +31

Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
Jet AntLasius fuliginosus
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Common WaspVespula vulgaris2025
LuciliaLucilia2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
Viburnum ScaleLichtensia viburni
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
Crypturaphis grassiiCrypturaphis grassii2025
Laburnum Leaf MinerLeucoptera laburnella2025
Phytomyza bipunctataPhytomyza bipunctata2025
Urophora carduiUrophora cardui2025
Nut-tree DotStigmella microtheriella2025
Acidia cognataAcidia cognata2025
Eupteryx aurataEupteryx aurata2025
Common Ridge-backEpermenia chaerophyllella2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Andricus grossulariae f. agamicAndricus grossulariae f. agamic2025
Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
Rhingia rostrataRhingia rostrata2025
Plane Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter platani2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Strawberry-blossom WeevilAnthonomus rubi2025
Horse-Chestnut Leaf-minerCameraria ohridella2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2025
Small Dusty WaveIdaea seriata2025
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2025
Vine's RusticHoplodrina ambigua2025

🍄

Fungi1 species

autumn

2025

Glistening Inkcap

Glistening InkcapCoprinellus micaceus

🌿

Plants29 species

summerautumn

2026

Yarrow · Elm · Italian Alder · White Poplar · Traveller's-joy +24

YarrowAchillea millefolium
ElmUlmus
Italian AlderAlnus cordata2025
White PoplarPopulus alba2025
Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare2025
White BryonyBryonia dioica2025
Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2025
Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus2025
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025
ChicoryCichorium intybus2025
Silver BirchBetula pendula2025
Deadly NightshadeAtropa belladonna2025
Dwarf MallowMalva neglecta2025
London PlanePlatanus occidentalis x orientalis = P. x hispanica2025
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025
Swamp CypressTaxodium distichum2025
Silver LimeTilia tomentosa2025
AspenPopulus tremula2025
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2025
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025
AshFraxinus excelsior2025
Wild CherryPrunus avium2025
Hybrid Black-poplarPopulus deltoides x nigra = P. x canadensis2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Roger Templeman · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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