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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.62535, -1.39929
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦48+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Mallard
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Cafe Torte — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦48+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Mallard
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Cafe Torte — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Mallard, Blue Tit +45 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Mallard, Blue Tit +45 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Puccinia tumida, Dog's Mercury Rust, Torth Felen +12 more · last seen 2025
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large Yellow Underwing, Setaceous Hebrew Character, Angle Shades +212 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Ivanhoe WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
23 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Route 52Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 52National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.8 km▾
Named routeRef 52Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route19 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 19 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.7 km▾
Named routeRef 63Length 2.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.7 km▾
Named routeRef 63Length 1.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
23,377 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
23,377 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Blackbird · Blue Tit · Chaffinch · Great Tit · Mallard +31
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Stoat · Brown Hare
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- StoatMustela erminea
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Black-tailed Skimmer · Orchestes alni · Marmalade Hoverfly · Western Honey Bee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee +37
- Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2025
- Orchestes alniOrchestes alni2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
- Roesel's Bush-cricket
🍄Fungi4 species
springautumn
2025▾
Puccinia tumida · Dog's Mercury Rust · Clustered Brittlestem · Torth Felen
- Puccinia tumidaPuccinia tumida
- Dog's Mercury RustMelampsora populnea
- Clustered BrittlestemBritzelmayria multipedata2024
- Torth FelenHypholoma fasciculare2024
Yellow Iris · Elecampane · Meadow Crane's-bill · Great Willowherb · Soft-rush +40
- Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
- ElecampaneInula helenium2024
- Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2024
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024
- Soft-rushJuncus effusus2024
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
23,377 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Blackbird · Blue Tit · Chaffinch · Great Tit · Mallard +31
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Stoat · Brown Hare
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- StoatMustela erminea
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Black-tailed Skimmer · Orchestes alni · Marmalade Hoverfly · Western Honey Bee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee +37
- Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2025
- Orchestes alniOrchestes alni2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
- Roesel's Bush-cricket
🍄Fungi4 species
springautumn
2025▾
Puccinia tumida · Dog's Mercury Rust · Clustered Brittlestem · Torth Felen
- Puccinia tumidaPuccinia tumida
- Dog's Mercury RustMelampsora populnea
- Clustered BrittlestemBritzelmayria multipedata2024
- Torth FelenHypholoma fasciculare2024
Yellow Iris · Elecampane · Meadow Crane's-bill · Great Willowherb · Soft-rush +40
- Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
- ElecampaneInula helenium2024
- Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2024
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024
- Soft-rushJuncus effusus2024
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Roeseliana roeselii2024
Roeseliana roeselii2024
Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculata2024Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculata2024Two-spotted Carpet BeetleAttagenus pellioTwo-spotted Carpet BeetleAttagenus pellioUnaspis euonymiUnaspis euonymi2025Unaspis euonymiUnaspis euonymi2025Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus2025Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus2025Phytomyza cytisiPhytomyza cytisi2025Phytomyza cytisiPhytomyza cytisi2025Agromyza demeijereiAgromyza demeijerei2025Agromyza demeijereiAgromyza demeijerei2025Laburnum Leaf MinerLeucoptera laburnella2025Laburnum Leaf MinerLeucoptera laburnella2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Cotton-wool Gall CauserAndricus quercusramuli f. sexual2025Cotton-wool Gall CauserAndricus quercusramuli f. sexual2025Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2025Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2025Plea minutissimaPlea minutissima2025Plea minutissimaPlea minutissima2025Brown China-markElophila nymphaeata2025Brown China-markElophila nymphaeata2025Xestophanes potentillaeXestophanes potentillae2024Xestophanes potentillaeXestophanes potentillae2024Common Spangle CauserNeuroterus quercusbaccarum f. agamic2024Common Spangle CauserNeuroterus quercusbaccarum f. agamic2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Silver YAutographa gamma2024Silver YAutographa gamma2024Painted LadyVanessa cardui2024Painted LadyVanessa cardui2024Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024Conops quadrifasciatusConops quadrifasciatus2024Conops quadrifasciatusConops quadrifasciatus2024Sallow Pea-gallerEuura pedunculi2024Sallow Pea-gallerEuura pedunculi2024Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024PeacockAglais io2024PeacockAglais io2024Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2024Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2024Botanophila seneciellaBotanophila seneciella2024Botanophila seneciellaBotanophila seneciella2024Brown ArgusAricia agestis2024Brown ArgusAricia agestis2024Silk-button CauserNeuroterus numismalis f. agamic2024Silk-button CauserNeuroterus numismalis f. agamic2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024Knopper GallAndricus quercuscalicis2024Knopper GallAndricus quercuscalicis20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024Knopper Gall CauserAndricus quercuscalicis f. agamic2024Knopper Gall CauserAndricus quercuscalicis f. agamic2024Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2024Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria20242024
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Common NettleUrtica dioica2024Common NettleUrtica dioica2024Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024Frizzled PincushionPlenogemma phyllanthaFrizzled PincushionPlenogemma phyllanthaLong-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioidesLong-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioidesSilver MapleAcer saccharinum2024Silver MapleAcer saccharinum2024Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024TormentilPotentilla erecta2024TormentilPotentilla erecta2024Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2024Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2024Caucasian WingnutPterocarya fraxinifolia2024Caucasian WingnutPterocarya fraxinifolia2024Lesser BurdockArctium minus2024Lesser BurdockArctium minus2024Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2024Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2024MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2024MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2024RaspberryRubus idaeus2024RaspberryRubus idaeus2024Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024Red CampionSilene dioica2024Red CampionSilene dioica2024Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2024Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2024Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2024Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2024Red OakQuercus rubra2024Red OakQuercus rubra2024Common ReedPhragmites australis2024Common ReedPhragmites australis2024Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2024Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2024TimothyPhleum pratense2024TimothyPhleum pratense2024BrackenPteridium aquilinum2024BrackenPteridium aquilinum2024Hard RushJuncus inflexus2024Hard RushJuncus inflexus2024PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2024PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2024SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2024Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2024Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024Water-plantainAlisma plantago-aquatica2024Water-plantainAlisma plantago-aquatica2024Water MintMentha aquatica2024Water MintMentha aquatica2024SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2024SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2024Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum2024Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum2024Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis2024Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis2024Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024Tufted VetchVicia cracca2024Tufted VetchVicia cracca2024Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2024Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2024