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The Belt

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📷 Alan Murray-Rust · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦109+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Carrion Crow
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦109+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Carrion Crow
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPicnic spot

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mallard, Carrion Crow, Black-headed Gull +106 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mallard, Carrion Crow, Black-headed Gull +106 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Plain Earthtongue · last seen 2025; Fungi — Plain Earthtongue · last seen 2025

Varies

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Polypodium vulgare, Wall-rue · last seen 2026; Plants — Polypodium vulgare, Wall-rue · last seen 2026

Free

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Jurassic WayWalking route142 km

Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route

Macmillan WayWalking route290 km

Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route

Hereward WayWalking route

Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route

Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Rutland RoundWalking route105 km

Named routeLength 105 kmRegional walking route

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Cycling

7 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Rutland Water CircuitCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

National Byway (Rutland)Cycling route

National Byway in Rutland

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

National Byway (Oakham Loop)Cycling route

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Route 63Cycling route

Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route890 m

Named routeRef 63Length 890 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route2.4 km

Named routeRef 63Length 2.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

93,070 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

93,070 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds76 species

winter

2026

Mallard · Black-headed Gull · Mute Swan · Tufted Duck · Carrion Crow +71

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
European White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons albifrons2025
CootFulica atra2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Great TitParus major2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
SmewMergellus albellus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
ScaupAythya marila2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025

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Plants2 species

spring

2026

Polypodium vulgare · Wall-rue

Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

93,070 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds76 species

winter

2026

Mallard · Black-headed Gull · Mute Swan · Tufted Duck · Carrion Crow +71

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
European White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons albifrons2025
CootFulica atra2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Great TitParus major2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
SmewMergellus albellus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
ScaupAythya marila2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025

🌿

Plants2 species

spring

2026

Polypodium vulgare · Wall-rue

Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Alan Murray-Rust · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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