THE BOROUGH OF OADBY AND WIGSTON (BROCKS HILL COUNTRY PARK)
26 ha
Plan your visit
🧺Picnic🦅Birds🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome26 ha
Getting here
52.58975, -1.08560
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦33+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦33+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
café, toilets, car park; Nature reserve — public outdoor space
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Magpie +30 more · last seen 2026; Nature reserve
Free
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
Nature reserve; Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Magpie +30 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Crepidotus, Yellow Brain, King Alfred's Cakes +10 more · last seen 2025
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
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Blaby Village Heritage TrailWalking route▾
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West End WayCycling route▾
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Route 6Cycling route▾
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Photos
Brocks Hill Country Park, Oadby, Leics
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
53,627 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
53,627 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow +28
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Common GullLarus canus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
🦌Mammals1 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Common Bluebottle · 7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Common Wasp +32
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- Common BluebottleCalliphora vicina
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Common WaspVespula vulgaris
- Eudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanella
- Pollenia
Crepidotus · Yellow Brain · King Alfred's Cakes · Wood Blewits · Crimped Gill +8
- CrepidotusCrepidotus
- Yellow BrainTremella mesenterica
- King Alfred's CakesDaldinia concentrica
- Wood BlewitsLepista nuda
- Crimped GillPlicatura crispa
- Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon
- Razor Strop FungusFomitopsis betulina
Ivy · Ash
- IvyHedera helix
- AshFraxinus excelsior
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
53,627 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow +28
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Common GullLarus canus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
🦌Mammals1 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Common Bluebottle · 7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Common Wasp +32
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- Common BluebottleCalliphora vicina
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Common WaspVespula vulgaris
- Eudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanella
- Pollenia
Crepidotus · Yellow Brain · King Alfred's Cakes · Wood Blewits · Crimped Gill +8
- CrepidotusCrepidotus
- Yellow BrainTremella mesenterica
- King Alfred's CakesDaldinia concentrica
- Wood BlewitsLepista nuda
- Crimped GillPlicatura crispa
- Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon
- Razor Strop FungusFomitopsis betulina
Ivy · Ash
- IvyHedera helix
- AshFraxinus excelsior
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pollenia
Pollenia
Yellow-legged Mining BeeAndrena flavipesYellow-legged Mining BeeAndrena flavipesGwynne's Mining BeeAndrena bicolorGwynne's Mining BeeAndrena bicolorRamshorn Gall CauserAndricus aries f. agamic2025Ramshorn Gall CauserAndricus aries f. agamic2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2025Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2025German WaspVespula germanica2025German WaspVespula germanica2025Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerBrimstoneGonepteryx rhamniBrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctataEyed LadybirdAnatis ocellataEyed LadybirdAnatis ocellataHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumLiocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatusMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisGilletteella cooleyiGilletteella cooleyi2025Gilletteella cooleyiGilletteella cooleyi2025Cola-nut CauserAndricus lignicola f. agamic2025Cola-nut CauserAndricus lignicola f. agamic2025Cardiastethus fasciiventrisCardiastethus fasciiventris2025Cardiastethus fasciiventrisCardiastethus fasciiventris2025Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides2025Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides2025Dioxyna bidentisDioxyna bidentis2025Dioxyna bidentisDioxyna bidentis202510-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata202510-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025Ribautiana tenerrimaRibautiana tenerrima2025Ribautiana tenerrimaRibautiana tenerrima2025Rhyzobius lophanthaeRhyzobius lophanthae2025Rhyzobius lophanthaeRhyzobius lophanthae2025Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025Empoasca vitisEmpoasca vitis2025Empoasca vitisEmpoasca vitis2025Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae2025Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae2025Acericerus vittifronsAcericerus vittifrons2025Acericerus vittifronsAcericerus vittifrons2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Marble Gall CauserAndricus kollari f. agamic2025Marble Gall CauserAndricus kollari f. agamic2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025Blushing BracketDaedaleopsis confragosaBlushing BracketDaedaleopsis confragosaShaggy ScalycapPholiota squarrosaShaggy ScalycapPholiota squarrosaSilver Leaf DiseaseChondrostereum purpureumSilver Leaf DiseaseChondrostereum purpureumJelly EarAuricularia auricula-judaeJelly EarAuricularia auricula-judaeWoolly WoodwartLasiosphaeria ovinaWoolly WoodwartLasiosphaeria ovinaBotryobasidium aureumBotryobasidium aureumBotryobasidium aureumBotryobasidium aureumEvents & activities nearby
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