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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome17 ha
Getting here
52.71950, -0.50224
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
Rutland RoundWalking route105 km▾
Named routeLength 105 kmRegional walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
National Byway (Rutland)Cycling route▾
National Byway in Rutland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Ewes and lambs in a field near The Heath Wood
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Wildlife to spot
5,557 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,557 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Blue Tit · Blackbird · Great Tit · Wren · Magpie +28
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- RavenCorvus corax
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Common Blue Damselfly
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Tufted Vetch · Meadowsweet · Hedge Bedstraw · Field Scabious · Field Bindweed +98
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
- Hedge BedstrawGalium album
- Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis
- Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
- Red FescueFestuca rubra
- Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,557 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Blue Tit · Blackbird · Great Tit · Wren · Magpie +28
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- RavenCorvus corax
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Common Blue Damselfly
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Tufted Vetch · Meadowsweet · Hedge Bedstraw · Field Scabious · Field Bindweed +98
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
- Hedge BedstrawGalium album
- Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis
- Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
- Red FescueFestuca rubra
- Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas