Plan your visit
🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
Free entry Dogs welcome 7 ha
Places › England › East Midlands › Harborough Getting here
52.62052, -0.86531
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 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
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 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🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Pheasant, Robin, Chiffchaff +63 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Pheasant, Robin, Chiffchaff +63 more · last seen 2025
Free
Plants — Common Nettle, Elder, Pedunculate Oak +10 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Nettle, Elder, Pedunculate Oak +45 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Common Nettle, Elder, Pedunculate Oak +45 more · last seen 2024
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Phasia hemiptera, Apple Fruit Rhynchites, Pogonocherus hispidulus +40 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Phasia hemiptera, Apple Fruit Rhynchites, Pogonocherus hispidulus +40 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Elastic Saddle, Yellow Brain, Candlesnuff Fungus +2 more · last seen 2025; Fungi — Elastic Saddle, Yellow Brain, Candlesnuff Fungus +2 more · last seen 2025
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Midshires Way Walking route 370 km ▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named route Length 370 km Regional walking route
Show on map Rutland Round Walking route 105 km ▾
Named route Length 105 km Regional walking route
Show on map Leicestershire Round Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 63 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 63 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 64 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 64 National Cycle Network
Show on map National Byway (Rutland) Cycling route ▾
National Byway in Rutland
Named route Ref NB Regional cycle route
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 9.1 km ▾
Named route Ref 63 Length 9.1 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 1.1 km ▾
Named route Ref 63 Length 1.1 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 3.7 km ▾
Named route Ref 63 Length 3.7 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Photos Round Hill Spinney viewed from Wood Lane
‹ ›
Weather for this location Next 14 days Nearby places Useful places within 5 km
All Historic
Own or manage this place?
Claim this listing to keep details accurate, add photos, and highlight what makes it special — free.
Claim this page→ How useful was the information on this page?
id: f5c203ac-fd52-4a92-a907-0e5fb64520ed
UK green spaces mapped from open public data — so anyone can find the woodland, trail, or nature reserve closest to them.
© 2026 Glade · Made with care for UK green spaces
Wildlife to spot
6,905 records · National Biodiversity Network
▾
Wildlife to spot 6,905 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 31 species
spring autumn
2025 ▾
Pheasant · Blue Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Goldcrest +26
Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Blackbird Turdus merula Goldcrest Regulus regulus Garden Warbler Sylvia borin Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Phasianus colchicus torquatus Phasianus colchicus torquatus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Tawny Owl Strix aluco Swallow Hirundo rustica Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Stock Dove Columba oenas Nuthatch Sitta europaea Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Dunnock Prunella modularis Great Tit Parus major Carrion Crow Corvus corone Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Coal Tit Periparus ater House Sparrow Passer domesticus Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Rabbit · Muntjac · Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse · Brown Hare +8
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus Brown Hare Lepus europaeus Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Phasia hemiptera · Pogonocherus hispidulus · White-spot Sallow Dot · Three-spot Dot · Orange-tip +7
Phasia hemiptera Phasia hemiptera Pogonocherus hispidulus Pogonocherus hispidulus White-spot Sallow Dot Ectoedemia intimella Three-spot Dot Stigmella trimaculella Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines Apple Fruit Rhynchites Tatianaerhynchites aequatus Lygus pratensis Elastic Saddle · Yellow Brain · Candlesnuff Fungus · Beech Woodwart · Larch Disco
Elastic Saddle Helvella elastica Yellow Brain Tremella mesenterica Candlesnuff Fungus Xylaria hypoxylon Beech Woodwart Hypoxylon fragiforme Larch Disco Lachnellula occidentalis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 6,905 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 31 species
spring autumn
2025 ▾
Pheasant · Blue Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Goldcrest +26
Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Blackbird Turdus merula Goldcrest Regulus regulus Garden Warbler Sylvia borin Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Phasianus colchicus torquatus Phasianus colchicus torquatus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Tawny Owl Strix aluco Swallow Hirundo rustica Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Stock Dove Columba oenas Nuthatch Sitta europaea Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Dunnock Prunella modularis Great Tit Parus major Carrion Crow Corvus corone Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Coal Tit Periparus ater House Sparrow Passer domesticus Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Rabbit · Muntjac · Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse · Brown Hare +8
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus Brown Hare Lepus europaeus Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Phasia hemiptera · Pogonocherus hispidulus · White-spot Sallow Dot · Three-spot Dot · Orange-tip +7
Phasia hemiptera Phasia hemiptera Pogonocherus hispidulus Pogonocherus hispidulus White-spot Sallow Dot Ectoedemia intimella Three-spot Dot Stigmella trimaculella Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines Apple Fruit Rhynchites Tatianaerhynchites aequatus Lygus pratensis Elastic Saddle · Yellow Brain · Candlesnuff Fungus · Beech Woodwart · Larch Disco
Elastic Saddle Helvella elastica Yellow Brain Tremella mesenterica Candlesnuff Fungus Xylaria hypoxylon Beech Woodwart Hypoxylon fragiforme Larch Disco Lachnellula occidentalis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes
Fallow Deer Dama dama
Fallow Deer Dama dama
House Mouse Mus musculus
House Mouse Mus musculus
Bank Vole Myodes glareolus
Bank Vole Myodes glareolus
Badger Meles meles
Badger Meles meles
Mole Talpa europaea
Mole Talpa europaea Lygus pratensis
Lygus pratensis
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni
Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni
Cardiastethus fasciiventris Cardiastethus fasciiventris
Cardiastethus fasciiventris Cardiastethus fasciiventris
Peacock Aglais io
Peacock Aglais io Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
Bookable tours GetYourGuide Promote here