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🧺Picnic🦅Birds🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
52.76468, -1.23082
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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 Magpie
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕EHB Grill — 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 Magpie
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕EHB Grill — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blackbird +30 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blackbird +30 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Common Orange Lichen, Lecanora chlarotera s. lat., Lecidella elaeochroma +11 more · last seen 2026
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Common Carder Bee +351 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
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Hathern <> KegworthCycling route▾
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Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
42,756 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
42,756 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Pied Wagtail · Greylag Goose · Common Gull · Starling +13
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
🦌Mammals2 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Badger · Wood Mouse
- BadgerMeles meles
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
springautumn
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
Horse-Chestnut Leaf-miner · Cecidomyiidae · Alaptus · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Harlequin Ladybird +97
- Horse-Chestnut Leaf-minerCameraria ohridella2025
- CecidomyiidaeCecidomyiidae2025
- AlaptusAlaptus2025
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
🍄Fungi6 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Lecanora chlarotera s. lat. · Lecidella elaeochroma · Jelly Ear · Deer Shield · Common Orange Lichen +1
- Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.
- Lecidella elaeochromaLecidella elaeochroma
- Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae2025
- Deer ShieldPluteus cervinus2025
- Common Orange LichenXanthoria parietina2025
🌿Plants3 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Hairy Bitter-cress · Mistletoe · Red Valerian
- Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
- MistletoeViscum album2025
- Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
42,756 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Pied Wagtail · Greylag Goose · Common Gull · Starling +13
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
🦌Mammals2 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Badger · Wood Mouse
- BadgerMeles meles
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
springautumn
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
Horse-Chestnut Leaf-miner · Cecidomyiidae · Alaptus · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Harlequin Ladybird +97
- Horse-Chestnut Leaf-minerCameraria ohridella2025
- CecidomyiidaeCecidomyiidae2025
- AlaptusAlaptus2025
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
🍄Fungi6 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Lecanora chlarotera s. lat. · Lecidella elaeochroma · Jelly Ear · Deer Shield · Common Orange Lichen +1
- Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.
- Lecidella elaeochromaLecidella elaeochroma
- Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae2025
- Deer ShieldPluteus cervinus2025
- Common Orange LichenXanthoria parietina2025
🌿Plants3 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Hairy Bitter-cress · Mistletoe · Red Valerian
- Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
- MistletoeViscum album2025
- Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Sycamore Tarspot
Sycamore Tarspot
Rhytisma acerinum2025
Rhytisma acerinum2025
