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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
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Getting here
52.81089, -1.16939
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Barn Owl and Woodpigeon
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 294m away
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Barn Owl and Woodpigeon
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 294m away
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Barn Owl, Woodpigeon, Jackdaw +77 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Barn Owl, Woodpigeon, Jackdaw +77 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Orange-tip, Small White, Speckled Wood +48 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Urban park — open green space
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Bunny Old Wood Nature TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Gotham Heritage TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef GHT
16 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Loughborough Cycle Network Route 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
Loughborough Cycle Network Route 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 7Local cycle route
Loughborough Cycle Network Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
Loughborough Cycle Network Route 2Cycling route▾
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Loughborough Cycle Network Route 3Cycling route▾
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Loughborough Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
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Wildlife to spot
9,772 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,772 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
springsummer
2026▾
Barn Owl · Little Egret · Grey Heron · Skylark · Robin +42
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
🦌Mammals6 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Mole · Brown Hare · Rabbit · Hedgehog · Red Fox +1
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
- Badger
🐸Amphibians3 species
springautumn
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Common Toad · Common Frog
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
🐝Insects7 species
springsummer
2025▾
Rosemary Beetle · Cantharis rustica · Orange-tip · Speckled Wood · Field Grasshopper +2
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana
- Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica
- Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Bristly Oxtongue · Lesser Sea-spurrey · Aspen · Winter-cress · Green Alkanet +41
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2023
- Lesser Sea-spurreySpergularia marina2023
- AspenPopulus tremula2023
- Winter-cressBarbarea vulgaris
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2023
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,772 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
springsummer
2026▾
Barn Owl · Little Egret · Grey Heron · Skylark · Robin +42
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
🦌Mammals6 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Mole · Brown Hare · Rabbit · Hedgehog · Red Fox +1
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
- Badger
🐸Amphibians3 species
springautumn
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Common Toad · Common Frog
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
🐝Insects7 species
springsummer
2025▾
Rosemary Beetle · Cantharis rustica · Orange-tip · Speckled Wood · Field Grasshopper +2
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana
- Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica
- Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Bristly Oxtongue · Lesser Sea-spurrey · Aspen · Winter-cress · Green Alkanet +41
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2023
- Lesser Sea-spurreySpergularia marina2023
- AspenPopulus tremula2023
- Winter-cressBarbarea vulgaris
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2023
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Meles meles2024
Meles meles2024
2023
2023
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2023Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus20232023
2023
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2023False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2023Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2023Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2023Procumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculata2023Procumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculata2023Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2023Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2023BulrushTypha latifolia2023BulrushTypha latifolia2023Giant FescueSchedonorus giganteus2023Giant FescueSchedonorus giganteus2023GypsywortLycopus europaeus2023GypsywortLycopus europaeus2023White CloverTrifolium repens2023White CloverTrifolium repens2023Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2023Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2023Red CampionSilene dioica2023Red CampionSilene dioica2023Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2023Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2023False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2023False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2023Smaller Cat's-tailPhleum bertolonii2023Smaller Cat's-tailPhleum bertolonii2023Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2023Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2023Wood AvensGeum urbanum2023Wood AvensGeum urbanum2023Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum2023Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum2023AshFraxinus excelsior2023AshFraxinus excelsior2023Rubus ulmifoliusRubus ulmifolius2023Rubus ulmifoliusRubus ulmifolius2023Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2023Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2023White CampionSilene latifolia2023White CampionSilene latifolia2023Least DuckweedLemna minuta2023Least DuckweedLemna minuta2023Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2023Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2023BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2023BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2023Soft-rushJuncus effusus2023Soft-rushJuncus effusus2023Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2023Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2023Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2023Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2023Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2023Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2023Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2023Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2023Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2023Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2023Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2023Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2023Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2023Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2023Curled DockRumex crispus2023Curled DockRumex crispus2023Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola2023Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola2023Meadow BarleyHordeum secalinum2023Meadow BarleyHordeum secalinum2023Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2023Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2023Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2023Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2023Clustered DockRumex conglomeratus2023Clustered DockRumex conglomeratus2023White WillowSalix alba2023White WillowSalix alba2023Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2023Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2023