Woodland plantation near South Wigston
3 ha
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🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
52.57423, -1.11972
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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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 295m away — 6 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 295m away — 6 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Blaby Village Heritage TrailWalking route▾
65 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Leicester 'Route 4'Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
Leicester 'Route 3'Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route57 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 57 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route30 m▾
Named routeLength 30 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete
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Wildlife to spot
30,916 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
30,916 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Goldfinch · Long-tailed Tit +35
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
Red Fox · Bat · Pipistrelle Bat species · Hedgehog
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- BatChiroptera2025
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2024
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects9 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Golden Dot · Apion frumentarium · Aulagromyza heringii · Hawthorn Parornix +4
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024
- Golden DotStigmella aurella
- Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium2025
- Aulagromyza heringiiAulagromyza heringii2025
- Hawthorn ParornixParornix anglicella
False Chanterelle
- False ChanterelleHygrophoropsis aurantiaca
Ivy · Yarrow · Ash · Elder · Bramble +11
- IvyHedera helix
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- ElderSambucus nigra
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Narrow-leaved AshFraxinus angustifolia
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
30,916 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Goldfinch · Long-tailed Tit +35
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
Red Fox · Bat · Pipistrelle Bat species · Hedgehog
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- BatChiroptera2025
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2024
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects9 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Golden Dot · Apion frumentarium · Aulagromyza heringii · Hawthorn Parornix +4
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024
- Golden DotStigmella aurella
- Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium2025
- Aulagromyza heringiiAulagromyza heringii2025
- Hawthorn ParornixParornix anglicella
False Chanterelle
- False ChanterelleHygrophoropsis aurantiaca
Ivy · Yarrow · Ash · Elder · Bramble +11
- IvyHedera helix
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- ElderSambucus nigra
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Narrow-leaved AshFraxinus angustifolia
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2025Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2025BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2025BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2025Convolvulus Hawk-mothAgrius convolvuli2024Convolvulus Hawk-mothAgrius convolvuli2024Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024Hornbeam
Hornbeam
Carpinus betulus
Carpinus betulus
Cherry PlumPrunus cerasiferaCherry PlumPrunus cerasiferaAutumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalisAutumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalisDog-roseRosa caninaDog-roseRosa caninaLimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaeaLimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaeaCleaversGalium aparine2024CleaversGalium aparine2024GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024DandelionTaraxacum2024DandelionTaraxacum2024Events & activities nearby
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