Felicity's Wood - Woodland plantation
1 ha
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.73135, -1.24911
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Upper Beacon Car Park 430m away — 4 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Upper Beacon Car Park 430m away — 4 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Named hiking route nearby: National Forest Way
Free
Conifer plantation — limited but present wildlife
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
National Forest WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Ivanhoe WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
42 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Loughborough Cycle Network Route 2Cycling route▾
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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
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Loughborough Cycle Network Route 3Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
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34,989 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
34,989 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds28 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Robin · Long-tailed Tit +23
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RavenCorvus corax
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Grey Squirrel · Mole
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Frog
Nut Bud Moth · Holly Leaf Gall Fly · Common Cockchafer · Harlequin Ladybird · Common Wasp +37
- Nut Bud MothEpinotia tenerana
- Holly Leaf Gall FlyPhytomyza ilicis
- Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Common WaspVespula vulgaris2025
- Rhamphus oxyacanthaeRhamphus oxyacanthae2025
🍄Fungi50 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Silver Leaf Disease · Illosporiopsis christiansenii · Erythricium aurantiacum · Blushing Bracket · Candlesnuff Fungus +45
- Silver Leaf DiseaseChondrostereum purpureum
- Illosporiopsis christianseniiIllosporiopsis christiansenii
- Erythricium aurantiacumErythricium aurantiacum
- Blushing BracketDaedaleopsis confragosa
- Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon2025
- Amanita'r Gwybed
Common Pincushion · Cypress-leaved Plait-moss · Common Smoothcap · Bank Haircap · Common Feather-moss +4
- Common PincushionDicranoweisia cirrata
- Cypress-leaved Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme
- Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
- Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Silver BirchBetula pendula
- Western Hemlock-spruce
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
34,989 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds28 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Robin · Long-tailed Tit +23
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RavenCorvus corax
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Grey Squirrel · Mole
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Frog
Nut Bud Moth · Holly Leaf Gall Fly · Common Cockchafer · Harlequin Ladybird · Common Wasp +37
- Nut Bud MothEpinotia tenerana
- Holly Leaf Gall FlyPhytomyza ilicis
- Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Common WaspVespula vulgaris2025
- Rhamphus oxyacanthaeRhamphus oxyacanthae2025
🍄Fungi50 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Silver Leaf Disease · Illosporiopsis christiansenii · Erythricium aurantiacum · Blushing Bracket · Candlesnuff Fungus +45
- Silver Leaf DiseaseChondrostereum purpureum
- Illosporiopsis christianseniiIllosporiopsis christiansenii
- Erythricium aurantiacumErythricium aurantiacum
- Blushing BracketDaedaleopsis confragosa
- Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon2025
- Amanita'r Gwybed
Common Pincushion · Cypress-leaved Plait-moss · Common Smoothcap · Bank Haircap · Common Feather-moss +4
- Common PincushionDicranoweisia cirrata
- Cypress-leaved Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme
- Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
- Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Silver BirchBetula pendula
- Western Hemlock-spruce
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Glyphotaelius pellucidus
Glyphotaelius pellucidus
Glyphotaelius pellucidus2025
Glyphotaelius pellucidus2025
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Amanita muscaria2025
Clouded FunnelClitocybe nebularis2025Clouded FunnelClitocybe nebularis2025Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judaeJelly EarAuricularia auricula-judaePurple JellydiscAscocoryne sarcoidesPurple JellydiscAscocoryne sarcoidesCoral SpotNectria cinnabarinaCoral SpotNectria cinnabarinaHypotrachyna revoluta s. lat.Hypotrachyna revoluta s. lat.Hypotrachyna revoluta s. lat.Hypotrachyna revoluta s. lat.Lecanora polytropaLecanora polytropaLecanora polytropaLecanora polytropaMelanelixia glabratulaMelanelixia glabratulaMelanelixia glabratulaMelanelixia glabratulaPunctelia jeckeriPunctelia jeckeriPunctelia jeckeriPunctelia jeckeriPorpidia tuberculosaPorpidia tuberculosaPorpidia tuberculosaPorpidia tuberculosaMarchandiomyces corallinusMarchandiomyces corallinusMarchandiomyces corallinusMarchandiomyces corallinusFuscidea lightfootiiFuscidea lightfootiiFuscidea lightfootiiFuscidea lightfootiiPhlyctis argenaPhlyctis argenaPhlyctis argenaPhlyctis argenaCobweb DusterAthelia arachnoideaCobweb DusterAthelia arachnoideaOak MossEvernia prunastriOak MossEvernia prunastriNetted Shield LichenParmelia sulcataNetted Shield LichenParmelia sulcataBeech BarkspotDiatrype disciformisBeech BarkspotDiatrype disciformisHoof FungusFomes fomentariusHoof FungusFomes fomentariusWrinkled CrustPhlebia radiataWrinkled CrustPhlebia radiataYellow BrainTremella mesentericaYellow BrainTremella mesentericaCrimped GillPlicatura crispa2025Crimped GillPlicatura crispa2025Yellow StagshornCalocera viscosa2025Yellow StagshornCalocera viscosa2025GobletPseudoclitocybe cyathiformis2025GobletPseudoclitocybe cyathiformis2025Beech JellydiscNeobulgaria pura var. pura2025Beech JellydiscNeobulgaria pura var. pura2025Birch MazegillTrametes betulina2025Birch MazegillTrametes betulina2025Tripe FungusAuricularia mesenterica2025Tripe FungusAuricularia mesenterica2025Hairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutum2025Hairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutum2025ClavariaClavaria2025ClavariaClavaria2025Stinky KnightTricholoma sulphureum2025Stinky KnightTricholoma sulphureum2025Amanita citrinaAmanita citrina2025Amanita citrinaAmanita citrina2025Dark Honey FungusArmillaria ostoyae2025Dark Honey FungusArmillaria ostoyae2025Mycena pseudocorticolaMycena pseudocorticola2025Mycena pseudocorticolaMycena pseudocorticola2025Brown Birch BoleteLeccinum scabrum2025Brown Birch BoleteLeccinum scabrum2025Physcia tenellaPhyscia tenella2025Physcia tenellaPhyscia tenella2025Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.2025Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.2025Arthonia radiataArthonia radiata2025Arthonia radiataArthonia radiata2025Lecidella elaeochromaLecidella elaeochroma2025Lecidella elaeochromaLecidella elaeochroma2025Common Orange LichenXanthoria parietina2025Common Orange LichenXanthoria parietina2025Honey FungusArmillaria mellea2025Honey FungusArmillaria mellea2025Cladonia coniocraeaCladonia coniocraea2025Cladonia coniocraeaCladonia coniocraea2025Sycamore TarspotRhytisma acerinum2025Sycamore TarspotRhytisma acerinum2025Ambarelo'r BwganMacrolepiota procera2025Ambarelo'r BwganMacrolepiota procera2025Rosy BonnetMycena rosea2025Rosy BonnetMycena rosea2025XerocomellusXerocomellus2025XerocomellusXerocomellus2025Acarospora fuscataAcarospora fuscata2025Acarospora fuscataAcarospora fuscata2025Tsuga heterophylla
Tsuga heterophylla
YewTaxus baccata2025YewTaxus baccata2025Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2025Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2025