Short birdwatching visit · Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust
Narborough Bog
- Tier
- Local green space
- Best season
- Summer, the Trust’s suggested visiting period
- Headline birds
- Kingfisher
- Parking
- The Trust directs visitors to park near the sports-club clubhouse and walk across the recreation ground to the reserve entrance.
- Hides
- Not stated by the operator
- Step-free
- Stiles, the kissing gate and restricted woodland routes affect access; no fully accessible route is established.
Narborough
Narborough Bog is an old fen reserve between the River Soar and the M1, with meadow, reedbed and woodland surviving close to Leicester. The Trust names Kingfisher, Tawny Owl and Sparrowhawk among its birds. Public access remains available on the reserve’s open paths, but the wet-woodland paths have been closed since 2017 because collapsing willows are being left in place as part of natural flood management. A visit must therefore follow the current route signs rather than assume a complete woodland circuit. Entry is from the recreation ground beside the sports club.
Birds and seasons
- Kingfisher · Headline bird — Season not stated by source Source for Kingfisher
- Tawny Owl — Season not stated by source Source for Tawny Owl
- Sparrowhawk — Season not stated by source Source for Sparrowhawk
Plan your visit
- Hides and viewpoints
- Not stated by the operator – check before travelling
- Paths
- The wet-woodland paths are closed; other reserve footpaths remain publicly accessible. Entry involves a kissing gate and stiles.
- Toilets
- Not stated by the operator – check before travelling
- Parking
- The Trust directs visitors to park near the sports-club clubhouse and walk across the recreation ground to the reserve entrance.
- Dogs
- Dogs must be on leads; livestock may be present.
- Access notes
- Stiles, the kissing gate and restricted woodland routes affect access; no fully accessible route is established.
- Step-free access
- Stiles, the kissing gate and restricted woodland routes affect access; no fully accessible route is established.
Getting there: From the B4114 turn towards the sports club just before the motorway underpass, then use the public approach across the recreation ground. The pin is the Trust’s reserve reference, not a promised car-park bay.
Sources
Social preview: original typographic artwork by Does Your Duck Quack.
Nearby special trips
- Budby South Forest · 44.3 straight-line miles
- Aqualate Mere National Nature Reserve · 49.1 straight-line miles
- Eastern Moors · 50.9 straight-line miles
Continue birding nearby
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- Cossington Meadows · 9.9 miles in a straight line
- Mountsorrel and Rothley Marshes · 10.4 miles in a straight line