Selected parish / Wild Places / Public footpaths / Parish boundaries
To find out more about featured Wild Places in and around the parish (red boundaries on the map), visit the Wild Places page. Contact NatureSpot if you have an idea for any additional Wild Places.
Located in North-West Leicestershire, the parish includes the two villages of Hugglescote and Donington Le Heath.
Total species seen in this parish:
Parish Councils are being encouraged to take over the management of selected road verges in their area in order to improve their value for wildlife. So far, over 70 verges have been adopted. Verge surveys by NatureSpot have revealed a surprising diversity of flora with an average of over 30 different wildflowers and grasses on each verge. More information can be found here.
Welcome to the new NatureSpot page for Hugglescote and Donington Le Heath which gives local residents the opportunity to find out about, and contribute to our knowledge of, the wildlife in our parish. Just click on the headers of these news stories to read more.
We would like more wildlife observations from the parish. So, if you've seen a species you recognise, from a Blue tit to a Bluebell, click on the header to find out what to do.
To find out more about the featured Wild Places in and around the parish, including species lists and images, visit the Wild Places link on the main menu and enter the village name into the parish selection box. If you know of a local green space that you think should be added then contact NatureSpot.
The images and records below are all from the parish/ward and have been submitted by members of the public.
The latest images and records displayed below include those awaiting verification checks so we cannot guarantee that every identification is correct. Once accepted, the record displays a green tick.
In the Latest Records section, click on the header to sort A-Z, and again to sort Z-A. Use the header boxes to filter the list.
| Species group | Total no. of species | Total no. of records | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 472 | 836 | |
| Moths | 107 | 116 | |
| Wildflowers | 88 | 139 | |
| Birds | 70 | 263 | |
| Beetles | 31 | 39 | |
| Fungi | 21 | 23 | |
| Flies | 18 | 19 | |
| Trees, Shrubs & Climbers | 18 | 29 | |
| Butterflies | 17 | 40 | |
| Bugs | 17 | 27 | |
| Mammals | 14 | 38 | |
| Bees, Wasps, Ants | 11 | 17 | |
| Hoverflies | 8 | 9 | |
| Sawflies | 8 | 9 | |
| Dragonflies and Damselflies | 7 | 14 | |
| Spiders | 4 | 7 | |
| Slugs & Snails | 4 | 8 | |
| Craneflies, Gnats & Midges | 4 | 4 | |
| Grasses, Rushes & Sedges | 4 | 7 | |
| Amphibians | 4 | 7 | |
| Ferns & Horsetails | 3 | 4 | |
| Lacewings & Scorpionflies | 2 | 2 | |
| Springtails & Bristletails | 2 | 3 | |
| Mites, Ticks & Pseudoscorpions | 2 | 2 | |
| Grasshoppers & Crickets | 1 | 1 | |
| Algae, Bacteria, Virus | 1 | 1 | |
| insect - true fly (Diptera) | 1 | 1 | |
| Mosses & Liverworts | 1 | 1 | |
| Reptiles | 1 | 3 | |
| harvestman (Opiliones) | 1 | 1 | |
