Jubilee Walk, Leire

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Wildlife Highlights

It is quite a rich area for flora imcluding Dusky crane's-bill which is uncommon in VC55, Common Mullein, Common Twayblade and Cowslip.  It also supports a rich fauna, including a variety beetles, hoverflies, dragonflies, butterflies and moths.

Total species seen at this site: 119

Description

The Jubilee Walk is a beautiful and serene walk along an old railway cutting at Leire which runs towards the golf course near Ullesthorpe.  Work by the Leire Council and volunteers ensure that this is kept clear for walkers.  It should be noted that access from the parking area is on a short slope but steps have been provided.  The cutting can be a real sun trap in warmer months, but may be quite damp and require boots or wellingtons in early spring before the ground dries out.  in 2010 more work was done to make pathways through the damper areas easier for walkers.

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Common Name Latin Name Date Recorded Recorded By
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Small Scabious Scabiosa columbaria 10/08/2011 Graham Calow
Bush Vetch Vicia sepium 10/08/2011 Graham Calow
Nettle-leaved Bellflower Campanula trachelium 05/08/2011 Graham Calow
Viper's Bugloss Echium vulgare 05/08/2011 Graham Calow
Hemp-agrimony Eupatorium cannabinum 05/08/2011 Graham Calow
Spotted Hawkweed Hieracium maculatum 05/08/2011 Graham Calow
Field Scabious Knautia arvensis 05/08/2011 Graham Calow
Common Toadflax Linaria vulgaris 05/08/2011 Graham Calow
Purple-loosestrife Lythrum salicaria 05/08/2011 Graham Calow
Wild Marjoram Origanum vulgare 05/08/2011 Graham Calow
Selfheal Prunella vulgaris 05/08/2011 Graham Calow
Caucasian Stonecrop Sedum spurium 05/08/2011 Graham Calow
Corncockle Agrostemma githago 02/08/2011 Denise Stretton
Corncockle Agrostemma githago 02/08/2011 Graham Calow
Lesser Burdock Arctium minus 02/08/2011 Denise Stretton

Getting There

There is parking available at the access point just outside of the main village of Leire on the Leire road to Frowlesworth.

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Group Common Name Latin Name Last Seen
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Wildflowers Corncockle Agrostemma githago 02/08/2011
Wildflowers Cowslip Primula veris 29/03/2011
Beetles Devil's Coach Horse Ocypus olens 29/03/2011
Slugs & Snails Discus Snail Discus rotundatus 10/03/2011
Wildflowers Dusky Crane's-bill Geranium phaeum 17/05/2010
Wildflowers Eyebright Euphrasia officinalis agg. 02/08/2011
Wildflowers Field Scabious Knautia arvensis 05/08/2011
Beetles Figwort Weevil Cionus scrophulariae 17/05/2010
Fungi Firerug Inkcap Coprinellus domesticus 23/03/2012
Wildflowers Fox-and-cubs Pilosella aurantiaca 02/08/2011
Butterflies Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus 02/08/2011
Wildflowers Great Mullein Verbascum thapsus 29/03/2011
Birds Great Tit Parus major 29/03/2011
Wildflowers Greater Celandine Chelidonium majus 04/05/2011
Butterflies Green-veined White Pieris napi 02/08/2011
Worms Green Worm Allolobophora chlorotica 29/03/2011
Mammals Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 29/03/2011
Wildflowers Gypsywort Lycopus europaeus 02/08/2011
Slugs & Snails Hairy Snail Trochulus hispidus 10/03/2011
Wildflowers Harebell Campanula rotundifolia 02/08/2011
Ferns & Horse-tails Hart's-tongue Fern Asplenium scolopendrium 29/03/2011
Wildflowers Hemp-agrimony Eupatorium cannabinum 02/08/2011
Wildflowers Lady's Bedstraw Galium verum 02/08/2011
Slugs & Snails Leopard Slug Limax maximus 10/03/2011
Wildflowers Lesser Burdock Arctium minus 02/08/2011
Wildflowers Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna 29/03/2011
Birds Little Egret Egretta garzetta 22/01/2012
Wildflowers Marsh-marigold Caltha palustris 04/05/2011
Wildflowers Marsh Woundwort Stachys palustris 02/08/2011
Wildflowers Meadow Crane's-bill Geranium pratense 02/08/2011