20 Acre Piece NR
Selected Wild Place / Other Wild Places / Public Rights of Way / VC55 boundary
The site is located just off the A46 at Six Hills.
Total species seen at this site: 114
This 8 acre site at Six Hills is owned by the Duke of Somerset and is part of a large area of common land known as Burton Common. It is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and was, until 2010, managed as a reserve by the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. A public footpath runs through the middle of the site. It has a mosaic of grassland, scrub and woodland - standing on poorly drained acid soil.
It is a good site for insects and also supports an interesting flora, with Purple Moor-grass, Heath Spotted-orchid and Narrow Buckler Fern all present. Warblers breed in the scrubby woodland, including Whitethroat and Blackcap.
The records and images below may include those from adjacent sites if the grid reference submitted with these records overlaps the boundary of this Wild Place.
Common Name | Latin Name | Date Recorded | Recorded By | |
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Turkeytail | Trametes versicolor | 27/03/2021 | hughes.s16@sky.com | |
Roe Deer | Capreolus capreolus | 03/03/2021 | hughes.s16@sky.com | |
Goldcrest | Regulus regulus | 03/03/2021 | hughes.s16@sky.com | |
Snowdrop | Galanthus nivalis | 03/03/2021 | hughes.s16@sky.com | |
Birch Polypore | Piptoporus betulinus | 03/03/2021 | hughes.s16@sky.com | |
Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | 03/03/2021 | hughes.s16@sky.com | |
Herb-Robert | Geranium robertianum | 13/05/2018 | Robert Carter | |
Crab Apple | Malus sylvestris | 13/05/2018 | Robert Carter | |
Red Campion | Silene dioica | 13/05/2018 | Robert Carter | |
Dandelion agg. | Taraxacum officinale agg. | 13/05/2018 | Robert Carter | |
Garlic Mustard | Alliaria petiolata | 13/05/2018 | Robert Carter | |
Bugle | Ajuga reptans | 13/05/2018 | Peter Smith | |
Golden-bloomed Grey Longhorn | Agapanthia villosoviridescens | 13/05/2018 | Peter Smith | |
Small Heath | Coenonympha pamphilus | 23/05/2014 | David Nicholls | |
Cock's-foot | Dactylis glomerata | 23/05/2014 | David Nicholls | |