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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.
Newtown Linford lies to the north-west of Leicester and is part of the Charnwood Forest area. The village is famous for Bradgate Park, a large country park which was home to Lady Jane Grey, Queen for nine days. Much of the village is a designated conservation area. The River Lin runs through the village and on through Bradgate Park where it feeds Cropston Reservoir.
The parish is rich in wildlife, including Bradgate Park, Lea Meadows and Sheet Hedges Wood - all are Sites of Special Scientific Interest.
Total species seen in this parish:
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Parish Councils are being invited by Leicestershire County Council to take over the management of selected road verges in their area in order to improve their value for wildlife. So far, over 50 verges have been adopted and all have been, or will be, surveyed by NatureSpot to find out which species are already growing there. Surveys by NatureSpot have revealed a surprising diversity of flora with an average of over 30 species on each verge. Encourage your parish council to take part! More information about the project can be found here.
Welcome to the Newtown Linford NatureSpot page which gives local residents the opportunity to find out about, and contribute to, our knowledge of the wildlife in the parish. Just click on the headers of these stories to read more.
Bradgate Park supports the only established Adder population in Leicestershire, as well as many other rare species.This one was photographed in the Park in 2018.
Newtown Linford has joined Leicestershire's road verge biodiversity project and has taken over the management of a verge on Markfield Lane to help improve its value for wildlife. Read more on the verge Wild Place page.
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 | 1969 | 10864 | |
| Moths | 393 | 3591 | |
| Wildflowers | 212 | 1100 | |
| Fungi | 194 | 631 | |
| Beetles | 136 | 389 | |
| Bugs | 116 | 294 | |
| Birds | 110 | 1138 | |
| Flies | 107 | 272 | |
| Spiders | 65 | 134 | |
| Grasses, Rushes & Sedges | 60 | 151 | |
| Trees, Shrubs & Climbers | 57 | 319 | |
| Slugs & Snails | 50 | 263 | |
| Bees, Wasps, Ants | 46 | 175 | |
| Mosses & Liverworts | 44 | 93 | |
| Hoverflies | 44 | 197 | |
| Lichens | 43 | 125 | |
| Craneflies, Gnats & Midges | 39 | 70 | |
| Butterflies | 30 | 798 | |
| Mammals | 27 | 321 | |
| Sawflies | 26 | 45 | |
| Mites, Ticks & Pseudoscorpions | 22 | 49 | |
| Dragonflies and Damselflies | 20 | 282 | |
| Ferns & Horsetails | 16 | 98 | |
| Caddisflies | 10 | 10 | |
| Centipedes & Millipedes | 9 | 30 | |
| Grasshoppers & Crickets | 9 | 51 | |
| Mayflies | 9 | 15 | |
| harvestman (Opiliones) | 8 | 19 | |
| Fish | 8 | 9 | |
| Woodlice, Crustaceans | 8 | 37 | |
