Author: John Doyle

At the western side of the village are three linked wildlife areas; Mountsorrel Common, Buddon Wood Farm Path, and Centenary Wood. The Common is heavily overgrown and subject to some vandalism, but remains an interesting and long established habitat.  Buddon Wood Farm Path, a new permissive path opened up by Lafarge (now TARMAC), and the path through Centenary Wood and the adjacent new woodland are developing areas that will in the long term be of great benefit to wildlife and the village. Read more…….. Mountsorrel Wildlife Sites 2016 – Mountsorrel Common, Buddon Wood Farm Path & Centenary Wood

Mountsorrel Marshes are a remnant of the wetland habitats once common in the flood plain of the River Soar. Read more at Mountsorrel Wildlife Sites 2016 – Mountsorrel Marshes

Castle Hill and the nearby Navins, form a notified Site of Importance for Nature Conservation/Wildlife Site. It is essentially Mixed Grassland with rocky outcrops and from the point next to the War Memorial provides fine far ranging views across the valley of the river Soar. Read more……Mountsorrel Wildlife Sites 2016 – Castle Hill & The Navins

Mountsorrel Meadows is a 12.6 hectare nature reserve, containing wet woodland,
shallow pools, wet grassland and marsh owned and managed by Leicestershire &
Rutland Wildlife Trust (L&RWT). Read more….Mountsorrel Wildlife Sites 2016 – Mountsorrel Meadows

Although inaccessible to the public as it is on private property and for very genuine health and safety reasons, Linkfield Road Pond is an important wildlife resource providing a habitat for many hundreds of toads . Read more at Mountsorrel Wildlife Sites 2016 – Linkfield Road Pond 2016

A Local Nature Reserve on Halstead Road, named to mark the centenary of the Parish Council in 1994.  Centenary Pastures is an unimproved flower rich pasture with rigg and furrow and is managed primarily for wildlife. Read more at ……. Mountsorrel Wildlife Sites 2016 – Centenary Pastures 2016

As marked on the ordnance survey maps Broad Hill covers the fields between Halstead Rd and Bond Lane, the former Mountsorrel Granite Company No 1 Quarry site – Castle Hill Quarry (now a reconstituted hill) and the present quarry stock area. The area is an important wildlife habitat for the village……Read more at Mountsorrel Wildlife Sites 2016 – Broad Hill

We are fortunate in Mountsorrel that, despite the urban spread across the village over recent years, we retain many and varied places for wildlife…………. read more Mountsorrel Wildlife Areas 2016 Summary

At a recent Heritage Group meeting Jeff Scott gave a presentation on the work carried out to develop the Wildflower Meadow on the Navins.

MHG Wildflower Meadow Jeff Scott