Short birdwatching visit · Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust
Mountsorrel and Rothley Marshes
- Tier
- Local green space
- Best season
- Winter, the Trust’s suggested visiting period
- Headline birds
- Grey Heron · Mallard · Skylark
- Parking
- The Trust directs considerate parking on Rowe Leyes Furlong, a residential road; do not obstruct driveways.
- Hides
- A viewing platform overlooks the meadows and scrapes.
- Step-free
- Not stated by the operator
Mountsorrel
Mountsorrel and Rothley Marshes is a developing floodplain reserve beside the River Soar. Scrapes, wet grassland, pools and young wet woodland are being managed with natural flooding in mind. The Trust lists Grey Heron, Mallard and Skylark among the likely year-round birds. A viewing platform provides the intended place to watch over the meadows and scrapes; visitors are asked not to enter the main meadow. This is a separate named reserve from nearby Cossington Meadows, with its own public approach from Mountsorrel. Bird activity and the appearance of the pools vary with water levels.
Birds and seasons
- Grey Heron · Headline bird — All year Source for Grey Heron
- Mallard · Headline bird — All year Source for Mallard
- Skylark · Headline bird — All year Source for Skylark
Plan your visit
- Hides and viewpoints
- A viewing platform overlooks the meadows and scrapes.
- Paths
- Use the public approach and viewing platform. Visitors must not enter the main meadow area.
- Toilets
- Not stated by the operator – check before travelling
- Parking
- The Trust directs considerate parking on Rowe Leyes Furlong, a residential road; do not obstruct driveways.
- Dogs
- Dogs must be on leads; livestock may be present.
- Access notes
- The operator does not establish an accessible surfaced route from the road to every viewing area.
- Step-free access
- Not stated by the operator – check before travelling
Getting there: From Rowe Leyes Furlong follow the public footpath beneath the A6 to the main reserve entrance. The pin is the Trust’s published reserve point, not an authorised parking bay on the residential road.
Sources
Social preview: original typographic artwork by Does Your Duck Quack.
Nearby special trips
- Budby South Forest · 34.1 straight-line miles
- Eastern Moors · 42.8 straight-line miles
- Aqualate Mere National Nature Reserve · 49.9 straight-line miles
Continue birding nearby
Nearest full guide: Attenborough Nature Reserve, 13.4 miles away in a straight line.
- Cossington Meadows · 0.8 miles in a straight line
- Wanlip Meadows · 2.2 miles in a straight line
- Charley Woods · 7.1 miles in a straight line