Leigh984, The creative portfolio of Leigh Spencer

  Every year a small patch of ancient woodland alongside J21 of the M1 and a short walk from Fosse Shopping Park is carpeted in a sea of Blue Bluebell flowers creating a natural oasis in the middle of a busy built up urban environment.

I visited a small area of woodland sandwiched between several busy roads and a motorway junction near to fosse park in Leicester. The area is not visible from the road and requires passing under a graffiti lined subway giving an interesting contrast between the urban and the natural. Approaching the area your hit by the fragrant scent of the flowers before a carpet of blue stretches out beneath the trees, dappled sunlight shines through the leaves illuminating patches of the blue flowers giving the area a magical glow and the look of a living painting. on my visit a small spec of red caught my eye, a small ladybird (ladybug) was making his way across the stem of one of the flowers I quickly switched lenses and he happily posed for me with his black and red spotted shell contrasting perfectly with the blue of the bluebell.

Every year around April/May a small area of ancient woodland between Leicester`s Fosse park and Junction 21 of the M1 Motorway bursts into colorful life as a bed of beautiful bluebells form a swaying carpet of color below the trees. The birds sing from branches high as sunlight shines though the leaves, creating a magical oasis of calm just meters away from busy traffic filled roads. As I take in the scene the motorists pass by unaware of the beauty nearby as they rush form place to place. My film gives an idea of the relaxing and tranquil scene.

Hidden close to a busy motorway junction near Fosse Park in Leicester is a small woodland area that turns a bright shade of blue every May as a carpet of bluebells covers the ground. Bee`s, butterfly and if your lucky the occasional rabbit can be seen among the flowers as they sway in the wind. My short video captures the beautiful scene as the sunlight filters through the trees giving the scene an almost fairy tale like quality. images follow

A Bluebell wood near the Osiers Bridge motorway junction at Fosse Park Leicester is surrounded by busy roads on all sides. This hidden oasis of calm comes alive in the spring when hundreds of Bluebells create a carpet of blue and bees flit from flower to flower in the sunshine, the vast sea of blue is broken only by the occasional bright yellow dandelion and small rabbits hopping quickly in and out of the cover of the tall flowers.

Near one of Leicester's busy roads is one of natures finest shows. My film features an area of unspoilt woodland beauty found just alongside numerous busy roads and the Fosse Park shopping centre. During the spring and early summer months the woodland floor becomes a fantastic display of blue in the form of hundreds of wild Bluebells, a sight that many people miss as they speed past on the busy roads that surround this little oasis of calm. Butterflies and various flying insects go from flower to flower collecting pollen as birds and rabbits play in this tiny area of woodland all just meters away from the heavy traffic of the M1 motorway approach.

A fantastic display of wild Bluebells swaying with the breeze, look striking in the evening sun. found in a small patch of woodland near Fosse Park in Enderby Leicestershire.