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Boswell bowl barrow, 700m north of Cocked Hat Plantation

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📷 John Firth · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome0 ha

Getting here

53.39780, -0.09416

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

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🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Blackbird
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Blackbird
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Free

Birds — Chaffinch, Blackbird, Blue Tit +57 more · last seen 2023

Ancient woodland

Strong match

Free

Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600

Wildlife

Strong match

Free

Birds — Chaffinch, Blackbird, Blue Tit +57 more · last seen 2023; Ancient woodland

Insect spotting

Strong match

Free

Insects — Speckled Wood, Small White, Red Admiral +19 more · last seen 2025

Heritage

Strong match

Free

Historic site

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Varies

Fungi — St. George's Mushroom · last seen 2019

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

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3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route▾

Named routeRegional walking route

Silver Lincs WayWalking route▾

Named routeLocal walking route

Greenwich Meridian TrailWalking route440 km▾

A long-distance walk that follows the line of the Prime Meridian. Inaugurated in 2009, to coincide with the 125th anniversary of the Greenwich Meridian.

Named routeRef GMTLength 440 kmRegional walking route

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Mountain biking

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1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Swallow, Rothwell, Binbrook, Walesby Top loopMountain bike route58 km▾

Named routeLength 58 kmLocal cycle route

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Horse riding

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1 public path nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

427 records from NBN Atlas

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Wildlife to spot

427 records · NBN Atlas

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Birds60 species

winterspringsummer

2023

Chaffinch · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Dunnock · Great Tit

+55 more species

All 60 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
BlackbirdTurdus merula2021
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
DunnockPrunella modularis2021
Great TitParus major2021
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula2021
House SparrowPasser domesticus2021
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2021
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2021
JackdawColoeus monedula2021
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2020
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2014
Stock DoveColumba oenas2021
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2021
Common GullLarus canus2021
LinnetLinaria cannabina2020
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2014
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2020
WhitethroatCurruca communis2020
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2020
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2017
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2011
MagpiePica pica2021
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2021
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2020
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2020
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2014
SwallowHirundo rustica2010
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2020
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2019
RookCorvus frugilegus2019
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2019
Rock DoveColumba livia2010
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
Coal TitPeriparus ater2021
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2019
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2019
Barn OwlTyto alba2017
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2014
House MartinDelichon urbicum2010
LapwingVanellus vanellus2010
NuthatchSitta europaea2021
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2019
Herring GullLarus argentatus2019
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2011
Greylag GooseAnser anser2010
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2010
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2010
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2010
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2010

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Mammals7 species

winter

2020

Daubenton's Bat · Natterer's Bat · Myotis Bat species · Whiskered Bat · Brown Long-eared Bat

+2 more species

All 7 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri
Myotis Bat speciesMyotis2014
Whiskered BatMyotis mystacinus2015
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2017
Hedgehog

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Insects22 species

summer

2025

Speckled Wood · Small White · Red Admiral · Large White · Peacock

+17 more species

All 22 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
PeacockAglais io2019

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Fungi1 species

summer

2019

St. George's Mushroom

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Plants1 species

spring

2025

Honesty

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

427 records · NBN Atlas

🐦

Birds60 species

winterspringsummer

2023

Chaffinch · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Dunnock · Great Tit

+55 more species

All 60 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
BlackbirdTurdus merula2021
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
DunnockPrunella modularis2021
Great TitParus major2021
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula2021
House SparrowPasser domesticus2021
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2021
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2021
JackdawColoeus monedula2021
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2020
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2014
Stock DoveColumba oenas2021
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2021
Common GullLarus canus2021
LinnetLinaria cannabina2020
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2014
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2020
WhitethroatCurruca communis2020
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2020
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2017
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2011
MagpiePica pica2021
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2021
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2020
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2020
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2014
SwallowHirundo rustica2010
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2020
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2019
RookCorvus frugilegus2019
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2019
Rock DoveColumba livia2010
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
Coal TitPeriparus ater2021
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2019
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2019
Barn OwlTyto alba2017
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2014
House MartinDelichon urbicum2010
LapwingVanellus vanellus2010
NuthatchSitta europaea2021
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2019
Herring GullLarus argentatus2019
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2011
Greylag GooseAnser anser2010
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2010
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2010
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2010
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2010

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Mammals7 species

winter

2020

Daubenton's Bat · Natterer's Bat · Myotis Bat species · Whiskered Bat · Brown Long-eared Bat

+2 more species

All 7 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri
Myotis Bat speciesMyotis2014
Whiskered BatMyotis mystacinus2015
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2017
Hedgehog

🐝

Insects22 species

summer

2025

Speckled Wood · Small White · Red Admiral · Large White · Peacock

+17 more species

All 22 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
PeacockAglais io2019

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Fungi1 species

summer

2019

St. George's Mushroom

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Plants1 species

spring

2025

Honesty

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

15 photos from nearby open sources

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📷 John Firth · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Road to North Elkington just east of airfield

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Photos

📷 John Firth · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Road to North Elkington just east of airfield

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🐕Dogs welcome

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✦Deserted village (site of) N of Calcethorpe Manor FarmHistoric site2.8 km→🌱Welton Manor ParkUrban park3 km→✦Deserted medieval villageHistoric site2.3 km→✦Remains of the Medieval Settlement of East WykehamHistoric site4.9 km→🌱Utterby GreenUrban park4.9 km→✦Deserted village (site of) at KelsternHistoric site2 km→