Neolithic long barrow and two associated round barrows 250m east of Fordington House Farm
1 ha
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🌳Ancient
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.22286, 0.13062
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Red-legged Partridge and Woodpigeon
- ✦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
- 🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Red-legged Partridge and Woodpigeon
- ✦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
7 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Red-legged Partridge, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +53 more · last seen 2025; Ancient woodland — owls, woodpeckers, warblers
Birds — Red-legged Partridge, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +53 more · last seen 2025; Ancient woodland
🌳Ancient woodland
Strong match
Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Setaceous Hebrew Character, Large Yellow Underwing, Beaded Chestnut +97 more · last seen 2022
🍂Seasonal nature
Moderate match
Plants — Scorpion Weed, Wild Marjoram, Broad-leaved Everlasting-pea +1 more · last seen 2020
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route C5Cycling route▾
Spilsby circular route
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Lindsey TrailCycling route▾
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Route C3Cycling route▾
Wainfleet to Alford
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Route C1Cycling route▾
Alford to Spilsby
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Route C7Cycling route▾
Alford to Mablethorpe
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Route C4Cycling route▾
Alford Circular Route
Named routeRef C4Local cycle route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
19 photos from nearby open sources
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
11,737 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,737 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds56 species
winterspringautumn
2025Red-legged Partridge · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Rook · Jackdaw
+51 more speciesHide species list
All 56 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- GadwallMareca strepera2022
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2022
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
- JayGarrulus glandarius2022
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- CootFulica atra2022
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2021
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2021
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2021
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2021
- NuthatchSitta europaea2021
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2020
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2020
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2020
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2020
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2020
🦌Mammals3 species
winterautumn
2024Rabbit · Brown Hare · Roe Deer
🐝Insects100 species
summerautumn
2022Setaceous Hebrew Character · Large Yellow Underwing · Beaded Chestnut · Square-spot Rustic · Lesser Yellow Underwing
+95 more speciesHide species list
All 100 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2019
- Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2019
- Beaded ChestnutAgrochola lychnidis2019
- Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2019
- Lesser Yellow Underwing
Scorpion Weed · Wild Marjoram · Broad-leaved Everlasting-pea · Red Campion
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,737 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds56 species
winterspringautumn
2025Red-legged Partridge · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Rook · Jackdaw
+51 more speciesHide species list
All 56 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- GadwallMareca strepera2022
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2022
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
- JayGarrulus glandarius2022
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- CootFulica atra2022
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2021
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2021
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2021
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2021
- NuthatchSitta europaea2021
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2020
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2020
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2020
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2020
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2020
🦌Mammals3 species
winterautumn
2024Rabbit · Brown Hare · Roe Deer
🐝Insects100 species
summerautumn
2022Setaceous Hebrew Character · Large Yellow Underwing · Beaded Chestnut · Square-spot Rustic · Lesser Yellow Underwing
+95 more speciesHide species list
All 100 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2019
- Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2019
- Beaded ChestnutAgrochola lychnidis2019
- Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2019
- Lesser Yellow Underwing
Scorpion Weed · Wild Marjoram · Broad-leaved Everlasting-pea · Red Campion
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Noctua comes2019
Noctua comes2019
Lunar UnderwingAnchoscelis lunosa2019Lunar UnderwingAnchoscelis lunosa2019Flounced RusticLuperina testacea2019Flounced RusticLuperina testacea2019Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2019Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2019Straw DotRivula sericealis2019Straw DotRivula sericealis2019Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa2019Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa2019Silver YAutographa gamma2019Silver YAutographa gamma2019Burnished BrassDiachrysia chrysitis2019Burnished BrassDiachrysia chrysitis2019Common WainscotMythimna pallens2019Common WainscotMythimna pallens2019SnoutHypena proboscidalis2019SnoutHypena proboscidalis2019Six-striped RusticXestia sexstrigata2019Six-striped RusticXestia sexstrigata2019Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea2019Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea2019Brown-Spot PinionAnchoscelis litura2019Brown-Spot PinionAnchoscelis litura2019Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria2019Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria2019Green-brindled CrescentAllophyes oxyacanthae2019Green-brindled CrescentAllophyes oxyacanthae2019Small Square-spotDiarsia rubi2019Small Square-spotDiarsia rubi2019Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe2019Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe2019Feathered GothicTholera decimalis2019Feathered GothicTholera decimalis2019Lime-speck PugEupithecia centaureata2019Lime-speck PugEupithecia centaureata2019Dark Sword-grassAgrotis ipsilon2019Dark Sword-grassAgrotis ipsilon2019Barred SallowTiliacea aurago2019Barred SallowTiliacea aurago2019Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa2019Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa2019Gold SpotPlusia festucae2019Gold SpotPlusia festucae2019SallowCirrhia icteritia2019SallowCirrhia icteritia2019Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua fimbriata2019Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua fimbriata2019Frosted OrangeGortyna flavago2019Frosted OrangeGortyna flavago2019December MothPoecilocampa populi2019December MothPoecilocampa populi2019UncertainHoplodrina octogenaria2019UncertainHoplodrina octogenaria2019Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2019Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2019Copper UnderwingAmphipyra pyramidea2019Copper UnderwingAmphipyra pyramidea2019Mouse MothAmphipyra tragopoginis2019Mouse MothAmphipyra tragopoginis2019Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2019Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2019Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata2019Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata2019Shuttle-shaped DartAgrotis puta2019Shuttle-shaped DartAgrotis puta2019Latticed HeathChiasmia clathrata2019Latticed HeathChiasmia clathrata2019Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata2019Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata2019Riband WaveIdaea aversata2019Riband WaveIdaea aversata2019SatelliteEupsilia transversa2019SatelliteEupsilia transversa2019Red-Line QuakerLeptologia lota2019Red-Line QuakerLeptologia lota2019Grey Pine CarpetThera obeliscata2019Grey Pine CarpetThera obeliscata2019Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2019Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2019Heart & ClubAgrotis clavis2019Heart & ClubAgrotis clavis20197-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20207-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2020Winter MothOperophtera brumata2019Winter MothOperophtera brumata2019Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta2019Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta2019Feathered ThornColotois pennaria2019Feathered ThornColotois pennaria2019MallowLarentia clavaria2019MallowLarentia clavaria2019Bulrush WainscotNonagria typhae2019Bulrush WainscotNonagria typhae2019RusticHoplodrina blanda2019RusticHoplodrina blanda2019Pale Mottled WillowCaradrina clavipalpis2019Pale Mottled WillowCaradrina clavipalpis2019Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria2019Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria2019Chinese CharacterCilix glaucata2019Chinese CharacterCilix glaucata2019NutmegAnarta trifolii2019NutmegAnarta trifolii2019Canary-shouldered ThornEnnomos alniaria2019Canary-shouldered ThornEnnomos alniaria2019Pale ProminentPterostoma palpina2019Pale ProminentPterostoma palpina2019Blair's Shoulder-knotLithophane leautieri2019Blair's Shoulder-knotLithophane leautieri2019Spruce CarpetThera britannica2019Spruce CarpetThera britannica2019Dark ChestnutConistra ligula2019Dark ChestnutConistra ligula2019Red-green CarpetChloroclysta siterata2019Red-green CarpetChloroclysta siterata2019Convolvulus Hawk-mothAgrius convolvuli2019Convolvulus Hawk-mothAgrius convolvuli2019Yellow ShellCamptogramma bilineata2019Yellow ShellCamptogramma bilineata2019Poplar Hawk-mothLaothoe populi2019Poplar Hawk-mothLaothoe populi2019Single-dotted WaveIdaea dimidiata2019Single-dotted WaveIdaea dimidiata2019Clouded BorderLomaspilis marginata2019Clouded BorderLomaspilis marginata2019Small Fan-footed WaveIdaea biselata2019Small Fan-footed WaveIdaea biselata2019Swallow ProminentPheosia tremula2019Swallow ProminentPheosia tremula2019Cloaked MinorMesoligia furuncula2019Cloaked MinorMesoligia furuncula2019Dusky SallowEremobia ochroleuca2019Dusky SallowEremobia ochroleuca2019Dun-barCosmia trapezina2019Dun-barCosmia trapezina2019Red Twin-spot CarpetXanthorhoe spadicearia2019Red Twin-spot CarpetXanthorhoe spadicearia2019Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculataTachina feraTachina feraTachina feraTachina feraOak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinumOak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinumMottled UmberErannis defoliaria2019Mottled UmberErannis defoliaria2019November MothEpirrita dilutata2019November MothEpirrita dilutata2019VapourerOrgyia antiqua2019VapourerOrgyia antiqua2019Pink-barred SallowXanthia togata2019Pink-barred SallowXanthia togata2019Beautiful Hook-tipLaspeyria flexula2019Beautiful Hook-tipLaspeyria flexula2019Orange SallowTiliacea citrago2019Orange SallowTiliacea citrago2019Angle-striped SallowEnargia paleacea2019Angle-striped SallowEnargia paleacea2019Red UnderwingCatocala nupta2019Red UnderwingCatocala nupta2019Pine Hawk-mothSphinx pinastri2019Pine Hawk-mothSphinx pinastri2019Blood-veinTimandra comae2019Blood-veinTimandra comae2019Centre-barred SallowAtethmia centrago2019Centre-barred SallowAtethmia centrago2019Pebble Hook-tipDrepana falcataria2019Pebble Hook-tipDrepana falcataria2019Bright-line Brown-eyeLacanobia oleracea2019Bright-line Brown-eyeLacanobia oleracea2019Bordered PugEupithecia succenturiata2019Bordered PugEupithecia succenturiata2019Turnip MothAgrotis segetum2019Turnip MothAgrotis segetum2019Iron ProminentNotodonta dromedarius2019Iron ProminentNotodonta dromedarius2019SpectacleAbrostola tripartita2019SpectacleAbrostola tripartita2019Smoky WainscotMythimna impura2019Smoky WainscotMythimna impura2019PhoenixEulithis prunata2019PhoenixEulithis prunata2019Dingy FootmanEilema griseola2019Dingy FootmanEilema griseola2019Straw UnderwingThalpophila matura2019Straw UnderwingThalpophila matura2019Scalloped OakCrocallis elinguaria2019Scalloped OakCrocallis elinguaria2019Mottled BeautyAlcis repandata2019Mottled BeautyAlcis repandata2019Events & activities nearby
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