Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.04598, -0.38659
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
- ✦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
- 🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
- ✦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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Goldfinch +70 more · last seen 2026
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Goldfinch +70 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 10-spot Ladybird, Painted Lady, Harlequin Ladybird +99 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
⛪Churchyard walks
Good match
Churchyard or religious grounds — wildlife sanctuary and quiet reflection
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 22 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Spires and Steeples TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Pinfold Waypublic footpath · 40 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 40 mPath type: residential
Queenswaypublic footpath · 115 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 115 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Parkfield Roadpublic footpath · 91 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 91 mPath type: residential
17 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Leasingham - SleafordCycling route▾
Named routeRef 151National Cycle Network
Sleaford - Ruskington Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 151Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 151National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route215 m▾
Named routeRef 151Length 215 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route503 m▾
Named routeRef 151Length 503 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route612 m▾
Named routeRef 151Length 612 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Ruskington - All Saints' Church
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
6,721 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,721 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Pied Wagtail +36
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Great TitParus major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MagpiePica pica2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Mole · Water Vole · Muntjac
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2023
🐸Amphibians3 species
spring
2025▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog · Common Toad
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects30 species
springsummer
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Common Cockchafer · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle +25
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,721 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Pied Wagtail +36
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Great TitParus major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MagpiePica pica2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Mole · Water Vole · Muntjac
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2023
🐸Amphibians3 species
spring
2025▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog · Common Toad
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects30 species
springsummer
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Common Cockchafer · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle +25
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Field Grasshopper
Field Grasshopper
Chorthippus brunneus2024
Chorthippus brunneus2024
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2023Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2023SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2023SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2023Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2023Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2023Lesser Grain BorerRhyzopertha dominica2025Lesser Grain BorerRhyzopertha dominica2025Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2025Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2025Asparagus BeetleCrioceris asparagi2025Asparagus BeetleCrioceris asparagi2025Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025Blue ShieldbugZicrona caerulea2025Blue ShieldbugZicrona caerulea2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Mordellochroa abdominalisMordellochroa abdominalis2025Mordellochroa abdominalisMordellochroa abdominalis2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024Black-horned GemMicrochrysa polita2024Black-horned GemMicrochrysa polita2024Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2024Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2024Pied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolor2024Pied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolor2024Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2024Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2024Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2024Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2024Cartodere bifasciataCartodere bifasciata2024Cartodere bifasciataCartodere bifasciata202410-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata202310-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2023Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2023Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2023Events & activities nearby
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