Aswarby Thorns - Woodland
6 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
52.95599, -0.38832
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕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
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Spires and Steeples TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Sleaford - Greylees cycle trackCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 15Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 15National Cycle Network
Sleaford - Ruskington Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Boston Road Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Sleaford - Silk WilloughbyCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 151Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 151National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
2,120 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,120 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
springsummer
2025▾
Blackbird · Chaffinch · Robin · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit +27
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2020
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2020
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2020
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2020
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Brown Hare · Hedgehog
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2024▾
Great Crested Newt · frogs and toads
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- frogs and toadsAnura
Anthomyia · 7-spot Ladybird · Volucella inanis · Roesel's Bush-cricket
- AnthomyiaAnthomyia
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Volucella inanisVolucella inanis
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
Common Mouse-ear · Bramble · Dwarf Spurge · Tall Fescue · White Clover +116
- Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Dwarf SpurgeEuphorbia exigua
- Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- CowslipPrimula veris
- Equal-leaved KnotgrassPolygonum arenastrum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,120 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
springsummer
2025▾
Blackbird · Chaffinch · Robin · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit +27
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2020
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2020
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2020
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2020
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Brown Hare · Hedgehog
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2024▾
Great Crested Newt · frogs and toads
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- frogs and toadsAnura
Anthomyia · 7-spot Ladybird · Volucella inanis · Roesel's Bush-cricket
- AnthomyiaAnthomyia
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Volucella inanisVolucella inanis
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
Common Mouse-ear · Bramble · Dwarf Spurge · Tall Fescue · White Clover +116
- Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Dwarf SpurgeEuphorbia exigua
- Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- CowslipPrimula veris
- Equal-leaved KnotgrassPolygonum arenastrum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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