Woodland near Gunness
5 ha
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife〰Water
Free entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
53.59699, -0.71800
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
- 🥾Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat
- 🐕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
- 🥾Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat
- 🐕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
Strong match
Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh priority habitat
Free
〰Waterside walks
Good match
Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km▾
Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
35 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Lincolnshire)Cycling route▾
The National Byway in Lincolnshire
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Isle of Axholme GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 169Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 169National Cycle Network
N/ACycling route120 m▾
Named routeLength 120 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route167 m▾
Named routeLength 167 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route323 m▾
Named routeLength 323 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
1,623 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,623 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
springsummer
2025▾
Little Egret · Swift · Collared Dove · Blackbird · Robin +33
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2021
- SwallowHirundo rustica2021
- JackdawColoeus monedula2021
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2022
- CurlewNumenius arquata2022
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2022
- Common GullLarus canus2022
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2021
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2021
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2021
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2021
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2021
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
- CuckooCuculus canorus2019
🦌Mammals10 species
winterspringsummer
2024▾
Pipistrelle Bat species · Badger · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Bat +5
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- BadgerMeles meles2019
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2019
- BatChiroptera2019
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects14 species
springsummer
2024▾
Lily Beetle · Southern Hawker · Heterotoma planicornis · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Celery Leaf Beetle +9
- Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2019
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Heterotoma planicornisHeterotoma planicornis2023
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2022
- Celery Leaf BeetlePhaedon tumidulus2021
🌿Plants24 species
springsummer
2024▾
Amphibious Bistort · Common Reed · Snowdrop · Hemp-agrimony · Bulrush +19
- Amphibious BistortPersicaria amphibia
- Common ReedPhragmites australis2023
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2020
- Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2023
- BulrushTypha latifolia2023
- Cymbalaria muralis subsp. muralis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,623 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
springsummer
2025▾
Little Egret · Swift · Collared Dove · Blackbird · Robin +33
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2021
- SwallowHirundo rustica2021
- JackdawColoeus monedula2021
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2022
- CurlewNumenius arquata2022
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2022
- Common GullLarus canus2022
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2021
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2021
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2021
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2021
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2021
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
- CuckooCuculus canorus2019
🦌Mammals10 species
winterspringsummer
2024▾
Pipistrelle Bat species · Badger · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Bat +5
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- BadgerMeles meles2019
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2019
- BatChiroptera2019
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects14 species
springsummer
2024▾
Lily Beetle · Southern Hawker · Heterotoma planicornis · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Celery Leaf Beetle +9
- Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2019
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Heterotoma planicornisHeterotoma planicornis2023
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2022
- Celery Leaf BeetlePhaedon tumidulus2021
🌿Plants24 species
springsummer
2024▾
Amphibious Bistort · Common Reed · Snowdrop · Hemp-agrimony · Bulrush +19
- Amphibious BistortPersicaria amphibia
- Common ReedPhragmites australis2023
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2020
- Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2023
- BulrushTypha latifolia2023
- Cymbalaria muralis subsp. muralis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Brown Rat
Brown Rat
Rattus norvegicus2019
Rattus norvegicus2019
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritusBrown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritusCommon PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellusCommon PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellusWater VoleArvicola amphibiusWater VoleArvicola amphibiusRoe DeerCapreolus capreolus2019Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2019Strawberry-blossom Weevil
Strawberry-blossom Weevil
Anthonomus rubi2021
Anthonomus rubi2021
Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2021Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2021Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis2021Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis20217-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20217-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2021Bromius obscurusBromius obscurus2021Bromius obscurusBromius obscurus2021Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2020Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2020Small WhitePieris rapae2019Small WhitePieris rapae2019PeacockAglais io2019PeacockAglais io2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Cymbalaria muralis subsp. muralis2023
Cymbalaria muralis subsp. muralis2023
Common WhitebeamSorbus aria2023Common WhitebeamSorbus aria2023Field Forget-Me-NotMyosotis arvensis var. sylvestris2023Field Forget-Me-NotMyosotis arvensis var. sylvestris2023Hard RushJuncus inflexus2023Hard RushJuncus inflexus2023Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata2023Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata2023Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2023Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2023BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2023BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2023Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2020Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2020Great BindweedCalystegia sepium subsp. sepium2020Great BindweedCalystegia sepium subsp. sepium2020Salix x mollissima var. undulataSalix x mollissima var. undulata2020Salix x mollissima var. undulataSalix x mollissima var. undulata2020New Zealand PigmyweedCrassula helmsii2020New Zealand PigmyweedCrassula helmsii2020Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2020Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2020Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2020Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2020Acer pseudoplatanus var. pseudoplatanusAcer pseudoplatanus var. pseudoplatanus2020Acer pseudoplatanus var. pseudoplatanusAcer pseudoplatanus var. pseudoplatanus2020Greater DuckweedSpirodela polyrhiza2020Greater DuckweedSpirodela polyrhiza2020Phalaris arundinacea var. arundinaceaPhalaris arundinacea var. arundinacea2020Phalaris arundinacea var. arundinaceaPhalaris arundinacea var. arundinacea2020Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2020Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2020Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2019Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2019Green SnowdropGalanthus woronowii2019Green SnowdropGalanthus woronowii2019Events & activities nearby
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