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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessDogs welcome111 ha
Getting here
52.94928, -0.42066
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird 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
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird 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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Pheasant +59 more · last seen 2025; Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Pheasant +59 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Placopyrenium fuscellum, Variospora aurantia, Calogaya pusilla +50 more · last seen 2011
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small Tortoiseshell, Red Admiral, Peacock +44 more · last seen 2025
Free
〰Waterside walks
Good match
Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Sleaford - Greylees cycle trackCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 15Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 15National Cycle Network
Sleaford - Silk WilloughbyCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 151Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 151National Cycle Network
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
Aswarby Wood Yardrestricted byway · 123 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 123 mPath type: service
Aswarby Wood Yardrestricted byway · 70 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 70 mPath type: service
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
2,464 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,464 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Rook · Skylark · Yellowhammer +38
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SwiftApus apus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava flavissima2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Brown Hare · Hedgehog · Rabbit
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2023▾
Common Toad
Oxypselaphus obscurus · Demetrias atricapillus · Glischrochilus hortensis · Bembidion biguttatum · Green Shieldbug +2
- Oxypselaphus obscurusOxypselaphus obscurus2019
- Demetrias atricapillusDemetrias atricapillus2019
- Glischrochilus hortensisGlischrochilus hortensis2019
- Bembidion biguttatumBembidion biguttatum2019
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle
Redshank · Dove's-foot Crane's-bill · Centaurea nigra · Creeping Thistle · Blackthorn +62
- RedshankPersicaria maculosa
- Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
- Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,464 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Rook · Skylark · Yellowhammer +38
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SwiftApus apus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava flavissima2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Brown Hare · Hedgehog · Rabbit
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2023▾
Common Toad
Oxypselaphus obscurus · Demetrias atricapillus · Glischrochilus hortensis · Bembidion biguttatum · Green Shieldbug +2
- Oxypselaphus obscurusOxypselaphus obscurus2019
- Demetrias atricapillusDemetrias atricapillus2019
- Glischrochilus hortensisGlischrochilus hortensis2019
- Bembidion biguttatumBembidion biguttatum2019
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle
Redshank · Dove's-foot Crane's-bill · Centaurea nigra · Creeping Thistle · Blackthorn +62
- RedshankPersicaria maculosa
- Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
- Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Psylliodes chrysocephala2019
Psylliodes chrysocephala2019
Bembidion quadrimaculatumBembidion quadrimaculatum2019Bembidion quadrimaculatumBembidion quadrimaculatum2019Red BartsiaOdontites vernusRed BartsiaOdontites vernusAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusCommon FleabanePulicaria dysentericaCommon FleabanePulicaria dysentericaRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifoliumRosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifoliumCock's-footDactylis glomerataCock's-footDactylis glomerataBrambleRubus fruticosusBrambleRubus fruticosusHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansGroundselSenecio vulgarisGroundselSenecio vulgarisElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaWater BentPolypogon viridisWater BentPolypogon viridisCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineSwine-cressLepidium coronopusSwine-cressLepidium coronopusWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumDog-roseRosa caninaDog-roseRosa caninaNipplewortLapsana communisNipplewortLapsana communisHoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorumHoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorumBristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioidesBristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioidesCommon Field-speedwellVeronica persicaCommon Field-speedwellVeronica persicaDaisyBellis perennisDaisyBellis perennisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisHard RushJuncus inflexusHard RushJuncus inflexusHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumPedunculate OakQuercus roburPedunculate OakQuercus roburFox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiacaFox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiacaHopHumulus lupulusHopHumulus lupulusCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaCut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectumCut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectumPellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaicaPellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaicaHedge MustardSisymbrium officinaleHedge MustardSisymbrium officinaleSmall-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillumSmall-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillumPrickly Sow-thistleSonchus asperPrickly Sow-thistleSonchus asperSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusIvyHedera helixIvyHedera helixTufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosaTufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosaField BindweedConvolvulus arvensisField BindweedConvolvulus arvensisAshFraxinus excelsiorAshFraxinus excelsiorMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaBlack HorehoundBallota nigraBlack HorehoundBallota nigraWild TeaselDipsacus fullonumWild TeaselDipsacus fullonumPineappleweedMatricaria discoideaPineappleweedMatricaria discoideaYarrowAchillea millefoliumYarrowAchillea millefoliumDandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumGreater PlantainPlantago majorGreater PlantainPlantago majorHedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicumHedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicumProcumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculataProcumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculataGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumBrackenPteridium aquilinumBrackenPteridium aquilinumHoary RagwortJacobaea erucifoliaHoary RagwortJacobaea erucifoliaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaWhite CloverTrifolium repensWhite CloverTrifolium repensWood AvensGeum urbanumWood AvensGeum urbanumField Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensisField Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensisBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensEvents & activities nearby
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