Bassetlaw Museum (Amcott House)
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
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Getting here
53.32195, -0.93963
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️The Dominie Cross Car Park 49m away — 10 car parks within reach, toilets nearby
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️The Dominie Cross Car Park 49m away — 10 car parks within reach, toilets nearby
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Great Tit +77 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Great Tit +77 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Green Shieldbug, Cream-spot Ladybird +154 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Lincolnshire)Cycling route▾
The National Byway in Lincolnshire
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway Retford LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
17,460 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,460 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds53 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Dunnock · Great Tit · Wren +48
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- SwiftApus apus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- CootFulica atra
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects42 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Common Darter · Cream-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Pine Ladybird · Parent Bug +37
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- Parent BugElasmucha grisea
🌿Plants6 species
springwinter
2025▾
Mistletoe · Weld · Broad-leaved Everlasting-pea · Horse-radish · Japanese Rose +1
- MistletoeViscum album
- WeldReseda luteola
- Broad-leaved Everlasting-peaLathyrus latifolius
- Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana
- Japanese RoseRosa rugosa
- Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,460 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds53 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Dunnock · Great Tit · Wren +48
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- SwiftApus apus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- CootFulica atra
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects42 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Common Darter · Cream-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Pine Ladybird · Parent Bug +37
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- Parent BugElasmucha grisea
🌿Plants6 species
springwinter
2025▾
Mistletoe · Weld · Broad-leaved Everlasting-pea · Horse-radish · Japanese Rose +1
- MistletoeViscum album
- WeldReseda luteola
- Broad-leaved Everlasting-peaLathyrus latifolius
- Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana
- Japanese RoseRosa rugosa
- Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes202510-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata202510-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025Orsillus depressusOrsillus depressusOrsillus depressusOrsillus depressusDromius quadrimaculatusDromius quadrimaculatusDromius quadrimaculatusDromius quadrimaculatusPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusRhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloidesBronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus2025Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus2025Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae2025Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae2025Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata2025Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Common StilettoThereva nobilitata2025Common StilettoThereva nobilitata2025Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025Black-horned GemMicrochrysa polita2025Black-horned GemMicrochrysa polita2025Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2025Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2025Graphomya maculataGraphomya maculata2025Graphomya maculataGraphomya maculata2025Leucozona lucorumLeucozona lucorum2025Leucozona lucorumLeucozona lucorum2025ParhelophilusParhelophilus2025ParhelophilusParhelophilus2025NeoasciaNeoascia2025NeoasciaNeoascia2025Agriotes obscurusAgriotes obscurus2025Agriotes obscurusAgriotes obscurus20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2025Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Field Damsel BugNabis (Nabis) ferus2025Field Damsel BugNabis (Nabis) ferus2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2024Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2024Ledra auritaLedra aurita2024Ledra auritaLedra aurita2024