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Beech Plantation

3 ha

📷 Ian Paterson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking on site — 20 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking on site — 20 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Blackbird +57 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Blackbird +57 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Swollen-thighed Beetle, Roesel's Bush-cricket, 24-spot Ladybird +8 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Swollen-thighed Beetle, Roesel's Bush-cricket, 24-spot Ladybird +8 more · last seen 2024

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Good match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Sleaford - Greylees cycle trackCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

A607 Cycle PathCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 151Cycling route

Named routeRef 151National Cycle Network

🐴

Horse riding

4 public paths nearby

Public paths

Lighter-than-Air Roadrestricted byway · 18 m

Public pathrestricted bywayLength 18 mSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified

Lighter-than-Air Roadrestricted byway · 794 m

Public pathrestricted bywayLength 794 mSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified

Lighter-than-Air Roadrestricted byway · 18 m

Public pathrestricted bywayLength 18 mSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified

Lighter-than-Air Roadrestricted byway · 35 m

Public pathrestricted bywayLength 35 mSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified

Wildlife to spot

3,468 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,468 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2025

Blue Tit · Great Tit · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Dunnock +57

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2022
JackdawColoeus monedula2022
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
RobinErithacus rubecula
Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
MagpiePica pica
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2023
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
SwallowHirundo rustica2023
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
NuthatchSitta europaea2022
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2021
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
Common GullLarus canus2022
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2022
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
SwiftApus apus2021
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2021
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2022
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2021
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2023
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
Willow TitPoecile montanus2022
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
JayGarrulus glandarius2021
RavenCorvus corax2021
House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
SiskinSpinus spinus2021
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2021
LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
Barn OwlTyto alba2023
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2021
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2021
GreenshankTringa nebularia2021
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2021
Strix aluco sylvaticaStrix aluco sylvatica2021
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2021

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2024

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐝

Insects11 species

summer

2024

Swollen-thighed Beetle · Roesel's Bush-cricket · 24-spot Ladybird · Chrysolina hyperici · House Cricket +6

Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2022
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
Chrysolina hypericiChrysolina hyperici
House CricketAcheta domesticus2022
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2022
Tiger CraneflyNephrotoma flavescens2022
Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa2022
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2021
Anchomenus dorsalisAnchomenus dorsalis2021
Bean Seed BeetleBruchus rufimanus2021

🌿

Plants2 species

summer

2025

Smooth Rupturewort · Yellow Feather-moss

Smooth RupturewortHerniaria glabra
Yellow Feather-mossHomalothecium lutescens2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,468 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2025

Blue Tit · Great Tit · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Dunnock +57

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2022
JackdawColoeus monedula2022
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
RobinErithacus rubecula
Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
MagpiePica pica
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2023
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
SwallowHirundo rustica2023
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
NuthatchSitta europaea2022
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2021
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
Common GullLarus canus2022
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2022
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
SwiftApus apus2021
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2021
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2022
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2021
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2023
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
Willow TitPoecile montanus2022
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
JayGarrulus glandarius2021
RavenCorvus corax2021
House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
SiskinSpinus spinus2021
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2021
LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
Barn OwlTyto alba2023
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2021
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2021
GreenshankTringa nebularia2021
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2021
Strix aluco sylvaticaStrix aluco sylvatica2021
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2021

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2024

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐝

Insects11 species

summer

2024

Swollen-thighed Beetle · Roesel's Bush-cricket · 24-spot Ladybird · Chrysolina hyperici · House Cricket +6

Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2022
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
Chrysolina hypericiChrysolina hyperici
House CricketAcheta domesticus2022
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2022
Tiger CraneflyNephrotoma flavescens2022
Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa2022
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2021
Anchomenus dorsalisAnchomenus dorsalis2021
Bean Seed BeetleBruchus rufimanus2021

🌿

Plants2 species

summer

2025

Smooth Rupturewort · Yellow Feather-moss

Smooth RupturewortHerniaria glabra
Yellow Feather-mossHomalothecium lutescens2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Ian Paterson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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