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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome882 ha
Getting here
52.93924, -0.60507
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Great Tit
- ✦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
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Great Tit
- ✦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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Jackdaw, Great Tit, Blue Tit +60 more · last seen 2026; Lowland fens — specialist fen birds and passage waders
Free
Birds — Jackdaw, Great Tit, Blue Tit +60 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Grade I listed building: BELTON HOUSE
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Priority ponds — dragonflies, damselflies and aquatic invertebrates; Insects — Syrphus, Scathophaga stercoraria, Face Fly +70 more · last seen 2026
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Ruston Roadpublic footpath · 223 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 223 mPath type: unclassified
45 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Lincolnshire)Cycling route▾
The National Byway in Lincolnshire
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Route 15Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 15National Cycle Network
Route 22Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 22Regional cycle route
Route 11Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 11Regional cycle route
Route 15Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 15National Cycle Network
N/ACycling route303 m▾
Named routeLength 303 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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Wildlife to spot
26,398 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
26,398 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreat Tit · Blue Tit · Jackdaw · Coal Tit · Wren +30
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- TealAnas crecca
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- CootFulica atra
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Face Fly · Syrphus torvus · Red-belted Cleaver · Small Nettle Weevil · Hypera nigrirostris +10
- Face FlyMusca autumnalis
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
- Red-belted CleaverAglaostigma aucupariae
- Small Nettle WeevilNedyus quadrimaculatus
- Hypera nigrirostrisHypera nigrirostris
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Water Measurer
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
26,398 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreat Tit · Blue Tit · Jackdaw · Coal Tit · Wren +30
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- TealAnas crecca
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- CootFulica atra
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Face Fly · Syrphus torvus · Red-belted Cleaver · Small Nettle Weevil · Hypera nigrirostris +10
- Face FlyMusca autumnalis
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
- Red-belted CleaverAglaostigma aucupariae
- Small Nettle WeevilNedyus quadrimaculatus
- Hypera nigrirostrisHypera nigrirostris
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Water Measurer
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Hydrometra stagnorum
Hydrometra stagnorum
SyrphusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusEudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanellaEupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollaeMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxNorellia spinipesNorellia spinipesNorellia spinipesNorellia spinipesPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus