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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐝81+ species of insects recorded here — summer is peak season; Marmalade Hoverfly and Western Honey Bee are among those observed
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐾Animal sanctuary on site — a good way to combine wildlife and an animal visit in the same trip

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐝81+ species of insects recorded here — summer is peak season; Marmalade Hoverfly and Western Honey Bee are among those observed
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐾Animal sanctuary on site — a good way to combine wildlife and an animal visit in the same trip

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Farm visit

Best for

7 activities

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Marmalade Hoverfly, Western Honey Bee, Melanostoma mellinum +78 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Marmalade Hoverfly, Western Honey Bee, Melanostoma mellinum +78 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Bramble, Common Nettle, Cow Parsley +94 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Bramble, Common Nettle, Cow Parsley +94 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Bramble, Common Nettle, Hogweed +12 more foraging species

Varies

Farm visits

Strong match

Farm shop

Varies

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Kestrel, Jackdaw +4 more · last seen 2024; Birds — Woodpigeon, Kestrel, Jackdaw +4 more · last seen 2024

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby · 6 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

The Danelaw WayWalking route

Named route

🐴

Horse riding

5 public paths nearby

Public paths

Colsterworth Lanerestricted byway · 1.4 km

Public pathrestricted bywayLength 1.4 kmSurface gravelPath type: track

Colsterworth Lanerestricted byway · 9 m

Public pathrestricted bywayLength 9 mSurface gravelPath type: track

Barn Lanerestricted byway · 165 m

Public pathrestricted bywayLength 165 mSurface gravelPath type: track

Colsterworth Lanerestricted byway · 12 m

Public pathrestricted bywayLength 12 mSurface gravelPath type: track

Colsterworth Lanerestricted byway · 32 m

Public pathrestricted bywayLength 32 mSurface gravelPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

3,614 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,614 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds9 species

summer

2025

Buzzard · Woodpigeon · Red Kite · Kestrel · Jackdaw +4

BuzzardButeo buteo
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
Red KiteMilvus milvus2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
JackdawColoeus monedula2022
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2021
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2020
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2020
House SparrowPasser domesticus2020

🐝

Insects75 species

summer

2025

Marmalade Hoverfly · Western Honey Bee · Melanostoma mellinum · Sharp-collared Furrow Bee · Syrphus ribesii +70

Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2023
Melanostoma mellinumMelanostoma mellinum2021
Sharp-collared Furrow BeeLasioglossum malachurum2023
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2023
Platycheirus manicatusPlatycheirus manicatus2023
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2023
Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2023
Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2022
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2023
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2023
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2023
Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum2022
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2020
Buffish Mining BeeAndrena nigroaenea2022
Common Yellow-face BeeHylaeus communis2021
Common Furrow BeeLasioglossum calceatum2019
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2023
Bronze Furrow BeeHalictus tumulorum2023
Orange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoa2023
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2022
White-tailed BumblebeeBombus lucorum/terrestris/magnus/cryptarum2022
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2021
PeacockAglais io2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Hawthorn Mining BeeAndrena chrysosceles2019
Syrphus vitripennisSyrphus vitripennis2021
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
Bloomed Furrow BeeLasioglossum albipes2019
Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2019
White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2023
Vestal Cuckoo BeeBombus vestalis2023
Sphaerophoria rueppelliiSphaerophoria rueppellii2021
Yellow-legged Mining BeeAndrena flavipes2019
Bombus terrestris subsp. audaxBombus terrestris subsp. audax2019
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2019
Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum
Turquoise Furrow BeeLasioglossum cupromicans2023
MelanostomaMelanostoma2023
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2022
White-footed Furrow BeeLasioglossum leucopus2022
Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2022
Cheilosia proximaCheilosia proxima2021
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2021
Gwynne's Mining BeeAndrena bicolor2021
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2021
Phryganea bipunctataPhryganea bipunctata2019
Athripsodes aterrimusAthripsodes aterrimus2019
Tinodes waeneriTinodes waeneri2019
Hill Cuckoo BeeBombus rupestris2019
Yellow-legged Furrow BeeHalictus rubicundus2019
Platycheirus peltatusPlatycheirus peltatus2019
Dull-headed Blood BeeSphecodes ferruginatus2019
Barbut's Cuckoo BeeBombus barbutellus2019
Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2019
Common Mini-minerAndrena minutula2019
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
Chalk Furrow BeeLasioglossum fulvicorne2019
Shaggy Furrow BeeLasioglossum villosulum2019
Brachycentrus subnubilusBrachycentrus subnubilus2019
Hydropsyche angustipennisHydropsyche angustipennis2019
Athripsodes albifronsAthripsodes albifrons2019
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2019
Chocolate Mining BeeAndrena scotica2019
Lathbury's Nomad BeeNomada lathburiana2019
Shiny-margined Mini-minerAndrena semilaevis2019
Fork-jawed Nomad BeeNomada ruficornis2019
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019

🌿

Plants107 species

springsummer

2025

Bramble · Common Nettle · Cow Parsley · Cleavers · Hogweed +102

BrambleRubus fruticosus
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
CleaversGalium aparine
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
DandelionTaraxacum2022
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2024
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2024
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Hoary PlantainPlantago media
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
White CloverTrifolium repens
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2022
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2022
Red CampionSilene dioica
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
IvyHedera helix2024
TimothyPhleum pratense2022
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024
ElderSambucus nigra2024
White Dead-nettleLamium album2024
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2022
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Curled DockRumex crispus
White BryonyBryonia dioica2024
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2022
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2022
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2022
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2021
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
AshFraxinus excelsior2021
Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla
Field MapleAcer campestre2024
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2022
Curled Dock / Broad-leaved DockRumex crispus/obtusifolius
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus
Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella2024
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2024
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2022
Slender ThistleCarduus tenuiflorus2022
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2022
RyegrassLolium2021
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2024
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2024
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis var. stonestreetii2023
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2022
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2021
Lesser / Wood BurdockArctium minus2021
NipplewortLapsana communis2020
Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa2020
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2019
Goldilocks ButtercupRanunculus auricomus2019
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Taraxacum agg.Taraxacum agg.2024
Gold-of-pleasureCamelina sativa2024
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2024
HawkbitLeontodon hispidus x saxatilis = L. x vegetus2024
Epilobium roseum x tetragonum = E. x borbasianumEpilobium roseum x tetragonum = E. x borbasianum2024
Carline ThistleCarlina vulgaris2024
BurdockArctium2023
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2023
Meadow ThistleCirsium dissectum2023
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2023
Treacle-mustardErysimum cheiranthoides2022
Common ChickweedStellaria media2022
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2022
AlliariaAlliaria2022
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2022
Common SedgeCarex nigra2022
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2021
Forget-Me-NotMyosotis2021
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2021
BugleAjuga reptans2021
Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis2021
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2021
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2021
Geranium molle var. molleGeranium molle var. molle2021
HemlockConium maculatum2020
Rumex obtusifolius var. microcarpusRumex obtusifolius var. microcarpus2020
Wild-oatAvena fatua2020
Phleum pratensePhleum pratense2020
Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis2019
Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola2019
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2019
BetonyBetonica officinalis2019
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2019
Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2019
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2019
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2019
Fat-henChenopodium album2019
HazelCorylus avellana2019
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2019
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2019
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2019
daffodilsNarcissus2019
Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2019
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2019
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2019

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,614 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds9 species

summer

2025

Buzzard · Woodpigeon · Red Kite · Kestrel · Jackdaw +4

BuzzardButeo buteo
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
Red KiteMilvus milvus2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
JackdawColoeus monedula2022
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2021
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2020
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2020
House SparrowPasser domesticus2020

🐝

Insects75 species

summer

2025

Marmalade Hoverfly · Western Honey Bee · Melanostoma mellinum · Sharp-collared Furrow Bee · Syrphus ribesii +70

Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2023
Melanostoma mellinumMelanostoma mellinum2021
Sharp-collared Furrow BeeLasioglossum malachurum2023
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2023
Platycheirus manicatusPlatycheirus manicatus2023
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2023
Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2023
Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2022
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2023
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2023
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2023
Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum2022
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2020
Buffish Mining BeeAndrena nigroaenea2022
Common Yellow-face BeeHylaeus communis2021
Common Furrow BeeLasioglossum calceatum2019
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2023
Bronze Furrow BeeHalictus tumulorum2023
Orange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoa2023
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2022
White-tailed BumblebeeBombus lucorum/terrestris/magnus/cryptarum2022
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2021
PeacockAglais io2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Hawthorn Mining BeeAndrena chrysosceles2019
Syrphus vitripennisSyrphus vitripennis2021
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
Bloomed Furrow BeeLasioglossum albipes2019
Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2019
White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2023
Vestal Cuckoo BeeBombus vestalis2023
Sphaerophoria rueppelliiSphaerophoria rueppellii2021
Yellow-legged Mining BeeAndrena flavipes2019
Bombus terrestris subsp. audaxBombus terrestris subsp. audax2019
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2019
Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum
Turquoise Furrow BeeLasioglossum cupromicans2023
MelanostomaMelanostoma2023
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2022
White-footed Furrow BeeLasioglossum leucopus2022
Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2022
Cheilosia proximaCheilosia proxima2021
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2021
Gwynne's Mining BeeAndrena bicolor2021
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2021
Phryganea bipunctataPhryganea bipunctata2019
Athripsodes aterrimusAthripsodes aterrimus2019
Tinodes waeneriTinodes waeneri2019
Hill Cuckoo BeeBombus rupestris2019
Yellow-legged Furrow BeeHalictus rubicundus2019
Platycheirus peltatusPlatycheirus peltatus2019
Dull-headed Blood BeeSphecodes ferruginatus2019
Barbut's Cuckoo BeeBombus barbutellus2019
Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2019
Common Mini-minerAndrena minutula2019
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
Chalk Furrow BeeLasioglossum fulvicorne2019
Shaggy Furrow BeeLasioglossum villosulum2019
Brachycentrus subnubilusBrachycentrus subnubilus2019
Hydropsyche angustipennisHydropsyche angustipennis2019
Athripsodes albifronsAthripsodes albifrons2019
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2019
Chocolate Mining BeeAndrena scotica2019
Lathbury's Nomad BeeNomada lathburiana2019
Shiny-margined Mini-minerAndrena semilaevis2019
Fork-jawed Nomad BeeNomada ruficornis2019
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019

🌿

Plants107 species

springsummer

2025

Bramble · Common Nettle · Cow Parsley · Cleavers · Hogweed +102

BrambleRubus fruticosus
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
CleaversGalium aparine
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
DandelionTaraxacum2022
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2024
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2024
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Hoary PlantainPlantago media
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
White CloverTrifolium repens
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2022
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2022
Red CampionSilene dioica
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
IvyHedera helix2024
TimothyPhleum pratense2022
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024
ElderSambucus nigra2024
White Dead-nettleLamium album2024
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2022
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Curled DockRumex crispus
White BryonyBryonia dioica2024
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2022
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2022
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2022
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2021
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
AshFraxinus excelsior2021
Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla
Field MapleAcer campestre2024
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2022
Curled Dock / Broad-leaved DockRumex crispus/obtusifolius
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus
Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella2024
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2024
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2022
Slender ThistleCarduus tenuiflorus2022
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2022
RyegrassLolium2021
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2024
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2024
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis var. stonestreetii2023
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2022
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2021
Lesser / Wood BurdockArctium minus2021
NipplewortLapsana communis2020
Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa2020
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2019
Goldilocks ButtercupRanunculus auricomus2019
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Taraxacum agg.Taraxacum agg.2024
Gold-of-pleasureCamelina sativa2024
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2024
HawkbitLeontodon hispidus x saxatilis = L. x vegetus2024
Epilobium roseum x tetragonum = E. x borbasianumEpilobium roseum x tetragonum = E. x borbasianum2024
Carline ThistleCarlina vulgaris2024
BurdockArctium2023
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2023
Meadow ThistleCirsium dissectum2023
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2023
Treacle-mustardErysimum cheiranthoides2022
Common ChickweedStellaria media2022
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2022
AlliariaAlliaria2022
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2022
Common SedgeCarex nigra2022
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2021
Forget-Me-NotMyosotis2021
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2021
BugleAjuga reptans2021
Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis2021
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2021
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2021
Geranium molle var. molleGeranium molle var. molle2021
HemlockConium maculatum2020
Rumex obtusifolius var. microcarpusRumex obtusifolius var. microcarpus2020
Wild-oatAvena fatua2020
Phleum pratensePhleum pratense2020
Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis2019
Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola2019
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2019
BetonyBetonica officinalis2019
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2019
Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2019
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2019
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2019
Fat-henChenopodium album2019
HazelCorylus avellana2019
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2019
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2019
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2019
daffodilsNarcissus2019
Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2019
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2019
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2019