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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome27 ha
Getting here
52.93574, -0.92922
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦21+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Chaffinch
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦21+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Chaffinch
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Chaffinch, Wren +18 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Robin, Chaffinch, Wren +18 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Speckled Wood, Green-veined White +59 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Notts Wolds WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km▾
Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
49 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 64Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 64National Cycle Network
Route 15Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 15National Cycle Network
Fosse 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 48National Cycle Network
Grantham CanalCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Fosse2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 48National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route666 m▾
Named routeRef 15Length 666 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
16,233 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
16,233 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGrey Partridge · Kestrel
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Rabbit
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Small White · Speckled Wood · Common Darter · Southern Hawker · Banded Demoiselle +26
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,233 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGrey Partridge · Kestrel
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Rabbit
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Small White · Speckled Wood · Common Darter · Southern Hawker · Banded Demoiselle +26
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Large WhitePieris brassicae2024Large WhitePieris brassicae2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025PeacockAglais io2024PeacockAglais io2024Green ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2025Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025Leucozona lucorumLeucozona lucorum2025Leucozona lucorumLeucozona lucorum202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2025Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024Brown ArgusAricia agestis2024Brown ArgusAricia agestis2024