Greatford Wood - Broadleaved woodland
10 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome10 ha
Getting here
52.69297, -0.39949
Open directionsv
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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 15 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
Torpel WayWalking route▾
Greatford Gardenspublic footpath · 170 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 170 mPath type: residential
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Deepings (Lincolnshire Cycle Routes)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
7,563 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,563 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds12 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Wigeon · Shoveler · Pochard · Merlin · Mallard +7
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PochardAythya ferina
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2021
Grey Squirrel · Badger · Fallow Deer · Brown Hare · Rabbit +1
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2021
- BadgerMeles meles2021
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
Gatekeeper · Small White · Speckled Wood · Meadow Brown · Green-veined White +27
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
Caper Spurge · Annual Mercury · Mistletoe · Yarrow · Ground-ivy +16
- Caper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyris
- Annual MercuryMercurialis annua
- MistletoeViscum album2021
- YarrowAchillea millefolium2021
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2021
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2021
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,563 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds12 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Wigeon · Shoveler · Pochard · Merlin · Mallard +7
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PochardAythya ferina
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2021
Grey Squirrel · Badger · Fallow Deer · Brown Hare · Rabbit +1
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2021
- BadgerMeles meles2021
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
Gatekeeper · Small White · Speckled Wood · Meadow Brown · Green-veined White +27
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
Caper Spurge · Annual Mercury · Mistletoe · Yarrow · Ground-ivy +16
- Caper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyris
- Annual MercuryMercurialis annua
- MistletoeViscum album2021
- YarrowAchillea millefolium2021
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2021
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2021
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2022RingletAphantopus hyperantus2022PeacockAglais io2024PeacockAglais io2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2023Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2023Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024Hawthorn ParornixParornix anglicella2022Hawthorn ParornixParornix anglicella2022Maple DotStigmella aceris2022Maple DotStigmella aceris2022Hazel ParornixParornix devoniella2022Hazel ParornixParornix devoniella2022Golden DotStigmella aurella2022Golden DotStigmella aurella2022Apple Leaf MinerLyonetia clerkella2022Apple Leaf MinerLyonetia clerkella2022Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2022Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2022Ledra auritaLedra auritaLedra auritaLedra auritaCommon DarterSympetrum striolatum2024Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024Maple Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter acerifoliella2022Maple Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter acerifoliella2022Blackthorn Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter spinicolella2022Blackthorn Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter spinicolella2022Fruit-tree DotStigmella oxyacanthella2022Fruit-tree DotStigmella oxyacanthella2022Barred Fruit-tree DotEctoedemia atricollis2022Barred Fruit-tree DotEctoedemia atricollis2022Hazel leaf-minerPhyllonorycter nicellii2022Hazel leaf-minerPhyllonorycter nicellii2022Hawthorn DrabParaswammerdamia nebulella2022Hawthorn DrabParaswammerdamia nebulella2022Speckled Hazel DotStigmella floslactella2022Speckled Hazel DotStigmella floslactella2022Nut Leaf Blister MothPhyllonorycter coryli2022Nut Leaf Blister MothPhyllonorycter coryli2022White-banded DotEctoedemia albifasciella2022White-banded DotEctoedemia albifasciella2022Garden StiltGracillaria syringella2022Garden StiltGracillaria syringella2022Broken-barred Oak DotEctoedemia subbimaculella2022Broken-barred Oak DotEctoedemia subbimaculella2022Willow Bent-wingPhyllocnistis saligna2022Willow Bent-wingPhyllocnistis saligna2022Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2022Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2022BeechFagus sylvatica2021BeechFagus sylvatica2021Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2021Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2021Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2021Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2021Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum2021Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum2021DandelionTaraxacum2021DandelionTaraxacum2021Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2021Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2021Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2021Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2021BrambleRubus fruticosus2021BrambleRubus fruticosus2021Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum2021Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum2021Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2021Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2021HawthornCrataegus monogyna2021HawthornCrataegus monogyna2021Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2021Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2021SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2021SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2021Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2021Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2021BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana2021BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana2021Events & activities nearby
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