Careby Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland6 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
52.72527, -0.47115
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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
Rutland RoundWalking route105 km▾
Named routeLength 105 kmRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Lincolnshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
4,774 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,774 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds26 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Robin · Mallard · Moorhen · Chaffinch · Green Woodpecker +21
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Great TitParus major
- CootFulica atra
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Common Shrew
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
Common Blue Damselfly
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Eyebright · Ribwort Plantain · Lady's Bedstraw · Shepherd's-purse · Hoary Plantain +85
- EyebrightEuphrasia
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Hoary PlantainPlantago media
- Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
- Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,774 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds26 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Robin · Mallard · Moorhen · Chaffinch · Green Woodpecker +21
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Great TitParus major
- CootFulica atra
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Common Shrew
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
Common Blue Damselfly
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Eyebright · Ribwort Plantain · Lady's Bedstraw · Shepherd's-purse · Hoary Plantain +85
- EyebrightEuphrasia
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Hoary PlantainPlantago media
- Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
- Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas