The Sands - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
52.73780, -0.43198
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
- 🅿️Parking 290m away — 6 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Parking 290m away — 6 car parks within reach
- £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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Lincolnshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
3,844 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,844 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springsummer
2025▾
Little Egret · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow +40
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- WigeonMareca penelope2024
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2023
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2022
🦌Mammals8 species
springsummer
2024▾
Muntjac · Brown Hare · Rabbit · Indet. Deer · Badger +3
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Indet. DeerCervidae2023
- BadgerMeles meles2023
- Fallow DeerDama dama
Cercopis vulnerata · Harlequin Ladybird · Cabbage Bug · 16-spot Ladybird
- Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
Man Orchid
- Man OrchidOrchis anthropophora
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,844 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springsummer
2025▾
Little Egret · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow +40
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- WigeonMareca penelope2024
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2023
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2022
🦌Mammals8 species
springsummer
2024▾
Muntjac · Brown Hare · Rabbit · Indet. Deer · Badger +3
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Indet. DeerCervidae2023
- BadgerMeles meles2023
- Fallow DeerDama dama
Cercopis vulnerata · Harlequin Ladybird · Cabbage Bug · 16-spot Ladybird
- Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
Man Orchid
- Man OrchidOrchis anthropophora
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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