Elsea Wood - Broadleaved woodland
0 ha
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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
52.76305, -0.46138
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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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
The Danelaw WayWalking route▾
Halehouse Roadpublic footpath · 629 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 629 mSurface asphaltPath type: track
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Lincolnshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
15,312 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
15,312 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreen Woodpecker · Cuckoo · Marsh Tit · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit +22
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
Muntjac · Rabbit · Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Fallow Deer
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Fallow DeerDama dama
Parydra coarctata · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Large Walnut Aphid · Common Blue Damselfly · Azure Damselfly +25
- Parydra coarctataParydra coarctata2024
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
- Large Walnut AphidPanaphis juglandis
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
Marsh-bedstraw · Rough Meadow-grass · False Fox-sedge · Creeping Bent · Heath Speedwell +124
- Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre
- Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis
- False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae
- Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
- Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,312 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreen Woodpecker · Cuckoo · Marsh Tit · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit +22
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
Muntjac · Rabbit · Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Fallow Deer
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Fallow DeerDama dama
Parydra coarctata · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Large Walnut Aphid · Common Blue Damselfly · Azure Damselfly +25
- Parydra coarctataParydra coarctata2024
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
- Large Walnut AphidPanaphis juglandis
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
Marsh-bedstraw · Rough Meadow-grass · False Fox-sedge · Creeping Bent · Heath Speedwell +124
- Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre
- Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis
- False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae
- Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
- Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Brown Hawker
Brown Hawker
Aeshna grandis
Aeshna grandis
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2024Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2024Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2024Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2024Dimorphic StriderMacrophya montana2024Dimorphic StriderMacrophya montana2024Orchid BeetleDascillus cervinus2024Orchid BeetleDascillus cervinus2024Sarcophaga pumilaSarcophaga pumila2024Sarcophaga pumilaSarcophaga pumila2024Agrypnus murinusAgrypnus murinus2024Agrypnus murinusAgrypnus murinus2024Common Green SawflyTenthredo mesomela2024Common Green SawflyTenthredo mesomela2024Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2024Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2024Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2024Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria202424-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata202424-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2024Hylemya variataHylemya variata2024Hylemya variataHylemya variata2024Platystoma seminationisPlatystoma seminationis2024Platystoma seminationisPlatystoma seminationis2024Fannia armataFannia armata2024Fannia armataFannia armata2024Empis caudatulaEmpis caudatula2024Empis caudatulaEmpis caudatula2024Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2024Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2024Rhamphomyia atraRhamphomyia atra2024Rhamphomyia atraRhamphomyia atra2024Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris2024Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris2024Chamaemyia herbarumChamaemyia herbarum2024Chamaemyia herbarumChamaemyia herbarum2024Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2024Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2024Opilo mollisOpilo mollis2024Opilo mollisOpilo mollis2024HogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseFairy FlaxLinum catharticumFairy FlaxLinum catharticumDaisyBellis perennisDaisyBellis perennisRed FescueFestuca rubraRed FescueFestuca rubraUpright BromeBromopsis erectaUpright BromeBromopsis erectaCreeping Soft-grassHolcus mollisCreeping Soft-grassHolcus mollisCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon CouchElymus repensCommon CouchElymus repensBrambleRubus fruticosusBrambleRubus fruticosusTufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosaTufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosaRed BartsiaOdontites vernusRed BartsiaOdontites vernusPerforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatumPerforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatumVeronica serpyllifolia subsp. serpyllifoliaVeronica serpyllifolia subsp. serpyllifoliaVeronica serpyllifolia subsp. serpyllifoliaVeronica serpyllifolia subsp. serpyllifoliaCreeping-JennyLysimachia nummulariaCreeping-JennyLysimachia nummulariaHairy SedgeCarex hirtaHairy SedgeCarex hirtaMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraCommon SallowSalix cinereaCommon SallowSalix cinereaCut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectumCut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectumSmaller Cat's-tailPhleum bertoloniiSmaller Cat's-tailPhleum bertoloniiDandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumCommon ValerianValeriana officinalisCommon ValerianValeriana officinalisBush VetchVicia sepiumBush VetchVicia sepiumSelfhealPrunella vulgarisSelfhealPrunella vulgarisPyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalisPyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalisBlackthornPrunus spinosaBlackthornPrunus spinosaGreater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatusGreater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatusFalse-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticumFalse-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticumSoft-bromeBromus hordeaceusSoft-bromeBromus hordeaceusCock's-footDactylis glomerataCock's-footDactylis glomerataCommon BentAgrostis capillarisCommon BentAgrostis capillarisPrimrosePrimula vulgarisPrimrosePrimula vulgarisWhite CloverTrifolium repensWhite CloverTrifolium repensBarren StrawberryPotentilla sterilisBarren StrawberryPotentilla sterilisLesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaMidland HawthornCrataegus laevigataMidland HawthornCrataegus laevigataSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareField MapleAcer campestreField MapleAcer campestreMeadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensisMeadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon FigwortScrophularia nodosaCommon FigwortScrophularia nodosaYellow-flowered StrawberryPotentilla indicaYellow-flowered StrawberryPotentilla indicaGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysBlack BryonyTamus communisBlack BryonyTamus communisWild TeaselDipsacus fullonumWild TeaselDipsacus fullonumCrested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatusCrested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatusRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataYellow-rattleRhinanthus minorYellow-rattleRhinanthus minorSpiked SedgeCarex spicataSpiked SedgeCarex spicataQuaking-grassBriza mediaQuaking-grassBriza mediaWood AvensGeum urbanumWood AvensGeum urbanumBroad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatataBroad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatataCat's-earHypochaeris radicataCat's-earHypochaeris radicataPedunculate OakQuercus roburPedunculate OakQuercus roburPerennial Rye-grassLolium perennePerennial Rye-grassLolium perenneWhite BryonyBryonia dioicaWhite BryonyBryonia dioicaMarsh ThistleCirsium palustreMarsh ThistleCirsium palustreBearded CouchElymus caninusBearded CouchElymus caninusCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumRed CloverTrifolium pratenseRed CloverTrifolium pratenseCompact RushJuncus conglomeratusCompact RushJuncus conglomeratusWild Service-treeSorbus torminalisWild Service-treeSorbus torminalisVioletViolaVioletViolaRemote SedgeCarex remotaRemote SedgeCarex remotaBugleAjuga reptansBugleAjuga reptansGreater PlantainPlantago majorGreater PlantainPlantago majorWood Small-reedCalamagrostis epigejosWood Small-reedCalamagrostis epigejosCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisWild AngelicaAngelica sylvestrisWild AngelicaAngelica sylvestrisCommon Dog-violetViola rivinianaCommon Dog-violetViola rivinianaYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusHedge BedstrawGalium albumHedge BedstrawGalium albumCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisSilverweedPotentilla anserinaSilverweedPotentilla anserinaMale-fernDryopteris filix-masMale-fernDryopteris filix-masCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensPale SedgeCarex pallescensPale SedgeCarex pallescensHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaWater MintMentha aquaticaWater MintMentha aquaticaLesser StitchwortStellaria gramineaLesser StitchwortStellaria gramineaAdder's-tongueOphioglossum vulgatumAdder's-tongueOphioglossum vulgatumHard RushJuncus inflexusHard RushJuncus inflexusEnchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetianaEnchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetianaField Wood-rushLuzula campestrisField Wood-rushLuzula campestrisRamsonsAllium ursinumRamsonsAllium ursinumMyosotis discolor subsp. dubiaMyosotis discolor subsp. dubiaMyosotis discolor subsp. dubiaMyosotis discolor subsp. dubiaTrailing TormentilPotentilla anglicaTrailing TormentilPotentilla anglicaSweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratumSweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratumGiant FescueSchedonorus giganteusGiant FescueSchedonorus giganteusGlaucous SedgeCarex flaccaGlaucous SedgeCarex flaccaLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumHoary RagwortJacobaea erucifoliaHoary RagwortJacobaea erucifoliaGreater StitchwortStellaria holosteaGreater StitchwortStellaria holosteaSquare-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterumSquare-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterumGoat's-beardTragopogon pratensisGoat's-beardTragopogon pratensisHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaTall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceusTall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceusMeadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensisMeadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensisRosa caninaRosa caninaRosa caninaRosa caninaLesser TrefoilTrifolium dubiumLesser TrefoilTrifolium dubiumWood-sedgeCarex sylvaticaWood-sedgeCarex sylvaticaSoft-rushJuncus effususSoft-rushJuncus effususBrackenPteridium aquilinumBrackenPteridium aquilinumHairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutumHairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutumCommon Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatusCommon Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatusSmooth TareErvum tetraspermumSmooth TareErvum tetraspermumHairy-bromeBromopsis ramosaHairy-bromeBromopsis ramosaTormentilPotentilla erectaTormentilPotentilla erectaAgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoriaAgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoriaBrachypodium pinnatumBrachypodium pinnatumBrachypodium pinnatumBrachypodium pinnatumLady's BedstrawGalium verumLady's BedstrawGalium verumCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineBroad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanumBroad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanumCornus sanguinea subsp. sanguineaCornus sanguinea subsp. sanguineaCornus sanguinea subsp. sanguineaCornus sanguinea subsp. sanguineaHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumGoat WillowSalix capreaGoat WillowSalix capreaPignutConopodium majusPignutConopodium majusSmooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillarisSmooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillarisHop TrefoilTrifolium campestreHop TrefoilTrifolium campestreSheep's-fescueFestuca ovina2024Sheep's-fescueFestuca ovina2024Events & activities nearby
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