Broadleaved woodland near Hop Pole
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.74020, -0.25046
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
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
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
Willow Tree Fen Blue intermediate routeWalking route▾
Named routeRef blueLocal walking route
Willow Tree Fen Yellow short routeWalking route▾
Named routeRef yellowLocal walking route
Willow Tree Fen Green perimeter routeWalking route▾
Named routeRef greenLocal walking route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Deepings (Lincolnshire Cycle Routes)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route10.4 km▾
Named routeRef 12Length 10.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
2,017 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,017 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
springsummerwinter
2025▾
Tree Sparrow · Reed Warbler · Kestrel · Reed Bunting · Stock Dove +36
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2019
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2021
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2020
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2020
- DunnockPrunella modularis2020
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2020
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2020
- Little OwlAthene noctua2018
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- European White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons albifrons
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
- MagpiePica pica
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- Great TitParus major2022
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2022
- CuckooCuculus canorus2021
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2021
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2021
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2021
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2021
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2020
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2018
Grey Willow · Water-violet · Great Willowherb · Branched Bur-reed · Wild Cherry +32
- Grey WillowSalix cinerea subsp. cinerea
- Water-violetHottonia palustris
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum
- Wild CherryPrunus avium
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- AshFraxinus excelsior
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,017 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
springsummerwinter
2025▾
Tree Sparrow · Reed Warbler · Kestrel · Reed Bunting · Stock Dove +36
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2019
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2021
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2020
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2020
- DunnockPrunella modularis2020
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2020
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2020
- Little OwlAthene noctua2018
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- European White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons albifrons
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
- MagpiePica pica
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- Great TitParus major2022
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2022
- CuckooCuculus canorus2021
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2021
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2021
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2021
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2021
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2020
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2018
Grey Willow · Water-violet · Great Willowherb · Branched Bur-reed · Wild Cherry +32
- Grey WillowSalix cinerea subsp. cinerea
- Water-violetHottonia palustris
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum
- Wild CherryPrunus avium
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- AshFraxinus excelsior
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
