Broadleaved woodland near Wykeham
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.81818, -0.10633
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 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Spalding/SpringfieldCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
Route 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route2.5 km▾
Named routeRef 12Length 2.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.4 km▾
Named routeRef 12Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
Ruins of the Chapel of St Nicholas, Wykeham: aerial 2025 (1)
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Wildlife to spot
3,442 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,442 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSand Martin · Robin · Pheasant · Blackbird · Dunnock +32
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2020
- SwiftApus apus2019
Hedgehog · Roe Deer · Badger
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2022
- BadgerMeles meles2021
Small White · Large White · Holly Blue · Gatekeeper · Painted Lady +9
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Larder BeetleDermestes lardarius
🌿Plants78 species
summerautumn
2021▾
Greater Water-moss · Broad-leaved Everlasting-pea · Common Couch · Cat's-ear · Yarrow +73
- Greater Water-mossFontinalis antipyretica2020
- Broad-leaved Everlasting-peaLathyrus latifolius2019
- Common CouchElymus repens2019
- Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2019
- YarrowAchillea millefolium2019
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,442 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSand Martin · Robin · Pheasant · Blackbird · Dunnock +32
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2020
- SwiftApus apus2019
Hedgehog · Roe Deer · Badger
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2022
- BadgerMeles meles2021
Small White · Large White · Holly Blue · Gatekeeper · Painted Lady +9
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Larder BeetleDermestes lardarius
🌿Plants78 species
summerautumn
2021▾
Greater Water-moss · Broad-leaved Everlasting-pea · Common Couch · Cat's-ear · Yarrow +73
- Greater Water-mossFontinalis antipyretica2020
- Broad-leaved Everlasting-peaLathyrus latifolius2019
- Common CouchElymus repens2019
- Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2019
- YarrowAchillea millefolium2019
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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