Broadleaved woodland near Holbeach St Matthew
1 ha
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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
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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
- 🌿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 · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
King Charles III England Coast Path: Sutton Bridge to SkegnessWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
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Durham's Road to RAF Holbeach
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Wildlife to spot
2,034 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,034 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Red-legged Partridge · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Pheasant · Blackbird +40
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Common GullLarus canus
- Great TitParus major
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2021
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- MagpiePica pica
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2023
- RedshankTringa totanus2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2021
🦌Mammals3 species
wintersummer
2023▾
Brown Hare · Rabbit · Muntjac
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Snowdrop · daffodils · Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum · Common Couch · Hairy Bitter-cress +80
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2020
- daffodilsNarcissus2020
- Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatumStreblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum2020
- Common CouchElymus repens
- Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2020
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,034 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Red-legged Partridge · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Pheasant · Blackbird +40
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Common GullLarus canus
- Great TitParus major
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2021
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- MagpiePica pica
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2023
- RedshankTringa totanus2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2021
🦌Mammals3 species
wintersummer
2023▾
Brown Hare · Rabbit · Muntjac
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Snowdrop · daffodils · Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum · Common Couch · Hairy Bitter-cress +80
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2020
- daffodilsNarcissus2020
- Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatumStreblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum2020
- Common CouchElymus repens
- Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2020
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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officinale2020Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2020Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2020Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2020Common SorrelRumex acetosa2020Common SorrelRumex acetosa2020RedshankCeratodon purpureus2020RedshankCeratodon purpureus2020Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2020Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2020Duke of Argyll's TeaplantLycium barbarum2020Duke of Argyll's TeaplantLycium barbarum2020White CampionSilene latifolia2020White CampionSilene latifolia2020Crimson-tuber Thread-mossBryum rubens2020Crimson-tuber Thread-mossBryum rubens2020Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2020Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2020Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2020Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2020Water-StarwortCallitriche2020Water-StarwortCallitriche2020Greater PeriwinkleVinca major2020Greater PeriwinkleVinca major2020Lotus corniculatus var. sativusLotus corniculatus var. sativus2020Lotus corniculatus var. sativusLotus corniculatus var. 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