The Wilderness - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🌿Foraging🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
52.94615, -0.61985
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- ☕Café on site — a good base for a longer summer day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- ☕Café on site — a good base for a longer summer day out
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
39 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Lincolnshire)Cycling route▾
The National Byway in Lincolnshire
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Route 15Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 15National Cycle Network
Route 22Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 22Regional cycle route
Route 11Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 11Regional cycle route
Route 15Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 15National Cycle Network
National Byway (Grantham Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
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19,671 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
19,671 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
winterspring
2026▾
Great Tit · Blue Tit · Jackdaw · Mallard · Nuthatch +29
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- TealAnas crecca
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- CootFulica atra
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects28 species
winterspring
2026▾
Face Fly · Syrphus torvus · Hypera nigrirostris · Red-belted Cleaver · Pea-leaf Weevil +23
- Face FlyMusca autumnalis
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
- Hypera nigrirostrisHypera nigrirostris
- Red-belted CleaverAglaostigma aucupariae
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Small Nettle WeevilNedyus quadrimaculatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
19,671 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
winterspring
2026▾
Great Tit · Blue Tit · Jackdaw · Mallard · Nuthatch +29
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- TealAnas crecca
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- CootFulica atra
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects28 species
winterspring
2026▾
Face Fly · Syrphus torvus · Hypera nigrirostris · Red-belted Cleaver · Pea-leaf Weevil +23
- Face FlyMusca autumnalis
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
- Hypera nigrirostrisHypera nigrirostris
- Red-belted CleaverAglaostigma aucupariae
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Small Nettle WeevilNedyus quadrimaculatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Dark-edged Bee-fly
Dark-edged Bee-fly
Bombylius major
Bombylius major
Eudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanellaMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusPhaonia signataPhaonia signataPhaonia signataPhaonia signataScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaWater MeasurerHydrometra stagnorumWater MeasurerHydrometra stagnorumSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusEupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollaeEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxNorellia spinipesNorellia spinipesNorellia spinipesNorellia spinipes10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctataCuliseta annulataCuliseta annulataCuliseta annulataCuliseta annulataHelina evectaHelina evectaHelina evectaHelina evectaClivina fossorClivina fossorClivina fossorClivina fossorDemetrias atricapillusDemetrias atricapillusDemetrias atricapillusDemetrias atricapillusViolet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceusViolet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceusLoricera pilicornisLoricera pilicornisLoricera pilicornisLoricera pilicornisYellow Meadow AntLasius flavusYellow Meadow AntLasius flavusLimodromus assimilisLimodromus assimilisLimodromus assimilisLimodromus assimilisBox SuckerPsylla buxiBox SuckerPsylla buxiPine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatusPine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus