Burton Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
8 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
52.97254, -0.38917
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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 · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Spires and Steeples TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
20 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Sleaford - Greylees cycle trackCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 15Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 15National Cycle Network
Leasingham - SleafordCycling route▾
Named routeRef 151National Cycle Network
Sleaford - Ruskington Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Boston Road Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Sleaford - Silk WilloughbyCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
2,240 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,240 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
springautumn
2025▾
Robin · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Dunnock · House Sparrow +27
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MagpiePica pica2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- SwiftApus apus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2024▾
Great Crested Newt · frogs and toads
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- frogs and toadsAnura
Common Rose Fusehorn
- Common Rose FusehornArge pagana
Dwarf Spurge · Common Mouse-ear · Meadow Buttercup · Redshank · Great Bindweed +112
- Dwarf SpurgeEuphorbia exigua
- Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
- Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
- RedshankPersicaria maculosa
- Great BindweedCalystegia sepium subsp. sepium
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,240 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
springautumn
2025▾
Robin · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Dunnock · House Sparrow +27
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MagpiePica pica2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- SwiftApus apus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2024▾
Great Crested Newt · frogs and toads
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- frogs and toadsAnura
Common Rose Fusehorn
- Common Rose FusehornArge pagana
Dwarf Spurge · Common Mouse-ear · Meadow Buttercup · Redshank · Great Bindweed +112
- Dwarf SpurgeEuphorbia exigua
- Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
- Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
- RedshankPersicaria maculosa
- Great BindweedCalystegia sepium subsp. sepium
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
