Pits Hills Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
6 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦋Insects🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
52.97259, -0.52981
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 383m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 383m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths
Free
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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
2 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
7 public paths nearby
Public paths
The Valleyrestricted byway · 968 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 968 mPath type: bridleway
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Wildlife to spot
8,513 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,513 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
springsummer
2025▾
Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Chaffinch · Swallow +43
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SwiftApus apus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- MagpiePica pica
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great TitParus major
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Harvest Mouse · Mole
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
- MoleTalpa europaea
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects28 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Meadow Grasshopper · Dock Bug · 7-spot Ladybird · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Pouting Woodlouse-fly +23
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- Pouting Woodlouse-flyRhinophora lepida2024
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum · Creeping Feather-moss · Small Hairy Screw-moss · Common Pincushion · Yellow Feather-moss +30
- Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatumStreblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum
- Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens
- Small Hairy Screw-mossSyntrichia laevipila
- Common PincushionDicranoweisia cirrata
- Yellow Feather-mossHomalothecium lutescens
- Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,513 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
springsummer
2025▾
Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Chaffinch · Swallow +43
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SwiftApus apus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- MagpiePica pica
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great TitParus major
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Harvest Mouse · Mole
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
- MoleTalpa europaea
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects28 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Meadow Grasshopper · Dock Bug · 7-spot Ladybird · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Pouting Woodlouse-fly +23
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- Pouting Woodlouse-flyRhinophora lepida2024
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum · Creeping Feather-moss · Small Hairy Screw-moss · Common Pincushion · Yellow Feather-moss +30
- Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatumStreblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum
- Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens
- Small Hairy Screw-mossSyntrichia laevipila
- Common PincushionDicranoweisia cirrata
- Yellow Feather-mossHomalothecium lutescens
- Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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