Protection Wood - Broadleaved woodland
9 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome9 ha
Getting here
53.02439, -0.63447
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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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
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
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 3 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 (Grantham Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway (Lincolnshire)Cycling route▾
The National Byway in Lincolnshire
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
3,113 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,113 records · National Biodiversity NetworkStock Dove · Tyto alba alba · Swift · Swallow · Pheasant
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- Tyto alba albaTyto alba alba
- SwiftApus apus2019
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
🦌Mammals1 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2020▾
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐝Insects38 species
springsummer
2021▾
Small Tortoiseshell · Red Admiral · Peacock · Painted Lady · Comma +33
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- CommaPolygonia c-album2019
- Green-veined White
Rat's-tail Fescue · Common Stork's-bill · Root Beet · Green Alkanet · Red Dead-nettle +113
- Rat's-tail FescueVulpia myuros
- Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium
- Root BeetBeta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2017
- Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola2017
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,113 records · National Biodiversity NetworkStock Dove · Tyto alba alba · Swift · Swallow · Pheasant
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- Tyto alba albaTyto alba alba
- SwiftApus apus2019
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
🦌Mammals1 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2020▾
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐝Insects38 species
springsummer
2021▾
Small Tortoiseshell · Red Admiral · Peacock · Painted Lady · Comma +33
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- CommaPolygonia c-album2019
- Green-veined White
Rat's-tail Fescue · Common Stork's-bill · Root Beet · Green Alkanet · Red Dead-nettle +113
- Rat's-tail FescueVulpia myuros
- Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium
- Root BeetBeta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2017
- Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola2017
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pieris napi2019
Pieris napi2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2019Small WhitePieris rapae2019Cantharis lateralisCantharis lateralis2020Cantharis lateralisCantharis lateralis2020Crepidodera aureaCrepidodera aurea2020Crepidodera aureaCrepidodera aurea2020RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019Ground WeevilBarynotus obscurus2019Ground WeevilBarynotus obscurus2019Hairy Spider WeevilExomias pellucidus2019Hairy Spider WeevilExomias pellucidus2019Voria ruralisVoria ruralisVoria ruralisVoria ruralisEristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorumLeiosoma deflexumLeiosoma deflexum2020Leiosoma deflexumLeiosoma deflexum2020Rhinocyllus conicusRhinocyllus conicus2020Rhinocyllus conicusRhinocyllus conicus2020Grammoptera ruficornisGrammoptera ruficornis2020Grammoptera ruficornisGrammoptera ruficornis2020Tinodes waeneriTinodes waeneri2019Tinodes waeneriTinodes waeneri2019Notidobia ciliarisNotidobia ciliaris2019Notidobia ciliarisNotidobia ciliaris2019Hydropsyche angustipennisHydropsyche angustipennis2019Hydropsyche angustipennisHydropsyche angustipennis2019Agapetus fuscipesAgapetus fuscipes2019Agapetus fuscipesAgapetus fuscipes2019Goera pilosaGoera pilosa2019Goera pilosaGoera pilosa2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Themira minorThemira minor2019Themira minorThemira minor2019Delia coarctataDelia coarctata2019Delia coarctataDelia coarctata2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Glischrochilus hortensisGlischrochilus hortensis2019Glischrochilus hortensisGlischrochilus hortensis2019Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2019Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2019Leistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbis2019Leistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbis2019Chrysolina oricalciaChrysolina oricalcia2019Chrysolina oricalciaChrysolina oricalcia2019Longitarsus dorsalisLongitarsus dorsalis2019Longitarsus dorsalisLongitarsus dorsalis2019Enicmus transversusEnicmus transversus2019Enicmus transversusEnicmus transversus2019Silvanus unidentatusSilvanus unidentatus2019Silvanus unidentatusSilvanus unidentatus2019Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2019Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2019Cantharis decipiensCantharis decipiens2019Cantharis decipiensCantharis decipiens2019BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2018BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2018Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2018Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2018Sycamore
Sycamore
Acer pseudoplatanus2017
Acer pseudoplatanus2017
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2017Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2017Black BryonyTamus communis2017Black BryonyTamus communis2017HopHumulus lupulus2017HopHumulus lupulus2017Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2017Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2017Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2017Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2017DaisyBellis perennis2017DaisyBellis perennis2017MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2017MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2017HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2017HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2017Fat-henChenopodium album2017Fat-henChenopodium album2017Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2017Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2017Field MapleAcer campestre2017Field MapleAcer campestre2017Oil-seed RapeBrassica napus subsp. oleifera2017Oil-seed RapeBrassica napus subsp. oleifera2017Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2017Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2017WeldReseda luteola2017WeldReseda luteola2017Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2017Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2017Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2017Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2017SilverweedPotentilla anserina2017SilverweedPotentilla anserina2017Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum2017Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum2017Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2017Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2017AshFraxinus excelsior2017AshFraxinus excelsior2017Common ChickweedStellaria media2017Common ChickweedStellaria media2017IvyHedera helix2017IvyHedera helix2017Black MedickMedicago lupulina2017Black MedickMedicago lupulina2017YarrowAchillea millefolium2017YarrowAchillea millefolium2017Veronica serpyllifolia subsp. serpyllifoliaVeronica serpyllifolia subsp. serpyllifolia2017Veronica serpyllifolia subsp. serpyllifoliaVeronica serpyllifolia subsp. serpyllifolia2017Tufted VetchVicia cracca2017Tufted VetchVicia cracca2017BlackthornPrunus spinosa2017BlackthornPrunus spinosa2017Red CampionSilene dioica2017Red CampionSilene dioica2017HawthornCrataegus monogyna2017HawthornCrataegus monogyna2017White CloverTrifolium repens2017White CloverTrifolium repens2017Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare2017Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare2017Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2017Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2017Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2017Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2017Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2017Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2017Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia2017Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia2017Wood AvensGeum urbanum2017Wood AvensGeum urbanum2017Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2017Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2017Great BindweedCalystegia sepium subsp. sepium2017Great BindweedCalystegia sepium subsp. sepium2017Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2017Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2017Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2017Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2017Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2017Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2017Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum2017Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum2017SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2017SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2017Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2017Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2017BrambleRubus fruticosus2017BrambleRubus fruticosus2017Rosa caninaRosa canina2017Rosa caninaRosa canina2017Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2017Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2017Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2017Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2017Lotus corniculatus var. corniculatusLotus corniculatus var. corniculatus2017Lotus corniculatus var. corniculatusLotus corniculatus var. corniculatus2017MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2017MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2017Oregon-grapeMahonia aquifolium2017Oregon-grapeMahonia aquifolium2017Common CouchElymus repens2017Common CouchElymus repens2017English ElmUlmus procera2017English ElmUlmus procera2017CleaversGalium aparine2017CleaversGalium aparine2017AppleMalus domestica2017AppleMalus domestica2017Wych ElmUlmus glabra2017Wych ElmUlmus glabra2017Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2017Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2017CrosswortCruciata laevipes2017CrosswortCruciata laevipes2017Wild-oatAvena fatua2017Wild-oatAvena fatua2017Broad BeanVicia faba2017Broad BeanVicia faba2017Wood DockRumex sanguineus2017Wood DockRumex sanguineus2017Cornus sanguinea subsp. sanguineaCornus sanguinea subsp. sanguinea2017Cornus sanguinea subsp. sanguineaCornus sanguinea subsp. sanguinea2017Common SorrelRumex acetosa2017Common SorrelRumex acetosa2017Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2017Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2017Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa2017Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa2017Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2017Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2017Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2017Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2017Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2017Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2017HemlockConium maculatum2017HemlockConium maculatum2017Sweet VioletViola odorata2017Sweet VioletViola odorata2017ButterburPetasites hybridus2017ButterburPetasites hybridus2017Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2017Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2017False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2017False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2017Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis2017Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis2017Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2017Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2017White Dead-nettleLamium album2017White Dead-nettleLamium album2017NipplewortLapsana communis2017NipplewortLapsana communis2017Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2017Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2017Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2017Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2017Red CloverTrifolium pratense2017Red CloverTrifolium pratense2017Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2017Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2017Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2017Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2017Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2017Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2017Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2017Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2017Greater PlantainPlantago major2017Greater PlantainPlantago major2017Reflexed Saltmarsh-GrassPuccinellia distans2017Reflexed Saltmarsh-GrassPuccinellia distans2017Solanum nigrum subsp. nigrumSolanum nigrum subsp. nigrum2017Solanum nigrum subsp. nigrumSolanum nigrum subsp. nigrum2017Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus2017Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus2017Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2017Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2017Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2017Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2017Common NettleUrtica dioica2017Common NettleUrtica dioica2017Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2017Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2017DandelionTaraxacum2017DandelionTaraxacum2017False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2017False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2017GroundselSenecio vulgaris2017GroundselSenecio vulgaris2017Greater Burnet-saxifragePimpinella major2017Greater Burnet-saxifragePimpinella major2017Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana2017Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana2017Midland HawthornCrataegus laevigata2017Midland HawthornCrataegus laevigata2017Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2017Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2017Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2017Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2017Hard RushJuncus inflexus2017Hard RushJuncus inflexus2017Winter-cressBarbarea vulgaris2017Winter-cressBarbarea vulgaris2017ElderSambucus nigra2017ElderSambucus nigra2017Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2017Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2017Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2017Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2017Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2017Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2017Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum2017Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum2017Common MallowMalva sylvestris2017Common MallowMalva sylvestris2017PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2017PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2017Spear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrata2017Spear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrata2017Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2017Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2017Events & activities nearby
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