Broadleaved woodland near St Catherines
5 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🌿Foraging🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
53.20493, -0.54289
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 437m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 437m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 28 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Stephen Langton TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Steep HillWalking route▾
Named routeIncline 14%
Fossdyke Canal TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Plossland RoundWalking route▾
Orchard Walkpublic footpath · 48 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 48 mPath type: residential
60 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lincoln - Saxilby Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Lincoln Eastern Bypass NMU pathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 1Cycling route▾
NCN 1 Lincoln to Humber
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
North Hykeham Relief Road / Lincoln Southern Bypass NMU RouteCycling route▾
Named routeNational Cycle Network
Lincoln to Branston cycle pathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Hawthorn Road Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Woodland, Cross o'Cliff Hill, Lincoln
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Wildlife to spot
26,673 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
26,673 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Magpie · Carrion Crow +40
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- TealAnas crecca
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Willow Emerald Damselfly · Migrant Hawker · Meliscaeva auricollis · Harlequin Ladybird · Pegomya +3
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- PegomyaPegomya2025
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Springy Turf-moss
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
26,673 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Magpie · Carrion Crow +40
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- TealAnas crecca
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Willow Emerald Damselfly · Migrant Hawker · Meliscaeva auricollis · Harlequin Ladybird · Pegomya +3
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- PegomyaPegomya2025
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Springy Turf-moss
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Fannia pallitibiaFannia pallitibia2025Fannia pallitibiaFannia pallitibia2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025