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Broadleaved woodland near Canwick

1 ha

📷 Brian Westlake · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Getting here

53.21236, -0.52070

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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
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 217m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 217m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

8 activities

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

6 signed routes nearby · 6 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

Named route

Glebe Endpublic footpath · 46 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 46 mPath type: unclassified

🚴

Cycling

64 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

🐴

Horse riding

2 public paths nearby

Public paths

Grange Lanerestricted byway · 251 m

Public pathrestricted bywayLength 251 mPath type: unclassified

Wildlife to spot

9,991 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

9,991 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds90 species

spring

2025

Mute Swan · Robin · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Magpie +85

Mute SwanCygnus olor
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica
JackdawColoeus monedula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Great TitParus major
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
DunnockPrunella modularis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Rock DoveColumba livia
SwiftApus apus
WhitethroatCurruca communis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Herring GullLarus argentatus
JayGarrulus glandarius
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
BuzzardButeo buteo
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
NuthatchSitta europaea
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
SwallowHirundo rustica
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
GadwallMareca strepera2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
WigeonMareca penelope2023
Water RailRallus aquaticus
TwiteLinaria flavirostris
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2024
Columba oenas oenasColumba oenas oenas2024
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
CootFulica atra2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
Common TernSterna hirundo2024
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2024
RavenCorvus corax2023
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2023
TealAnas crecca2023

🦌

Mammals7 species

spring

2025

Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Wood Mouse · Red Fox · Brown Hare +2

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2024
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
Brown HareLepus europaeus2023
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023

🐟

Fish1 species

spring

2025

Chub

ChubSqualius cephalus

🐝

Insects33 species

summer

2025

Banded Demoiselle · Common Blue Damselfly · Brown Hawker · Broad-bodied Chaser · Pegomya +28

Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
PegomyaPegomya
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus
Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium
Parent BugElasmucha grisea
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2024
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2024
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024
Pied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolor2024
Anasimyia contractaAnasimyia contracta2024
Small Yellow-legged RobberflyDioctria linearis2024
Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola2024
Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2024
Cantharis lividaCantharis livida2024
Protoclythia rufaProtoclythia rufa2023
Protoclythia modestaProtoclythia modesta2023
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2023
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2023
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2023
Norellia spinipesNorellia spinipes2023
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023

🌿

Plants41 species

spring

2025

Common Feather-moss · Floating Pennywort · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Broom Fork-moss +36

Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Floating PennywortHydrocotyle ranunculoides2024
Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium2024
Common PincushionDicranoweisia cirrata2024
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2024
Red FescueFestuca rubra2024
Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2024
Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum2024
Small Hairy Screw-mossSyntrichia laevipila2024
Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatumStreblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum2024
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2024
Clustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertum2024
Marble Screw-mossSyntrichia papillosa2024
Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme2024
Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla2024
Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2024
Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum2024
Common Cord-mossFunaria hygrometrica2024
Syntrichia ruralis var. ruralisSyntrichia ruralis var. ruralis2024
Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis2024
Zygodon conoideus var. conoideusZygodon conoideus var. conoideus2024
Bird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculata2024
RedshankCeratodon purpureus2024
White-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanum2024
Thickpoint GrimmiaSchistidium crassipilum2024
Nodding Thread-mossPohlia nutans2024
Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius2024
Whitish Feather-mossBrachythecium albicans2024
Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum2024
Silver-mossBryum argenteum2024
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2024
Elegant Bristle-mossOrthotrichum pulchellum2024
Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare2024
Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2024
Juniper HaircapPolytrichum juniperinum2024
Great Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. lacunosum2024
Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens2024
Silky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromalla2024
Greater PeriwinkleVinca major2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

9,991 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds90 species

spring

2025

Mute Swan · Robin · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Magpie +85

Mute SwanCygnus olor
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica
JackdawColoeus monedula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Great TitParus major
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
DunnockPrunella modularis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Rock DoveColumba livia
SwiftApus apus
WhitethroatCurruca communis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Herring GullLarus argentatus
JayGarrulus glandarius
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
BuzzardButeo buteo
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
NuthatchSitta europaea
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
SwallowHirundo rustica
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
GadwallMareca strepera2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
WigeonMareca penelope2023
Water RailRallus aquaticus
TwiteLinaria flavirostris
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2024
Columba oenas oenasColumba oenas oenas2024
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
CootFulica atra2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
Common TernSterna hirundo2024
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2024
RavenCorvus corax2023
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2023
TealAnas crecca2023

🦌

Mammals7 species

spring

2025

Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Wood Mouse · Red Fox · Brown Hare +2

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2024
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
Brown HareLepus europaeus2023
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023

🐟

Fish1 species

spring

2025

Chub

ChubSqualius cephalus

🐝

Insects33 species

summer

2025

Banded Demoiselle · Common Blue Damselfly · Brown Hawker · Broad-bodied Chaser · Pegomya +28

Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
PegomyaPegomya
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus
Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium
Parent BugElasmucha grisea
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2024
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2024
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024
Pied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolor2024
Anasimyia contractaAnasimyia contracta2024
Small Yellow-legged RobberflyDioctria linearis2024
Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola2024
Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2024
Cantharis lividaCantharis livida2024
Protoclythia rufaProtoclythia rufa2023
Protoclythia modestaProtoclythia modesta2023
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2023
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2023
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2023
Norellia spinipesNorellia spinipes2023
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023

🌿

Plants41 species

spring

2025

Common Feather-moss · Floating Pennywort · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Broom Fork-moss +36

Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Floating PennywortHydrocotyle ranunculoides2024
Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium2024
Common PincushionDicranoweisia cirrata2024
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2024
Red FescueFestuca rubra2024
Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2024
Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum2024
Small Hairy Screw-mossSyntrichia laevipila2024
Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatumStreblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum2024
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2024
Clustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertum2024
Marble Screw-mossSyntrichia papillosa2024
Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme2024
Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla2024
Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2024
Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum2024
Common Cord-mossFunaria hygrometrica2024
Syntrichia ruralis var. ruralisSyntrichia ruralis var. ruralis2024
Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis2024
Zygodon conoideus var. conoideusZygodon conoideus var. conoideus2024
Bird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculata2024
RedshankCeratodon purpureus2024
White-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanum2024
Thickpoint GrimmiaSchistidium crassipilum2024
Nodding Thread-mossPohlia nutans2024
Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius2024
Whitish Feather-mossBrachythecium albicans2024
Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum2024
Silver-mossBryum argenteum2024
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2024
Elegant Bristle-mossOrthotrichum pulchellum2024
Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare2024
Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2024
Juniper HaircapPolytrichum juniperinum2024
Great Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. lacunosum2024
Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens2024
Silky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromalla2024
Greater PeriwinkleVinca major2023