Broadleaved woodland near Canwick
1 ha
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🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.21368, -0.53328
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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 280m 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 280m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £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
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Semi-improved grassland — butterflies and wildflowers
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 13 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▾
Glebe Endpublic footpath · 46 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 46 mPath type: unclassified
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
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Footpath above South Common
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Wildlife to spot
27,445 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
27,445 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Robin · Moorhen · Mute Swan · Magpie · Black-headed Gull +39
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Common Toad · Common Frog
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Willow Emerald Damselfly · Migrant Hawker · Varied Carpet Beetle · Harlequin Ladybird · Pegomya +3
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- PegomyaPegomya2025
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Yellow Feather-moss · Redshank · Dune Thread-moss · Whitish Feather-moss · Field Forklet-moss +13
- Yellow Feather-mossHomalothecium lutescens
- RedshankCeratodon purpureus
- Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum
- Whitish Feather-mossBrachythecium albicans
- Field Forklet-mossDicranella staphylina
- Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata
- Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
27,445 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Robin · Moorhen · Mute Swan · Magpie · Black-headed Gull +39
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Common Toad · Common Frog
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Willow Emerald Damselfly · Migrant Hawker · Varied Carpet Beetle · Harlequin Ladybird · Pegomya +3
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- PegomyaPegomya2025
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Yellow Feather-moss · Redshank · Dune Thread-moss · Whitish Feather-moss · Field Forklet-moss +13
- Yellow Feather-mossHomalothecium lutescens
- RedshankCeratodon purpureus
- Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum
- Whitish Feather-mossBrachythecium albicans
- Field Forklet-mossDicranella staphylina
- Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata
- Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata202524-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum
Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum
Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexusHeath Star MossCampylopus introflexusBird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculataBird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculataWhite-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanumWhite-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanumCylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanusCylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanusSand-hill Screw-mossSyntrichia ruraliformisSand-hill Screw-mossSyntrichia ruraliformisSand Feather-mossBrachythecium mildeanumSand Feather-mossBrachythecium mildeanumSpringy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosusSpringy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosusHornschuch's Beard-mossPseudocrossidium hornschuchianumHornschuch's Beard-mossPseudocrossidium hornschuchianumFern-leaved Hook-mossCratoneuron filicinumFern-leaved Hook-mossCratoneuron filicinumRough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulumRough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulumWhite Ramping-fumitoryFumaria capreolata2025White Ramping-fumitoryFumaria capreolata2025Events & activities nearby
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