Stainton's Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
6 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
53.37285, -0.73780
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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
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
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km▾
Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Lincolnshire)Cycling route▾
The National Byway in Lincolnshire
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
3,692 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,692 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
springsummer
2025▾
Blue Tit · Chaffinch · Chiffchaff · Great Tit · Robin +33
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- Picus viridis viridisPicus viridis viridis2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Grey Squirrel · Talpidae · Common Pipistrelle
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- TalpidaeTalpidae
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2023
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Malachite Beetle · Myrmica ruginodis · Dock Bug · Ceratapion onopordi · Anaspis maculata +45
- Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2022
- Myrmica ruginodisMyrmica ruginodis2022
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Ceratapion onopordiCeratapion onopordi2022
- Anaspis maculataAnaspis maculata2022
- Dilophus femoratusDilophus femoratus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,692 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
springsummer
2025▾
Blue Tit · Chaffinch · Chiffchaff · Great Tit · Robin +33
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- Picus viridis viridisPicus viridis viridis2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Grey Squirrel · Talpidae · Common Pipistrelle
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- TalpidaeTalpidae
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2023
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Malachite Beetle · Myrmica ruginodis · Dock Bug · Ceratapion onopordi · Anaspis maculata +45
- Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2022
- Myrmica ruginodisMyrmica ruginodis2022
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Ceratapion onopordiCeratapion onopordi2022
- Anaspis maculataAnaspis maculata2022
- Dilophus femoratusDilophus femoratus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2022
2022
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