Usselby Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
5 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
53.41987, -0.34682
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
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
13 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 1Cycling route▾
NCN 1 Lincoln to Humber
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Lindsey TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 3Cycling route▾
Lincoln - Whitby
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route356 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 356 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.3 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 2.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Swallow, Rothwell, Binbrook, Walesby Top loopMountain bike route58 km▾
Named routeLength 58 kmLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
4,802 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,802 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds24 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Blue Tit · Great Tit · Goldfinch · Coal Tit · Siskin +19
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2023
Brown Long-eared Bat · Mole · Muntjac
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2024
- MoleTalpa europaea
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2023
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects4 species
springsummer
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Chrysolina staphylaea · Cantharis rustica · Pyropterus nigroruber
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Chrysolina staphylaeaChrysolina staphylaea2024
- Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2024
- Pyropterus nigroruberPyropterus nigroruber2023
Heather · Herb-Robert · Hogweed · Swan's-neck Thyme-moss · Neat Feather-moss +10
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum2024
- Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum2024
- Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalisMarchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,802 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds24 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Blue Tit · Great Tit · Goldfinch · Coal Tit · Siskin +19
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2023
Brown Long-eared Bat · Mole · Muntjac
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2024
- MoleTalpa europaea
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2023
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects4 species
springsummer
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Chrysolina staphylaea · Cantharis rustica · Pyropterus nigroruber
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Chrysolina staphylaeaChrysolina staphylaea2024
- Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2024
- Pyropterus nigroruberPyropterus nigroruber2023
Heather · Herb-Robert · Hogweed · Swan's-neck Thyme-moss · Neat Feather-moss +10
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum2024
- Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum2024
- Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalisMarchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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