Ostler's Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
7 ha
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🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
53.15214, -0.19114
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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 on site — 6 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 on site — 6 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
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Visitor's RouteWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Spa TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Gorse Closepublic footpath · 127 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 127 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Woodland Drivepublic footpath · 234 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 234 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Woodland Drivepublic footpath · 281 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 281 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
13 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Living Landscapes (Short Route)Cycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Route 1Cycling route▾
NCN 1 Boston to Lincoln
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
NCN 1 Boston to Lincoln (proposed realignment)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Spa TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Woodhall Spa Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Norwich - Lincoln
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
6 public paths nearby
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
24,891 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
24,891 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Jackdaw · Great Tit · Magpie · Woodpigeon +46
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🌿Plants32 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Sphagnum palustre var. palustre · Fringed Bog-moss · Blunt-leaved Bog-moss · Flat-topped Bog-moss · Cow-horn Bog-moss +27
- Sphagnum palustre var. palustreSphagnum palustre var. palustre2025
- Fringed Bog-mossSphagnum fimbriatum2025
- Blunt-leaved Bog-mossSphagnum palustre2025
- Flat-topped Bog-mossSphagnum fallax2025
- Cow-horn Bog-mossSphagnum auriculatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
24,891 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Jackdaw · Great Tit · Magpie · Woodpigeon +46
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🌿Plants32 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Sphagnum palustre var. palustre · Fringed Bog-moss · Blunt-leaved Bog-moss · Flat-topped Bog-moss · Cow-horn Bog-moss +27
- Sphagnum palustre var. palustreSphagnum palustre var. palustre2025
- Fringed Bog-mossSphagnum fimbriatum2025
- Blunt-leaved Bog-mossSphagnum palustre2025
- Flat-topped Bog-mossSphagnum fallax2025
- Cow-horn Bog-mossSphagnum auriculatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2025Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2025RedshankCeratodon purpureus2025RedshankCeratodon purpureus2025Sand-hill Screw-mossSyntrichia ruraliformis2025Sand-hill Screw-mossSyntrichia ruraliformis2025Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum2025Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum2025Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2025Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2025Polytrichum commune s.str.Polytrichum commune s.str.2025Polytrichum commune s.str.Polytrichum commune s.str.2025Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum2025Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum2025Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2025Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2025HeatherCalluna vulgarisHeatherCalluna vulgarisCross-leaved HeathErica tetralixCross-leaved HeathErica tetralixHypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme2025Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme2025Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum2025Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum2025Lesser Cow-horn Bog-mossSphagnum inundatum2025Lesser Cow-horn Bog-mossSphagnum inundatum2025Bog Groove-mossAulacomnium palustre2025Bog Groove-mossAulacomnium palustre2025River Feather-mossBrachythecium rivulare2025River Feather-mossBrachythecium rivulare2025Red Bog-mossSphagnum rubellum2025Red Bog-mossSphagnum rubellum2025Sphagnum subnitens subsp. subnitensSphagnum subnitens subsp. subnitens2025Sphagnum subnitens subsp. subnitensSphagnum subnitens subsp. subnitens2025Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum2025Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum2025Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2025Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2025Silver-mossBryum argenteum2025Silver-mossBryum argenteum2025Variable-leaved CrestwortLophocolea heterophylla2025Variable-leaved CrestwortLophocolea heterophylla2025Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2025Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2025Acid FrillwortFossombronia wondraczekii2025Acid FrillwortFossombronia wondraczekii2025Lesser Potato BryumBryum subapiculatum2025Lesser Potato BryumBryum subapiculatum2025Juniper HaircapPolytrichum juniperinum2025Juniper HaircapPolytrichum juniperinum2025Whitish Feather-mossBrachythecium albicans2025Whitish Feather-mossBrachythecium albicans2025Bruch's PincushionUlota bruchii2025Bruch's PincushionUlota bruchii2025