Moors Wood - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
53.28822, 0.11770
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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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 17 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Lincolnshire Wolds WayWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional walking route
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lindsey TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Route C3Cycling route▾
Wainfleet to Alford
Named routeRef C3Local cycle route
Route C1Cycling route▾
Alford to Spilsby
Named routeRef C1Local cycle route
Route C7Cycling route▾
Alford to Mablethorpe
Named routeRef C7Local cycle route
Route C4Cycling route▾
Alford Circular Route
Named routeRef C4Local cycle route
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Claythorpe Watermill and Belleau Smokery trout ponds: aerial 2016
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Wildlife to spot
5,241 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
5,241 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
wintersummerautumn
2025▾
Chiffchaff · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Jay · Wren +34
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MagpiePica pica
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Common GullLarus canus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Muntjac · Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Weasel
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- WeaselMustela nivalis2024
🐸Amphibians2 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria2024
Common Darter · Azure Damselfly · Migrant Hawker · Ruddy Darter · Southern Hawker +14
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
- Xylota segnisXylota segnis
Hard Rush · Water Mint · Cirsium arvense var. arvense · Crack-willow · Common Fleabane +3
- Hard RushJuncus inflexus
- Water MintMentha aquatica
- Cirsium arvense var. arvenseCirsium arvense var. arvense
- Crack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilis
- Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
- Rubus vestitusRubus vestitus
- Early-purple Orchid
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,241 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
wintersummerautumn
2025▾
Chiffchaff · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Jay · Wren +34
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MagpiePica pica
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Common GullLarus canus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Muntjac · Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Weasel
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- WeaselMustela nivalis2024
🐸Amphibians2 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria2024
Common Darter · Azure Damselfly · Migrant Hawker · Ruddy Darter · Southern Hawker +14
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
- Xylota segnisXylota segnis
Hard Rush · Water Mint · Cirsium arvense var. arvense · Crack-willow · Common Fleabane +3
- Hard RushJuncus inflexus
- Water MintMentha aquatica
- Cirsium arvense var. arvenseCirsium arvense var. arvense
- Crack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilis
- Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
- Rubus vestitusRubus vestitus
- Early-purple Orchid
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2024Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2024Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024Dock BugCoreus marginatusDock BugCoreus marginatusCercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerataWillow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2024Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2024Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2024Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2024Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024Hemicrepidius hirtusHemicrepidius hirtus2024Hemicrepidius hirtusHemicrepidius hirtus2024Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024Orchis mascula
Orchis mascula
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