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Butterwick Park

4 ha

📷 Hugh Venables · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦100+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Starling and Blackbird
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 128m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦100+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Starling and Blackbird
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 128m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Starling, Blackbird, House Sparrow +97 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Starling, Blackbird, House Sparrow +97 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground; Urban park — family destination

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Picnic day out

Good match

Urban park — open green space

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Macmillan WayWalking route290 km

Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Sutton Bridge to SkegnessWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

Wildlife to spot

7,600 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

7,600 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds68 species

winterspringautumn

2025

Starling · Greylag Goose · Blackbird · Lapwing · Goldeneye +63

StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
BlackbirdTurdus merula
LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2023
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2023
TealAnas crecca2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RobinErithacus rubecula2023
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
CurlewNumenius arquata2023
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2023
Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
DunnockPrunella modularis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2023
GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
GadwallMareca strepera2023
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
DunlinCalidris alpina2023
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
SwiftApus apus2022
JackdawColoeus monedula2022
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
RookCorvus frugilegus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
MagpiePica pica2023
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2023
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2023
RedshankTringa totanus2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
Rock DoveColumba livia2023
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2023
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2023
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2023
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
Common GullLarus canus2020
Great TitParus major2020
EiderSomateria mollissima2020
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2020
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica2020
Common GuillemotUria aalge2020
Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus2020
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2020
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2020
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2020
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2020

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Plants10 species

summer

2021

Greater Pond-sedge · Great Willowherb · Centaurea nigra · Lesser Bulrush · Red Clover +5

Greater Pond-sedgeCarex riparia
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Lesser BulrushTypha angustifolia
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Asplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalensAsplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalens
Fringed Water-lily

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

7,600 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds68 species

winterspringautumn

2025

Starling · Greylag Goose · Blackbird · Lapwing · Goldeneye +63

StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
BlackbirdTurdus merula
LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2023
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2023
TealAnas crecca2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RobinErithacus rubecula2023
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
CurlewNumenius arquata2023
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2023
Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
DunnockPrunella modularis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2023
GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
GadwallMareca strepera2023
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
DunlinCalidris alpina2023
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
SwiftApus apus2022
JackdawColoeus monedula2022
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
RookCorvus frugilegus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
MagpiePica pica2023
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2023
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2023
RedshankTringa totanus2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
Rock DoveColumba livia2023
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2023
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2023
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2023
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
Common GullLarus canus2020
Great TitParus major2020
EiderSomateria mollissima2020
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2020
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica2020
Common GuillemotUria aalge2020
Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus2020
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2020
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2020
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2020
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2020

🌿

Plants10 species

summer

2021

Greater Pond-sedge · Great Willowherb · Centaurea nigra · Lesser Bulrush · Red Clover +5

Greater Pond-sedgeCarex riparia
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Lesser BulrushTypha angustifolia
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Asplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalensAsplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalens
Fringed Water-lily

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Hugh Venables · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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