Car Dyke W of Martin Wood
2 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.11461, -0.31940
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Kestrel
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Kestrel
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Kestrel, Blackbird +69 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Kestrel, Blackbird +69 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Cabbage Bug, Banded Demoiselle, Rutpela maculata +5 more · last seen 2024
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Spires and Steeples TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 1Cycling route▾
NCN 1 Boston to Lincoln
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
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
Main RouteCycling route498 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 498 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route3.8 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 3.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route6.7 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 6.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
2,772 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,772 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
springautumn
2026▾
Yellowhammer · Carrion Crow · Skylark · Blackbird · Woodpigeon +42
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Dandelion · Hawthorn · Spear Thistle · White Dead-nettle · Broad-leaved Dock +47
- DandelionTaraxacum
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- White CloverTrifolium repens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,772 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
springautumn
2026▾
Yellowhammer · Carrion Crow · Skylark · Blackbird · Woodpigeon +42
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Dandelion · Hawthorn · Spear Thistle · White Dead-nettle · Broad-leaved Dock +47
- DandelionTaraxacum
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- White CloverTrifolium repens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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