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Careby Wood

✦ Ancient woodland22 ha

WildlifeBirdsSeasonal

Free entryDogs welcome22 ha

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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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Walking trails

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Mallard +74 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Mallard +74 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Eyebright · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Cercopis vulnerata, Harlequin Ladybird, Cabbage Bug +9 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Cercopis vulnerata, Harlequin Ladybird, Cabbage Bug +9 more · last seen 2024

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Heritage

Good match

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Macmillan WayWalking route290 km

Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route

Rutland RoundWalking route105 km

Named routeLength 105 kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Lincolnshire Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

7,265 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

7,265 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds52 species

springautumnwinter

2026

Robin · Mallard · Moorhen · Green Woodpecker · Wren +47

RobinErithacus rubecula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Greylag GooseAnser anser
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great TitParus major
GreenfinchChloris chloris
CootFulica atra
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025

🦌

Mammals6 species

autumnwinter

2025

Muntjac · Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Fallow Deer · Rabbit +1

MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Fallow DeerDama dama
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Common ShrewSorex araneus

🌿

Plants2 species

springsummer

2025

Eyebright · Man Orchid

EyebrightEuphrasia
Man OrchidOrchis anthropophora

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

7,265 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds52 species

springautumnwinter

2026

Robin · Mallard · Moorhen · Green Woodpecker · Wren +47

RobinErithacus rubecula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Greylag GooseAnser anser
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great TitParus major
GreenfinchChloris chloris
CootFulica atra
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025

🦌

Mammals6 species

autumnwinter

2025

Muntjac · Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Fallow Deer · Rabbit +1

MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Fallow DeerDama dama
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Common ShrewSorex araneus

🌿

Plants2 species

springsummer

2025

Eyebright · Man Orchid

EyebrightEuphrasia
Man OrchidOrchis anthropophora

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Tim Heaton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Fire tower, Careby Wood

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