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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🍄 Fungi
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Places › England › East Midlands › South Kesteven Getting here
52.91395, -0.70814
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🍄 Mushroom 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 🍄 Mushroom 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 £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
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🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Wigeon, Pochard, Woodpigeon +86 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Wigeon, Pochard, Woodpigeon +86 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Sepia Brittlegill, Split Fibrecap, Garland Roundhead +116 more · last seen 2024; Fungi — Sepia Brittlegill, Split Fibrecap, Garland Roundhead +116 more · last seen 2024
Varies
Fungi — Ruby Bolete, Pleated Inkcap, Conical Brittlestem +11 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Peacock, Common Red Soldier Beetle +54 more · last seen 2025; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Peacock, Common Red Soldier Beetle +54 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 2 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Jubilee Way (Leicestershire) Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell) Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 78 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 64 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 64 National Cycle Network
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Named route Ref 15 National Cycle Network
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Named route Ref 22 Regional cycle route
Show on map Route 11 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 11 Regional cycle route
Show on map National Byway (Lincolnshire) Cycling route ▾
The National Byway in Lincolnshire
Named route Ref NB Regional cycle route
Show on map Lincolnshire Cycle Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Photos Crop marks in a field in Casthorpe Hills
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Wildlife to spot
5,501 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 5,501 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 44 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Goldfinch · Carrion Crow · Robin · Moorhen +39
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Carrion Crow Corvus corone Robin Erithacus rubecula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Rook Corvus frugilegus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Common Gull Larus canus Magpie Pica pica Blackbird Turdus merula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Great Tit Parus major Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Swallow Hirundo rustica Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Rock Dove Columba livia Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Redwing Turdus iliacus Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Skylark Alauda arvensis Mute Swan Cygnus olor Mallard Anas platyrhynchos House Martin Delichon urbicum Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Greenfinch Chloris chloris Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Raven Corvus corax Linnet Linaria cannabina Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Jay Garrulus glandarius Stock Dove Columba oenas Curruca communis communis Curruca communis communis Cyanistes caeruleus obscurus Cyanistes caeruleus obscurus Whitethroat Curruca communis Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca Pipistrelle Bat species · Roe Deer
Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Grass Snake
Grass Snake Natrix helvetica 🐝 Insects 10 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Common Red Soldier Beetle · Mystacides longicornis · Oecetis ochracea · Sphaerophoria scripta · Green Shieldbug +5
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva Mystacides longicornis Mystacides longicornis Oecetis ochracea Oecetis ochracea Sphaerophoria scripta Sphaerophoria scripta Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina 22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata 🍄 Fungi 2 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Honey Fungus · Inocybe curvipes
Honey Fungus Armillaria mellea Inocybe curvipes Inocybe curvipes Silky Wall Feather-moss
Silky Wall Feather-moss Homalothecium sericeum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 5,501 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 44 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Goldfinch · Carrion Crow · Robin · Moorhen +39
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Carrion Crow Corvus corone Robin Erithacus rubecula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Rook Corvus frugilegus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Common Gull Larus canus Magpie Pica pica Blackbird Turdus merula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Great Tit Parus major Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Swallow Hirundo rustica Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Rock Dove Columba livia Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Redwing Turdus iliacus Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Skylark Alauda arvensis Mute Swan Cygnus olor Mallard Anas platyrhynchos House Martin Delichon urbicum Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Greenfinch Chloris chloris Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Raven Corvus corax Linnet Linaria cannabina Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Jay Garrulus glandarius Stock Dove Columba oenas Curruca communis communis Curruca communis communis Cyanistes caeruleus obscurus Cyanistes caeruleus obscurus Whitethroat Curruca communis Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca Pipistrelle Bat species · Roe Deer
Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Grass Snake
Grass Snake Natrix helvetica 🐝 Insects 10 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Common Red Soldier Beetle · Mystacides longicornis · Oecetis ochracea · Sphaerophoria scripta · Green Shieldbug +5
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva Mystacides longicornis Mystacides longicornis Oecetis ochracea Oecetis ochracea Sphaerophoria scripta Sphaerophoria scripta Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina 22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata 🍄 Fungi 2 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Honey Fungus · Inocybe curvipes
Honey Fungus Armillaria mellea Inocybe curvipes Inocybe curvipes Silky Wall Feather-moss
Silky Wall Feather-moss Homalothecium sericeum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha
Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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