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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
53.33010, 0.09244
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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
- 🐕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
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Tawny Owl, Blackbird, Robin +47 more · last seen 2024; Birds — Tawny Owl, Blackbird, Robin +47 more · last seen 2024
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Gatekeeper, Small White +47 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Large White, Gatekeeper, Small White +47 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Lincolnshire Wolds WayWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional walking route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
1,116 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,116 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTawny Owl · Blackbird · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Robin +37
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SwiftApus apus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
- JayGarrulus glandarius2021
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2021
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2021
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2021
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2021
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
- NuthatchSitta europaea2021
Water Vole · Grey Squirrel
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius2018
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Gatekeeper · Large White · Painted Lady · Meadow Brown · Small White +32
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2018
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2018
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2018
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2018
- Small WhitePieris rapae2018
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
🌿Plants10 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Spotted-orchid · Gorse · Early-purple Orchid · Bee Orchid · Southern Marsh-orchid +5
- Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2019
- GorseUlex europaeus
- Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula2020
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2019
- Southern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza praetermissa2018
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,116 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTawny Owl · Blackbird · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Robin +37
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SwiftApus apus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
- JayGarrulus glandarius2021
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2021
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2021
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2021
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2021
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
- NuthatchSitta europaea2021
Water Vole · Grey Squirrel
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius2018
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Gatekeeper · Large White · Painted Lady · Meadow Brown · Small White +32
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2018
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2018
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2018
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2018
- Small WhitePieris rapae2018
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
🌿Plants10 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Spotted-orchid · Gorse · Early-purple Orchid · Bee Orchid · Southern Marsh-orchid +5
- Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2019
- GorseUlex europaeus
- Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula2020
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2019
- Southern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza praetermissa2018
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2018
2018
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2018Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2018Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2018Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta20187-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20197-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2018Common BluePolyommatus icarus2018CommaPolygonia c-album2018CommaPolygonia c-album2018PeacockAglais io2018PeacockAglais io2018Green-veined WhitePieris napi2018Green-veined WhitePieris napi2018Gorse WeevilExapion ulicisGorse WeevilExapion ulicisBrown ArgusAricia agestis2018Brown ArgusAricia agestis2018Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2018Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2018Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2019Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2019Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus2019Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus2019Leiosoma oblongulumLeiosoma oblongulum2019Leiosoma oblongulumLeiosoma oblongulum2019Willow Flea BeetleCrepidodera aurata2019Willow Flea BeetleCrepidodera aurata2019Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2019Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2019UncertainHoplodrina octogenaria2019UncertainHoplodrina octogenaria2019Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2018Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2018WallLasiommata megera2018WallLasiommata megera2018Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2018Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2018Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2017Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2017BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2017BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2017Rhagonycha nigriventrisRhagonycha nigriventris2017Rhagonycha nigriventrisRhagonycha nigriventris2017Grammoptera ruficornisGrammoptera ruficornis2017Grammoptera ruficornisGrammoptera ruficornis2017Cantharis flavilabris (=nigra auctt.)Cantharis flavilabris (=nigra auctt.)2017Cantharis flavilabris (=nigra auctt.)Cantharis flavilabris (=nigra auctt.)2017Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2017Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2017Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2017Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2017Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis2017Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis2017Agapanthia villosoviridescensAgapanthia villosoviridescens2017Agapanthia villosoviridescensAgapanthia villosoviridescens2017Oulema melanopusOulema melanopus2017Oulema melanopusOulema melanopus2017Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus2017Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus2017Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2017Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2017Lesser Celandine
Lesser Celandine
Ficaria verna2017
Ficaria verna2017
CowslipPrimula veris2017CowslipPrimula veris2017Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2017Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2017Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2017Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2017Monkey-puzzleAraucaria araucana2017Monkey-puzzleAraucaria araucana2017