Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
53.02336, -0.57331
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ✦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
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ✦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, Blackbird, Swift +60 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Swift +60 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Peacock, Meadow Brown +34 more · last seen 2023
Free
Grade II* listed building: CAYTHORPE COURT
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Lincolnshire)Cycling route▾
The National Byway in Lincolnshire
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway (Grantham Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Photos
The gates and lodge to Caythorpe Court
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Wildlife to spot
2,361 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,361 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Robin · Carrion Crow +40
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common GullLarus canus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- SwiftApus apus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- MagpiePica pica2022
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2020
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2020
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2020
- NuthatchSitta europaea2020
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2020
🐝Insects4 species
summerautumn
2023▾
Western Conifer Seed Bug · Birch Clubhorn · Marmalade Hoverfly · 7-spot Ladybird
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2021
- Birch ClubhornCimbex femoratus
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2020
Timothy · Oxeye Daisy · Yorkshire-fog · Tufted Hair-grass · Common Vetch +84
- TimothyPhleum pratense
- Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
- Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
- Common VetchVicia sativa subsp. segetalis
- Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,361 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Robin · Carrion Crow +40
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common GullLarus canus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- SwiftApus apus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- MagpiePica pica2022
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2020
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2020
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2020
- NuthatchSitta europaea2020
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2020
🐝Insects4 species
summerautumn
2023▾
Western Conifer Seed Bug · Birch Clubhorn · Marmalade Hoverfly · 7-spot Ladybird
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2021
- Birch ClubhornCimbex femoratus
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2020
Timothy · Oxeye Daisy · Yorkshire-fog · Tufted Hair-grass · Common Vetch +84
- TimothyPhleum pratense
- Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
- Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
- Common VetchVicia sativa subsp. segetalis
- Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas