Caythorpe Playing Field
3 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
53.02533, -0.59934
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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 Robin and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +60 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +60 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Peacock, Large White, Small Tortoiseshell +69 more · last seen 2024
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 12 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Lincoln Roadpublic footpath · 450 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 450 mPath type: primary
Frieston Pathpublic footpath · 309 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 309 mSurface pavedPath type: footway
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
Caythorpe - South Lodge and church spire
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Wildlife to spot
3,424 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,424 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
winterspring
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Robin · Swift +35
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SwiftApus apus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Common GullLarus canus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- MagpiePica pica2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2020
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2020
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2020
- NuthatchSitta europaea2020
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2020
Brown Hare · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2020
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Cantharis lateralis · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Birch Clubhorn · Tawny Mining Bee · Anaspis maculata +23
- Cantharis lateralisCantharis lateralis2020
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2021
- Birch ClubhornCimbex femoratus2023
- Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2021
- Anaspis maculataAnaspis maculata2020
- Cordylepherus viridis
Timothy · Tufted Hair-grass · Common Vetch · Crested Dog's-tail · Yorkshire-fog +55
- TimothyPhleum pratense
- Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
- Common VetchVicia sativa subsp. segetalis
- Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
- Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
- Great Bindweed
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,424 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
winterspring
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Robin · Swift +35
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SwiftApus apus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Common GullLarus canus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- MagpiePica pica2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2020
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2020
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2020
- NuthatchSitta europaea2020
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2020
Brown Hare · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2020
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Cantharis lateralis · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Birch Clubhorn · Tawny Mining Bee · Anaspis maculata +23
- Cantharis lateralisCantharis lateralis2020
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2021
- Birch ClubhornCimbex femoratus2023
- Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2021
- Anaspis maculataAnaspis maculata2020
- Cordylepherus viridis
Timothy · Tufted Hair-grass · Common Vetch · Crested Dog's-tail · Yorkshire-fog +55
- TimothyPhleum pratense
- Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
- Common VetchVicia sativa subsp. segetalis
- Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
- Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
- Great Bindweed
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Cordylepherus viridis2020
Cordylepherus viridis2020
Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2020Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2020Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans2020Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans2020Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridisWillow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridisDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023Limnephilus auriculaLimnephilus auricula2021Limnephilus auriculaLimnephilus auricula2021Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2021Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2021Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2021Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2021Summer ChaferAmphimallon solstitiale2021Summer ChaferAmphimallon solstitiale2021Ant BeetleThanasimus formicarius2021Ant BeetleThanasimus formicarius2021Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2021Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2021Ivy BeeColletes hederae2020Ivy BeeColletes hederae2020Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2020Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2020Churchyard BeetleBlaps mucronata2020Churchyard BeetleBlaps mucronata2020Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2020Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2020Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2020Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2020Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2020Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2020Fan-bearing Wood-borerPtilinus pectinicornis2020Fan-bearing Wood-borerPtilinus pectinicornis2020Rhinocyllus conicusRhinocyllus conicus2020Rhinocyllus conicusRhinocyllus conicus2020Anthonomus ulmiAnthonomus ulmi2020Anthonomus ulmiAnthonomus ulmi2020Grammoptera ruficornisGrammoptera ruficornis2020Grammoptera ruficornisGrammoptera ruficornis2020Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2020Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2020Calystegia sepium subsp. sepium
Calystegia sepium subsp. sepium
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