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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
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
☕The Cookie People — a good base for a longer summer day out

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
☕The Cookie People — a good base for a longer summer day out

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

CaféParking· FreePlayground

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Magpie +69 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Magpie +69 more · last seen 2025

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Small White, Large White, Peacock +70 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small White, Large White, Peacock +70 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Springy Turf-moss, Grey-cushioned Grimmia, Herb-Robert +22 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Springy Turf-moss, Grey-cushioned Grimmia, Herb-Robert +22 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km

Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route

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Cycling

35 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Byway (Lincolnshire)Cycling route

The National Byway in Lincolnshire

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Isle of Axholme GreenwayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 169Cycling route

Named routeRef 169National Cycle Network

N/ACycling route120 m

Named routeLength 120 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route167 m

Named routeLength 167 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route323 m

Named routeLength 323 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

6,992 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,992 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

springautumn

2025

Robin · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Wren · Blue Tit +44

RobinErithacus rubecula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
JackdawColoeus monedula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
Great TitParus major
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
DunnockPrunella modularis
BuzzardButeo buteo
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Common GullLarus canus2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
SiskinSpinus spinus2023
NuthatchSitta europaea2023
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2023
Rock DoveColumba livia2023
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
RookCorvus frugilegus2023
Barn OwlTyto alba2023
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
SwallowHirundo rustica2023
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
CootFulica atra2023
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2024

Great Crested Newt

Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus

🐝

Insects18 species

spring

2025

Lesser Stag Beetle · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Summer Chafer · Harlequin Ladybird · Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea +13

Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024
Summer ChaferAmphimallon solstitiale
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilineaDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea
AphrophoridaeAphrophoridae
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Sheep-strike GreenbottleLucilia sericata2024
Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2023
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2023
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2023
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2023
Common Leaf WeevilPhyllobius pyri2023
Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae2023
Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2023
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023
Tachina feraTachina fera2023

🌿

Plants10 species

summer

2025

Springy Turf-moss · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Scorpion Weed · Bee Orchid · Buck's-horn Plantain +5

Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia
Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
Common CudweedFilago germanica
Kidney VetchAnthyllis vulneraria
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Black BryonyTamus communis2024
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,992 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

springautumn

2025

Robin · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Wren · Blue Tit +44

RobinErithacus rubecula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
JackdawColoeus monedula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
Great TitParus major
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
DunnockPrunella modularis
BuzzardButeo buteo
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Common GullLarus canus2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
SiskinSpinus spinus2023
NuthatchSitta europaea2023
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2023
Rock DoveColumba livia2023
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
RookCorvus frugilegus2023
Barn OwlTyto alba2023
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
SwallowHirundo rustica2023
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
CootFulica atra2023
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2024

Great Crested Newt

Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus

🐝

Insects18 species

spring

2025

Lesser Stag Beetle · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Summer Chafer · Harlequin Ladybird · Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea +13

Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024
Summer ChaferAmphimallon solstitiale
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilineaDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea
AphrophoridaeAphrophoridae
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Sheep-strike GreenbottleLucilia sericata2024
Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2023
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2023
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2023
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2023
Common Leaf WeevilPhyllobius pyri2023
Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae2023
Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2023
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023
Tachina feraTachina fera2023

🌿

Plants10 species

summer

2025

Springy Turf-moss · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Scorpion Weed · Bee Orchid · Buck's-horn Plantain +5

Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia
Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
Common CudweedFilago germanica
Kidney VetchAnthyllis vulneraria
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Black BryonyTamus communis2024
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Jonathan Thacker · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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