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🌳Ancient🦅Birds💜Bluebells
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome53 ha
Getting here
53.58097, -0.66118
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackbird
- 💜Bluebell walks is at its best in summer here
- ☕The Cookie People — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackbird
- 💜Bluebell walks is at its best in summer here
- ☕The Cookie People — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🌳Ancient woodland
Very strong match
Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Magpie +66 more · last seen 2025; Ancient woodland — owls, woodpeckers, warblers
Free
💜Bluebell walks
Very strong match
Ancient woodland — native bluebell habitat
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Bluebell, Springy Turf-moss, Grey-cushioned Grimmia +30 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Magpie +66 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km▾
Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
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
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Wildlife to spot
6,545 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,545 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springautumn
2025▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blue Tit · Blackbird +35
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2024▾
Common Frog · Great Crested Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria2023
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects26 species
springsummer
2025▾
Hornet Hoverfly · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Harmonia axyridis form succinea · Lily Beetle · Harlequin Ladybird +21
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2024
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024
- Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2023
- Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2023
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Springy Turf-moss · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Dame's-violet · Scorpion Weed · Bee Orchid +14
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
- Dame's-violetHesperis matronalis2023
- Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
- Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
- Common Cudweed
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,545 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springautumn
2025▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blue Tit · Blackbird +35
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2024▾
Common Frog · Great Crested Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria2023
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects26 species
springsummer
2025▾
Hornet Hoverfly · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Harmonia axyridis form succinea · Lily Beetle · Harlequin Ladybird +21
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2024
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024
- Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2023
- Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2023
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Springy Turf-moss · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Dame's-violet · Scorpion Weed · Bee Orchid +14
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
- Dame's-violetHesperis matronalis2023
- Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
- Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
- Common Cudweed
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea
AphrophoridaeAphrophoridaeAphrophoridaeAphrophoridaeRed-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornisRed-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornisLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024Sheep-strike GreenbottleLucilia sericata2024Sheep-strike GreenbottleLucilia sericata2024Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2023Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2023Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2023Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2023Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2023Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2023Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2023Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2023SyrphusSyrphus2023SyrphusSyrphus2023Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2023Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2023Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2023Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2023Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2023Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2023Dock BugCoreus marginatus2023Dock BugCoreus marginatus2023Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2023Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2023Common Leaf WeevilPhyllobius pyri2023Common Leaf WeevilPhyllobius pyri2023Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae2023Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae20237-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20237-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023Tachina feraTachina fera2023Tachina feraTachina fera2023Filago germanica
Filago germanica
Kidney VetchAnthyllis vulnerariaKidney VetchAnthyllis vulnerariaBush VetchVicia sepiumBush VetchVicia sepiumBlack BryonyTamus communis2024Black BryonyTamus communis2024Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2023Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2023CorncockleAgrostemma githago2023CorncockleAgrostemma githago2023HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2023HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2023RowanSorbus aucuparia2023RowanSorbus aucuparia2023ElderSambucus nigra2023ElderSambucus nigra2023HazelCorylus avellana2023HazelCorylus avellana2023Red CampionSilene dioica2023Red CampionSilene dioica2023HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2023HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2023Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2023Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2023