Sykes Wood - Conifer woodland
✦ Ancient woodland5 ha
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
53.25544, -0.26698
Open directionsv
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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Stephen Langton TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Living Landscapes (Short Route)Cycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Route 1Cycling route▾
NCN 1 Boston to Lincoln
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
NCN 1 Southrey winter alternativeCycling route▾
Named routeNational Cycle Network
Lindsey TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Norwich - Lincoln
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos
Permissive path alongside Sykes Wood
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Wildlife to spot
24,798 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
24,798 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreat Tit · Long-tailed Tit · Wren · Blackbird · Robin +22
- Great TitParus major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Regulus ignicapilla ignicapillaRegulus ignicapilla ignicapilla2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Hazel Dormouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
🐝Insects96 species
springsummer
2025▾
Tortoise Bug · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Sphaerophoria scripta · 7-spot Ladybird · Turnip Tigress +91
- Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Turnip TigressAthalia rosae
- Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata
🌿Plants4 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Common Tamarisk-moss · Viper's-bugloss · Lungwort · Primrose
- Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum
- Viper's-buglossEchium vulgare
- LungwortPulmonaria officinalis
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
24,798 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreat Tit · Long-tailed Tit · Wren · Blackbird · Robin +22
- Great TitParus major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Regulus ignicapilla ignicapillaRegulus ignicapilla ignicapilla2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Hazel Dormouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
🐝Insects96 species
springsummer
2025▾
Tortoise Bug · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Sphaerophoria scripta · 7-spot Ladybird · Turnip Tigress +91
- Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Turnip TigressAthalia rosae
- Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata
🌿Plants4 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Common Tamarisk-moss · Viper's-bugloss · Lungwort · Primrose
- Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum
- Viper's-buglossEchium vulgare
- LungwortPulmonaria officinalis
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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