Moat Plantation - Conifer woodland
9 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome9 ha
Getting here
53.31871, -0.11791
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲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
Silver Lincs WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Lindsey TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
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Spot the moat and mortuary: Stenigot Estate, aerial 2014
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10,610 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
10,610 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Chaffinch · Jackdaw · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Swallow +25
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Roe Deer · Brown Hare
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Hydrophoria lancifer · Tillus elongatus · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Bibio leucopterus · Hylemya variata +10
- Hydrophoria lanciferHydrophoria lancifer
- Tillus elongatusTillus elongatus
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
- Bibio leucopterusBibio leucopterus
- Hylemya variataHylemya variata
- Coenosia tigrinaCoenosia tigrina
- Sphaerophoria
Crimson-tuber Thread-moss · Lesser Trefoil · Small Nettle · Soft-brome · Snowdrop +129
- Crimson-tuber Thread-mossBryum rubens2025
- Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2025
- Small NettleUrtica urens2025
- Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2025
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- Red Beard-mossBryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,610 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Chaffinch · Jackdaw · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Swallow +25
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Roe Deer · Brown Hare
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Hydrophoria lancifer · Tillus elongatus · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Bibio leucopterus · Hylemya variata +10
- Hydrophoria lanciferHydrophoria lancifer
- Tillus elongatusTillus elongatus
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
- Bibio leucopterusBibio leucopterus
- Hylemya variataHylemya variata
- Coenosia tigrinaCoenosia tigrina
- Sphaerophoria
Crimson-tuber Thread-moss · Lesser Trefoil · Small Nettle · Soft-brome · Snowdrop +129
- Crimson-tuber Thread-mossBryum rubens2025
- Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2025
- Small NettleUrtica urens2025
- Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2025
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- Red Beard-mossBryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Sphaerophoria
Sphaerophoria
Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylansVolucella bombylansVolucella bombylansMurky-legged Black LegionnaireBeris chalybataMurky-legged Black LegionnaireBeris chalybataScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaCantharis pellucidaCantharis pellucidaCantharis pellucidaCantharis pellucidaNanna fasciataNanna fasciataNanna fasciataNanna fasciataLimnephilus sparsusLimnephilus sparsusLimnephilus sparsusLimnephilus sparsusEmpis stercoreaEmpis stercoreaEmpis stercoreaEmpis stercoreaHylemyaHylemyaHylemyaHylemya2025
2025
Sessile OakQuercus petraea2025Sessile OakQuercus petraea2025Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis2025Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis2025Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum2025Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum2025Japanese LarchLarix kaempferi2025Japanese LarchLarix kaempferi2025Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare2025Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare2025TormentilPotentilla erecta2025TormentilPotentilla erecta2025Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium2025Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium2025Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2025Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2025Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2025Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2025Common SallowSalix cinerea2025Common SallowSalix cinerea2025Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2025Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2025Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2025Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2025Red FescueFestuca rubra2025Red FescueFestuca rubra2025Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2025Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2025Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2025Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2025White CampionSilene latifolia2025White CampionSilene latifolia2025Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2025Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2025False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae2025False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae2025Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2025Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2025Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2025Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2025Common VetchVicia sativa subsp. segetalis2025Common VetchVicia sativa subsp. segetalis2025Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum2025Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum2025Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2025Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2025Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2025Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025Reed Sweet-grassGlyceria maxima2025Reed Sweet-grassGlyceria maxima2025Hairy SedgeCarex hirta2025Hairy SedgeCarex hirta2025Spiked SedgeCarex spicata2025Spiked SedgeCarex spicata2025Ulota crispa s.str.Ulota crispa s.str.2025Ulota crispa s.str.Ulota crispa s.str.2025Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus2025Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus2025Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2025Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2025Black MedickMedicago lupulina2025Black MedickMedicago lupulina2025Common SorrelRumex acetosa2025Common SorrelRumex acetosa2025BugleAjuga reptans2025BugleAjuga reptans2025Great LettuceLactuca virosa2025Great LettuceLactuca virosa2025Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025CleaversGalium aparine2025CleaversGalium aparine2025Bay WillowSalix pentandra2025Bay WillowSalix pentandra2025BuglossLycopsis arvensis2025BuglossLycopsis arvensis2025Viola arvensis x tricolor = V. x contemptaViola arvensis x tricolor = V. x contempta2025Viola arvensis x tricolor = V. x contemptaViola arvensis x tricolor = V. x contempta2025SilverweedPotentilla anserina2025SilverweedPotentilla anserina2025Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2025Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2025Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2025Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2025Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2025Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2025Smooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensis2025Smooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensis2025Common BentAgrostis capillaris2025Common BentAgrostis capillaris2025Curled PondweedPotamogeton crispus2025Curled PondweedPotamogeton crispus2025Water MintMentha aquatica2025Water MintMentha aquatica2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025Common Hemp-Nettle agg.Galeopsis tetrahit2025Common Hemp-Nettle agg.Galeopsis tetrahit2025Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025Curled DockRumex crispus2025Curled DockRumex crispus2025WatercressNasturtium officinale2025WatercressNasturtium officinale2025Syntrichia ruralis var. ruralisSyntrichia ruralis var. ruralis2025Syntrichia ruralis var. ruralisSyntrichia ruralis var. ruralis2025OsierSalix viminalis2025OsierSalix viminalis2025Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2025Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2025SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2025Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2025CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum2025Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2025Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2025Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2025Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2025LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea2025LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea2025Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2025Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2025Small-leaved LimeTilia cordata2025Small-leaved LimeTilia cordata2025Frizzled PincushionPlenogemma phyllantha2025Frizzled PincushionPlenogemma phyllantha2025Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata2025Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata2025Spring-sedgeCarex caryophyllea2025Spring-sedgeCarex caryophyllea2025Field Mouse-earCerastium arvense2025Field Mouse-earCerastium arvense2025Wilson's HoneysuckleLonicera nitida2025Wilson's HoneysuckleLonicera nitida2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025Long-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioides2025Long-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioides2025Field Forklet-mossDicranella staphylina2025Field Forklet-mossDicranella staphylina2025Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia2025Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia2025Lesser BurdockArctium minus2025Lesser BurdockArctium minus2025Kneiff's Feather-mossLeptodictyum riparium2025Kneiff's Feather-mossLeptodictyum riparium2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2025Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense var. sativum2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense var. sativum2025Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2025Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2025Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025IvyHedera helix2025IvyHedera helix2025Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2025Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2025Sheep's Fescue agg.Festuca ovina2025Sheep's Fescue agg.Festuca ovina2025Corn SpurreySpergula arvensis2025Corn SpurreySpergula arvensis2025Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla2025Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla2025ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025Bruch's PincushionUlota bruchii2025Bruch's PincushionUlota bruchii2025Field PansyViola arvensis2025Field PansyViola arvensis2025BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2025BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2025Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2025Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2025Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens2025Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens2025Chenopodium albumChenopodium album2025Chenopodium albumChenopodium album2025Endive PelliaPellia endiviifolia2025Endive PelliaPellia endiviifolia2025Whitish Feather-mossBrachythecium albicans2025Whitish Feather-mossBrachythecium albicans2025Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella2025Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella2025Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians2025Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians2025Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2025Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2025Elegant Bristle-mossOrthotrichum pulchellum2025Elegant Bristle-mossOrthotrichum pulchellum2025Cornus sanguinea subsp. australisCornus sanguinea subsp. australis2025Cornus sanguinea subsp. australisCornus sanguinea subsp. australis2025Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta2025Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta2025Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2025Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2025Spiked Water-milfoilMyriophyllum spicatum2025Spiked Water-milfoilMyriophyllum spicatum2025Alsike CloverTrifolium hybridum2025Alsike CloverTrifolium hybridum2025Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2025Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2025Common Spike-rushEleocharis palustris2025Common Spike-rushEleocharis palustris2025Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2025Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2025Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme2025Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2025Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2025Common Bladder-mossPhyscomitrium pyriforme2025Common Bladder-mossPhyscomitrium pyriforme2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Red-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberi2025Red-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberi2025