Owlet Plantation - Conifer woodland
13 ha
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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🐴Horses
Free entryDogs welcome13 ha
Getting here
53.44253, -0.75333
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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
- 🐴Horse riding listed as facility — is at its best in summer
- 🐕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
- 🐴Horse riding listed as facility — is at its best in summer
- 🐕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
Horse riding listed as facility
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
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
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Lincolnshire)Cycling route▾
The National Byway in Lincolnshire
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
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Footpath south of the Owlet Plantation
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Wildlife to spot
2,498 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,498 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
winterspringautumn
2023▾
Great Spotted Woodpecker · Great Tit · Dunnock · Jay · Blackbird +30
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis2021
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- NuthatchSitta europaea2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2021
- RobinErithacus rubecula2019
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2019
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2018
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
- Barn OwlTyto alba2018
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2020
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2020
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2020
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2019
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2019
- Rock DoveColumba livia2019
- SwallowHirundo rustica2019
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2019
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2019
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2018
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2018
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2018
- JackdawColoeus monedula2018
- RookCorvus frugilegus2018
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2018
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2018
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2018
Badger
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Small Tortoiseshell · Peacock · Curculio rubidus · Meadow Brown · Painted Lady +35
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Curculio rubidusCurculio rubidus2018
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus
🌿Plants55 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Bog-myrtle · Snowdrop · Gorse · Whitish Feather-moss · Neat Feather-moss +50
- Bog-myrtleMyrica gale2023
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2020
- GorseUlex europaeus
- Whitish Feather-mossBrachythecium albicans
- Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
- Large White-mossLeucobryum glaucum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,498 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
winterspringautumn
2023▾
Great Spotted Woodpecker · Great Tit · Dunnock · Jay · Blackbird +30
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis2021
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- NuthatchSitta europaea2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2021
- RobinErithacus rubecula2019
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2019
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2018
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
- Barn OwlTyto alba2018
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2020
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2020
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2020
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2019
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2019
- Rock DoveColumba livia2019
- SwallowHirundo rustica2019
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2019
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2019
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2018
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2018
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2018
- JackdawColoeus monedula2018
- RookCorvus frugilegus2018
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2018
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2018
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2018
Badger
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Small Tortoiseshell · Peacock · Curculio rubidus · Meadow Brown · Painted Lady +35
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Curculio rubidusCurculio rubidus2018
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus
🌿Plants55 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Bog-myrtle · Snowdrop · Gorse · Whitish Feather-moss · Neat Feather-moss +50
- Bog-myrtleMyrica gale2023
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2020
- GorseUlex europaeus
- Whitish Feather-mossBrachythecium albicans
- Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
- Large White-mossLeucobryum glaucum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2019
2019
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2021Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva20217-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20217-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2021Small WhitePieris rapae2019Small WhitePieris rapae2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2018Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2018Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctumCercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerataBroad-barred FusehornArge cyanocroceaBroad-barred FusehornArge cyanocroceaConops vesicularisConops vesicularisConops vesicularisConops vesicularisMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2022Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2022SyrphusSyrphus2022SyrphusSyrphus2022Pseudovadonia lividaPseudovadonia livida2020Pseudovadonia lividaPseudovadonia livida2020Hazel Leaf-rollerApoderus coryli2020Hazel Leaf-rollerApoderus coryli2020Ampedus balteatusAmpedus balteatus2020Ampedus balteatusAmpedus balteatus2020Oedemera luridaOedemera lurida2020Oedemera luridaOedemera lurida2020Stictoleptura rubraStictoleptura rubra2020Stictoleptura rubraStictoleptura rubra2020Stenurella melanuraStenurella melanura2020Stenurella melanuraStenurella melanura202018-spot LadybirdMyrrha octodecimguttata202018-spot LadybirdMyrrha octodecimguttata2020Brown ChaferSerica brunnea2020Brown ChaferSerica brunnea2020Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola2020Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola2020Chequered Click BeetleProsternon tessellatum2020Chequered Click BeetleProsternon tessellatum2020Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis2020Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis2020Leistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbis2020Leistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbis2020Scalloped Hook-tipFalcaria lacertinaria2019Scalloped Hook-tipFalcaria lacertinaria2019Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2019Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2019Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2019Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2019Temnocerus nanusTemnocerus nanus2019Temnocerus nanusTemnocerus nanus2019Broad-bordered Bee Hawk-mothHemaris fuciformis2019Broad-bordered Bee Hawk-mothHemaris fuciformis2019Nut Leaf WeevilStrophosoma melanogrammum2019Nut Leaf WeevilStrophosoma melanogrammum2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2018RingletAphantopus hyperantus2018Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2018Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2018CommaPolygonia c-album2018CommaPolygonia c-album2018Bird's-footOrnithopus perpusillusBird's-footOrnithopus perpusillusSmall CudweedLogfia minimaSmall CudweedLogfia minimaBee OrchidOphrys apiferaBee OrchidOphrys apiferaWild MarjoramOriganum vulgare2023Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare2023Slender SandwortArenaria leptoclados2023Slender SandwortArenaria leptoclados2023Hoary CinquefoilPotentilla argentea2023Hoary CinquefoilPotentilla argentea2023Field MapleAcer campestre2019Field MapleAcer campestre2019HazelCorylus avellana2019HazelCorylus avellana2019Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2019Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2019ElderSambucus nigra2019ElderSambucus nigra2019Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2019Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2019BrambleRubus fruticosus2019BrambleRubus fruticosus2019TansyTanacetum vulgare2019TansyTanacetum vulgare2019DandelionTaraxacum2019DandelionTaraxacum2019Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2019Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2019HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2019HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2019GroundselSenecio vulgaris2019GroundselSenecio vulgaris2019Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2019Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2019White CloverTrifolium repens2019White CloverTrifolium repens2019HawthornCrataegus monogyna2019HawthornCrataegus monogyna2019Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2019Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2019Red CloverTrifolium pratense2019Red CloverTrifolium pratense2019SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2019SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2019Common NettleUrtica dioica2019Common NettleUrtica dioica2019HollyIlex aquifolium2019HollyIlex aquifolium2019White Dead-nettleLamium album2019White Dead-nettleLamium album2019AshFraxinus excelsior2019AshFraxinus excelsior2019Soft-rushJuncus effusus2018Soft-rushJuncus effusus2018White SedgeCarex canescens2018White SedgeCarex canescens2018Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2018Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2018Slender RushJuncus tenuis2018Slender RushJuncus tenuis2018Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea2018Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea2018Alder BuckthornFrangula alnus2018Alder BuckthornFrangula alnus2018Slender Parsley-piertAphanes australis2018Slender Parsley-piertAphanes australis2018daffodilsNarcissus2018daffodilsNarcissus2018Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2018Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2018Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2018Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2018Field PansyViola arvensis2017Field PansyViola arvensis2017Welted ThistleCarduus crispus2017Welted ThistleCarduus crispus2017Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2017Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2017Alsike CloverTrifolium hybridum2017Alsike CloverTrifolium hybridum2017Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2017Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2017SpindleEuonymus europaeus2017SpindleEuonymus europaeus2017Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2017Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2017BuglossLycopsis arvensis2017BuglossLycopsis arvensis2017AppleMalus domestica2017AppleMalus domestica2017Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola2017Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola2017Black HorehoundBallota nigra2017Black HorehoundBallota nigra2017Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium2017Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium2017