Swallow Wold Wood - Conifer woodland
11 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome11 ha
Getting here
53.53245, -0.26145
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
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 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Nev Cole WayWalking route93 km▾
Named routeLength 93 kmRegional walking route
Wanderlust WayWalking route32 km▾
Named routeLength 32 kmRound tripLocal walking route
11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 1Cycling route▾
NCN 1 Lincoln to Humber
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 3Cycling route▾
Lincoln - Whitby
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.9 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 1.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route368 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 368 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route3.2 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 3.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.4 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Swallow, Rothwell, Binbrook, Walesby Top loopMountain bike route58 km▾
Named routeLength 58 kmLocal cycle route
Photos
Swallow Wold and New Close Woods, Cabourne: aerial 2024
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Wildlife to spot
1,698 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,698 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springwinter
2025▾
Barn Owl · Peregrine · Hobby · Chaffinch · Carrion Crow +40
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2019
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2019
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2019
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2019
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2019
- SwallowHirundo rustica2019
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2019
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2019
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2019
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2019
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2019
- RookCorvus frugilegus2019
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2019
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2019
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2018
🦌Mammals2 species
wintersummer
2021▾
Hedgehog · Indet. Deer
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Indet. DeerCervidae2020
Common Mouse-ear · Creeping Bent · Silverweed · Common Restharrow · Prickly Sow-thistle +108
- Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
- Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
- SilverweedPotentilla anserina
- Common RestharrowOnonis repens
- Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- IvyHedera helix
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,698 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springwinter
2025▾
Barn Owl · Peregrine · Hobby · Chaffinch · Carrion Crow +40
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2019
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2019
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2019
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2019
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2019
- SwallowHirundo rustica2019
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2019
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2019
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2019
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2019
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2019
- RookCorvus frugilegus2019
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2019
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2019
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2018
🦌Mammals2 species
wintersummer
2021▾
Hedgehog · Indet. Deer
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Indet. DeerCervidae2020
Common Mouse-ear · Creeping Bent · Silverweed · Common Restharrow · Prickly Sow-thistle +108
- Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
- Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
- SilverweedPotentilla anserina
- Common RestharrowOnonis repens
- Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- IvyHedera helix
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas