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Cross in St Lawrence's churchyard

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📷 Richard Croft · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦96+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦96+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Mallard +93 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Mallard +93 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Sea Bindweed, Greater Plantain, Foxglove +20 more · last seen 2023; Plants — Sea Bindweed, Greater Plantain, Foxglove +20 more · last seen 2023

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Large White, Small White, Small Tortoiseshell +19 more · last seen 2021; Insects — Large White, Small White, Small Tortoiseshell +19 more · last seen 2021

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Bramble, Blackthorn, Common Nettle +3 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Greenwich Meridian TrailWalking route440 km

A long-distance walk that follows the line of the Prime Meridian. Inaugurated in 2009, to coincide with the 125th anniversary of the Greenwich Meridian.

Named routeRef GMTLength 440 kmRegional walking route

Silver Lincs WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

The Meadowspublic footpath · 166 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 166 mPath type: service

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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Cleethorpes to Tetney LockMountain bike route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

1,814 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,814 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

autumn

2025

Woodpigeon · Mallard · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Rook +45

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
JackdawColoeus monedula
RookCorvus frugilegus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Common GullLarus canus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Rock DoveColumba livia
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
RobinErithacus rubecula
MagpiePica pica
Great TitParus major
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2023
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
DunnockPrunella modularis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
RavenCorvus corax
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Little OwlAthene noctua2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2022
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2022
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
GadwallMareca strepera2022
Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus2022
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2022
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca2022
CootFulica atra2022
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2022

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Mammals1 species

summerautumn

2024

Water Vole

Water VoleArvicola amphibius

🌿

Plants1 species

summer

2023

Sea Bindweed

Sea BindweedCalystegia soldanella

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,814 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

autumn

2025

Woodpigeon · Mallard · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Rook +45

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
JackdawColoeus monedula
RookCorvus frugilegus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Common GullLarus canus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Rock DoveColumba livia
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
RobinErithacus rubecula
MagpiePica pica
Great TitParus major
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2023
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
DunnockPrunella modularis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
RavenCorvus corax
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Little OwlAthene noctua2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2022
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2022
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
GadwallMareca strepera2022
Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus2022
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2022
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca2022
CootFulica atra2022
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2022

🦌

Mammals1 species

summerautumn

2024

Water Vole

Water VoleArvicola amphibius

🌿

Plants1 species

summer

2023

Sea Bindweed

Sea BindweedCalystegia soldanella

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Richard Croft · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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🌱North Thoresby ParkUrban park3.4 km→💧Covenham ReservoirReservoir2.8 km→💧Covenham ReservoirReservoir2.8 km→✦The Manor moated site and fishpond complexHistoric site3.6 km→🌱Utterby GreenUrban park4.5 km→⛪St Peter and St Pauls ChurchReligious grounds3.2 km→

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