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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
53.18984, -0.42824
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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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird +67 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird +67 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Peacock, Brimstone +91 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small White, Peacock, Brimstone +91 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Stephen Langton TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Spires and Steeples TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
13 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lincoln Eastern Bypass NMU pathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
North Hykeham Relief Road / Lincoln Southern Bypass NMU RouteCycling route▾
Named routeNational Cycle Network
Lincoln to Branston cycle pathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Branston to Washingborough Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 1Cycling route▾
NCN 1 Boston to Lincoln
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Norwich - Lincoln
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
2,575 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,575 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
wintersummerautumn
2025▾
Robin · Dunnock · Great Tit · Wren · Chiffchaff +39
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MagpiePica pica
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- CootFulica atra2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2022
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Common Darter · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Tortoise Bug · Wayward Sawfly +7
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023
- Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria
- Wayward SawflyTenthredo temula
- Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,575 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
wintersummerautumn
2025▾
Robin · Dunnock · Great Tit · Wren · Chiffchaff +39
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MagpiePica pica
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- CootFulica atra2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2022
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Common Darter · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Tortoise Bug · Wayward Sawfly +7
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023
- Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria
- Wayward SawflyTenthredo temula
- Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2023Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2023Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2023Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2023Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2023Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2023Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculata2022Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculata2022Melanostoma mellinumMelanostoma mellinum2022Melanostoma mellinumMelanostoma mellinum2022Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2022Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2022Events & activities nearby
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