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Getting here
53.08086, -0.38896
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦44+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Kestrel
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦44+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Kestrel
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Swift, Kestrel, Little Owl +41 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Swift, Kestrel, Little Owl +41 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Lathagrium auriforme, Variospora aurantia, Candelariella aurella f. aurella +52 more · last seen 2014
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Peacock, Zig-zag Elm Sawfly, 7-spot Ladybird +78 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 25 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Spires and Steeples TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Harrowby Closepublic footpath · 90 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 90 mPath type: residential
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Sleaford - Ruskington Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 151Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 151National Cycle Network
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St Thomas a Becket church, Digby
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Wildlife to spot
1,771 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,771 records · National Biodiversity NetworkKestrel · Little Owl · Swift · Goldfinch · Goldcrest +28
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- SwiftApus apus2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- CurlewNumenius arquata2022
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Bat
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BatChiroptera2020
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Smooth Newt · Great Crested Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2020
🐝Insects67 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Zig-zag Elm Sawfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug · Ivy Bee · Fannia coracina +62
- Zig-zag Elm SawflyAproceros leucopoda2024
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2021
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Ivy BeeColletes hederae2023
- Fannia coracinaFannia coracina
Great Mullein · White Dead-nettle · Dandelion · Yarrow · Nipplewort +25
- Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus
- White Dead-nettleLamium album2019
- DandelionTaraxacum2019
- YarrowAchillea millefolium2019
- NipplewortLapsana communis2019
- Salad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba subsp. sanguisorba
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,771 records · National Biodiversity NetworkKestrel · Little Owl · Swift · Goldfinch · Goldcrest +28
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- SwiftApus apus2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- CurlewNumenius arquata2022
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Bat
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BatChiroptera2020
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Smooth Newt · Great Crested Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2020
🐝Insects67 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Zig-zag Elm Sawfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug · Ivy Bee · Fannia coracina +62
- Zig-zag Elm SawflyAproceros leucopoda2024
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2021
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Ivy BeeColletes hederae2023
- Fannia coracinaFannia coracina
Great Mullein · White Dead-nettle · Dandelion · Yarrow · Nipplewort +25
- Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus
- White Dead-nettleLamium album2019
- DandelionTaraxacum2019
- YarrowAchillea millefolium2019
- NipplewortLapsana communis2019
- Salad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba subsp. sanguisorba
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2022
2022
Linnaemya pictaLinnaemya picta2022Linnaemya pictaLinnaemya picta2022Calliopum aeneumCalliopum aeneum2022Calliopum aeneumCalliopum aeneum2022Coremacera marginataCoremacera marginata2022Coremacera marginataCoremacera marginata2022Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatusKidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatusWillow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridisWillow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridisHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleVolucella inanisVolucella inanisVolucella inanisVolucella inanisXanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequumStrawberry-blossom WeevilAnthonomus rubiStrawberry-blossom WeevilAnthonomus rubiViburnum ScaleLichtensia viburniViburnum ScaleLichtensia viburniMicrolophium carnosumMicrolophium carnosumMicrolophium carnosumMicrolophium carnosumDock BugCoreus marginatusDock BugCoreus marginatusCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024Yellow-legged BlackPachygaster leachii2024Yellow-legged BlackPachygaster leachii2024Stictopleurus punctatonervosusStictopleurus punctatonervosus2024Stictopleurus punctatonervosusStictopleurus punctatonervosus2024Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2024Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2024Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024Hawthorn Leaf BeetleLochmaea crataegi2024Hawthorn Leaf BeetleLochmaea crataegi20242-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20242-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2024Idiocerus herrichiIdiocerus herrichi2024Idiocerus herrichiIdiocerus herrichi2024Spotted-winged DrosophilaDrosophila suzukii2023Spotted-winged DrosophilaDrosophila suzukii2023Mydaea corniMydaea corni2023Mydaea corniMydaea corni2023Woundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimus2023Woundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimus2023Parhelophilus frutetorumParhelophilus frutetorum2023Parhelophilus frutetorumParhelophilus frutetorum2023Fannia armataFannia armata2023Fannia armataFannia armata2023Cassida vibexCassida vibex2023Cassida vibexCassida vibex2023Trichochermes walkeriTrichochermes walkeri2022Trichochermes walkeriTrichochermes walkeri2022Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2022Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2022Phaonia trimaculataPhaonia trimaculata2022Phaonia trimaculataPhaonia trimaculata2022Graphomya maculataGraphomya maculata2022Graphomya maculataGraphomya maculata2022Phaonia signataPhaonia signata2022Phaonia signataPhaonia signata2022Cheilosia proximaCheilosia proxima2022Cheilosia proximaCheilosia proxima2022Geomyza venustaGeomyza venusta2022Geomyza venustaGeomyza venusta2022Sepedon sphegeaSepedon sphegea2022Sepedon sphegeaSepedon sphegea2022Opomyza germinationisOpomyza germinationis2022Opomyza germinationisOpomyza germinationis2022Conops quadrifasciatusConops quadrifasciatus2022Conops quadrifasciatusConops quadrifasciatus2022Limnia unguicornisLimnia unguicornis2022Limnia unguicornisLimnia unguicornis2022Pipizella viduataPipizella viduata2022Pipizella viduataPipizella viduata2022Rose Leaf-roller SawflyBlennocampa phyllocolpa2022Rose Leaf-roller SawflyBlennocampa phyllocolpa2022Cheilosia variabilisCheilosia variabilis2022Cheilosia variabilisCheilosia variabilis2022Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2022Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2022Hebecnema vespertinaHebecnema vespertina2022Hebecnema vespertinaHebecnema vespertina2022Nemopoda nitidulaNemopoda nitidula2022Nemopoda nitidulaNemopoda nitidula2022Fever FlyDilophus febrilis2022Fever FlyDilophus febrilis2022Morellia simplexMorellia simplex2022Morellia simplexMorellia simplex2022Hydrotaea dentipesHydrotaea dentipes2022Hydrotaea dentipesHydrotaea dentipes2022Striped Slender RobberflyLeptogaster cylindrica2021Striped Slender RobberflyLeptogaster cylindrica2021Common Red-legged RobberflyDioctria rufipes2021Common Red-legged RobberflyDioctria rufipes2021Sarcophaga pumilaSarcophaga pumila2021Sarcophaga pumilaSarcophaga pumila2021Crochet-hooked StilettoThereva plebeja2021Crochet-hooked StilettoThereva plebeja2021Cheilosia paganaCheilosia pagana2021Cheilosia paganaCheilosia pagana2021Periscepsia spathulataPeriscepsia spathulata2021Periscepsia spathulataPeriscepsia spathulata2021Empis tessellataEmpis tessellata2021Empis tessellataEmpis tessellata2021Pale-palped MelindaMelinda gentilis2021Pale-palped MelindaMelinda gentilis2021Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2021Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2021Dark-palped MelindaMelinda viridicyanea2021Dark-palped MelindaMelinda viridicyanea2021Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2021Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2021Trichocera hiemalisTrichocera hiemalis2021Trichocera hiemalisTrichocera hiemalis2021Demetrias atricapillusDemetrias atricapillus2020Demetrias atricapillusDemetrias atricapillus2020Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2020Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2020Delia florilegaDelia florilega2020Delia florilegaDelia florilega2020Linnaemya tessellansLinnaemya tessellans2020Linnaemya tessellansLinnaemya tessellans20202019
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