Dovecote at Barholm Old Hall
0 ha
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
52.68314, -0.39105
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦81+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wigeon and Shoveler
- ✦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
- 🐦81+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wigeon and Shoveler
- ✦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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Wigeon, Shoveler, Blackbird +78 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Wigeon, Shoveler, Blackbird +78 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Large White, Meadow Brown +46 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Small White, Large White, Meadow Brown +46 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Coral Tooth · last seen 2014; Fungi — Coral Tooth · last seen 2014
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Moderate match
Plants — Garden Lady's-mantle · last seen 2014; Plants — Garden Lady's-mantle · last seen 2014
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
Torpel WayWalking route▾
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
John Clare Country routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
The Deepings (Lincolnshire Cycle Routes)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
The Green WheelCycling route▾
Named routeRef 21Round tripRegional cycle route
The Green WheelCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Photos
Pigeoncote at the Old Hall, Barholm
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Own or manage this place?
Claim this listing to keep details accurate, add photos, and highlight what makes it special — free.
Claim this page→How useful was the information on this page?
id: 6b68cd04-1075-40b4-ab5d-3eb0efa0b1f0
Events & activities nearby
Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
Wildlife to spot
3,895 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,895 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWigeon · Shoveler · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Canada Goose +43
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- ScaupAythya marila
- CootFulica atra
- GadwallMareca strepera
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Great TitParus major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- PochardAythya ferina
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Common GullLarus canus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
Speckled Wood · Gatekeeper · Small White · Green-veined White · Meadow Brown +8
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
Caper Spurge · Annual Mercury
- Caper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyris
- Annual MercuryMercurialis annua
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,895 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWigeon · Shoveler · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Canada Goose +43
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- ScaupAythya marila
- CootFulica atra
- GadwallMareca strepera
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Great TitParus major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- PochardAythya ferina
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Common GullLarus canus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
Speckled Wood · Gatekeeper · Small White · Green-veined White · Meadow Brown +8
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
Caper Spurge · Annual Mercury
- Caper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyris
- Annual MercuryMercurialis annua
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
PeacockAglais io2024PeacockAglais io2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2023Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2023Ledra auritaLedra auritaLedra auritaLedra auritaDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025Large WhitePieris brassicae2024Large WhitePieris brassicae2024Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024