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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
53.54913, -0.65419
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 218m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 218m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Mallard +72 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Mallard +72 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Red Soldier Beetle, Pseudovadonia livida, 7-spot Ladybird +23 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bugloss, Grey-cushioned Grimmia, Common Nettle +37 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km▾
Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
24 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Lincolnshire)Cycling route▾
The National Byway in Lincolnshire
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Isle of Axholme GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 169Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 169National Cycle Network
N/ACycling route120 m▾
Named routeLength 120 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route167 m▾
Named routeLength 167 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route323 m▾
Named routeLength 323 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Valley View Drive, Bottesford
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Wildlife to spot
14,708 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
14,708 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Blackbird · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Robin · Moorhen +41
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
🐝Insects2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Wool Carder Bee
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
- Wool Carder BeeAnthidium manicatum
🌿Plants19 species
springwinter
2026▾
Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Shepherd's-purse · Salad Burnet · Red Dead-nettle · Bugloss +14
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2025
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Salad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- BuglossLycopsis arvensis2025
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
14,708 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Blackbird · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Robin · Moorhen +41
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
🐝Insects2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Wool Carder Bee
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
- Wool Carder BeeAnthidium manicatum
🌿Plants19 species
springwinter
2026▾
Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Shepherd's-purse · Salad Burnet · Red Dead-nettle · Bugloss +14
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2025
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Salad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- BuglossLycopsis arvensis2025
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025CleaversGalium aparine2025CleaversGalium aparine2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis2024Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis2024Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2024Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2024Wall BarleyHordeum murinum2024Wall BarleyHordeum murinum2024DaisyBellis perennis2024DaisyBellis perennis2024CowslipPrimula veris2024CowslipPrimula veris2024GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024Blue FleabaneErigeron acris2024Blue FleabaneErigeron acris2024Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024