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Gravel Pit Plantation

4 ha

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha

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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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Yellowhammer, Carrion Crow, Blackbird +74 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Yellowhammer, Carrion Crow, Blackbird +74 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Large White, Small Tortoiseshell, Red Admiral +19 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Large White, Small Tortoiseshell, Red Admiral +19 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Good match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Moors Lanepublic footpath · 1.1 km

Public pathpublic footpathLength 1.1 kmPath type: track

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Lindsey TrailCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

2,374 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,374 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds56 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2025

Yellowhammer · Carrion Crow · Chaffinch · Robin · Blackbird +51

YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
JackdawColoeus monedula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Great TitParus major
DunnockPrunella modularis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RookCorvus frugilegus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Common GullLarus canus
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
JayGarrulus glandarius
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
MagpiePica pica2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
SwiftApus apus2023

🦌

Mammals1 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2025

Brown Hare

Brown HareLepus europaeus

🐝

Insects3 species

springsummer

2025

22-spot Ladybird · Portevinia maculata · Cantharis rustica

22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Portevinia maculataPortevinia maculata
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2024

🌿

Plants33 species

summer

2024

Agrimony · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Common Knapweed · Meadow Fescue · Daisy +28

AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
Meadow FescueSchedonorus pratensis
DaisyBellis perennis
Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
Hoary PlantainPlantago media
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
White CloverTrifolium repens
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Tragopogon pratensis subsp. minorTragopogon pratensis subsp. minor
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Yellow Oat-grassTrisetum flavescens
Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Red FescueFestuca rubra
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
TimothyPhleum pratense
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas
Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium
CrosswortCruciata laevipes
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023
Grass-leaved OracheAtriplex littoralis2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,374 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds56 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2025

Yellowhammer · Carrion Crow · Chaffinch · Robin · Blackbird +51

YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
JackdawColoeus monedula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Great TitParus major
DunnockPrunella modularis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RookCorvus frugilegus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Common GullLarus canus
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
JayGarrulus glandarius
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
MagpiePica pica2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
SwiftApus apus2023

🦌

Mammals1 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2025

Brown Hare

Brown HareLepus europaeus

🐝

Insects3 species

springsummer

2025

22-spot Ladybird · Portevinia maculata · Cantharis rustica

22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Portevinia maculataPortevinia maculata
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2024

🌿

Plants33 species

summer

2024

Agrimony · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Common Knapweed · Meadow Fescue · Daisy +28

AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
Meadow FescueSchedonorus pratensis
DaisyBellis perennis
Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
Hoary PlantainPlantago media
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
White CloverTrifolium repens
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Tragopogon pratensis subsp. minorTragopogon pratensis subsp. minor
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Yellow Oat-grassTrisetum flavescens
Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Red FescueFestuca rubra
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
TimothyPhleum pratense
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas
Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium
CrosswortCruciata laevipes
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023
Grass-leaved OracheAtriplex littoralis2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Chris · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Moors Covert, Gravel Pit Plantation and New Covert: aerial 2014

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