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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
53.55571, -0.66622
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +69 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +69 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red Admiral, Small Tortoiseshell, Small White +32 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Grey-cushioned Grimmia, Shepherd's-purse, Common Nettle +39 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
27 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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Wildlife to spot
5,752 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,752 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummer
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Blue Tit · Blackbird +41
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2024
Common Pipistrelle
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐸Amphibians1 species
springsummer
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects5 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Lesser Stag Beetle · Summer Chafer · Wool Carder Bee · Hawthorn Shieldbug
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Summer ChaferAmphimallon solstitiale
- Wool Carder BeeAnthidium manicatum
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Shepherd's-purse · Salad Burnet · Red Dead-nettle · Lady's Bedstraw +27
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2025
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Salad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2025
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,752 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummer
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Blue Tit · Blackbird +41
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2024
Common Pipistrelle
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐸Amphibians1 species
springsummer
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects5 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Lesser Stag Beetle · Summer Chafer · Wool Carder Bee · Hawthorn Shieldbug
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Summer ChaferAmphimallon solstitiale
- Wool Carder BeeAnthidium manicatum
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Shepherd's-purse · Salad Burnet · Red Dead-nettle · Lady's Bedstraw +27
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2025
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Salad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2025
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Creeping Buttercup
Creeping Buttercup
Ranunculus repens2025
Ranunculus repens2025
CleaversGalium aparine2025CleaversGalium aparine2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024CowslipPrimula veris2024CowslipPrimula veris2024GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024Blue FleabaneErigeron acris2024Blue FleabaneErigeron acris2024Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024Common ChickweedStellaria media2024Common ChickweedStellaria media2024Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2024Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2024Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2024Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2024Erophila vernaErophila verna2024Erophila vernaErophila verna2024Henbit Dead-nettleLamium amplexicaule2024Henbit Dead-nettleLamium amplexicaule2024SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2024SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2024Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2024Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2024White Dead-nettleLamium album2024White Dead-nettleLamium album2024Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis2024Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis2024Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2024Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2024Wall BarleyHordeum murinum2024Wall BarleyHordeum murinum2024DaisyBellis perennis2024DaisyBellis perennis2024HopHumulus lupulus2024HopHumulus lupulus2024New Zealand PigmyweedCrassula helmsii2024New Zealand PigmyweedCrassula helmsii2024Marsh PennywortHydrocotyle vulgaris2024Marsh PennywortHydrocotyle vulgaris2024Mare's-tailHippuris vulgaris2024Mare's-tailHippuris vulgaris2024Spiked Water-milfoilMyriophyllum spicatum2024Spiked Water-milfoilMyriophyllum spicatum2024