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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦83+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Moorhen and Mallard
✦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

🐦83+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Moorhen and Mallard
✦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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Moorhen, Mallard, Gadwall +80 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Moorhen, Mallard, Gadwall +80 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Fruity Fibrecap, Beaked Earthstar, Lurid Bolete · last seen 2020; Fungi — Fruity Fibrecap, Beaked Earthstar, Lurid Bolete · last seen 2020

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Athous haemorrhoidalis, Swollen-thighed Beetle, Common Cockchafer +4 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Athous haemorrhoidalis, Swollen-thighed Beetle, Common Cockchafer +4 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby · 5 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Byway (Lincolnshire)Cycling route

The National Byway in Lincolnshire

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

National Byway (Grantham Loop)Cycling route

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

4,333 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,333 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds87 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2025

Moorhen · Mallard · Gadwall · Shoveler · Greylag Goose +82

MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
GadwallMareca strepera2024
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
TealAnas crecca2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
Red KiteMilvus milvus
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
CootFulica atra2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
WigeonMareca penelope
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2023
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Water RailRallus aquaticus2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
Barn OwlTyto alba
Common GullLarus canus2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2023
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2022
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2023
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2021
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
PeregrineFalco peregrinus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Great TitParus major2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2023
RavenCorvus corax2023
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2023
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2020
GarganeySpatula querquedula2019
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
MagpiePica pica2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
HobbyFalco subbuteo2022
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2024
QuailCoturnix coturnix2024
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus2024
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2024
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus2024
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2023
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2023
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2022
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2021
PintailAnas acuta2021
PochardAythya ferina2020
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2020
House SparrowPasser domesticus2020
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2020
Coal TitPeriparus ater2020
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2019

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2020

House Mouse

House MouseMus musculus

🐝

Insects7 species

spring

2025

Athous haemorrhoidalis · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Common Cockchafer · Speckled Bush-cricket · Marmalade Hoverfly +2

Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis2020
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2020
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2020

🍄

Fungi3 species

summerautumn

2020

Fruity Fibrecap · Beaked Earthstar · Lurid Bolete

Fruity FibrecapInosperma bongardii
Beaked EarthstarGeastrum pectinatum2019
Lurid BoleteSuillellus luridus2019

🌿

Plants83 species

summer

2022

Pasqueflower · Man Orchid · Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp. incarnata · Common Chickweed · Knotgrass +78

PasqueflowerPulsatilla vulgaris2021
Man OrchidOrchis anthropophora
Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp. incarnataDactylorhiza incarnata subsp. incarnata2021
Common ChickweedStellaria media2019
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2019
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2019
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2019
HemlockConium maculatum2019
Smooth TareErvum tetraspermum2019
Hop TrefoilTrifolium campestre2019
Swine-cressLepidium coronopus2019
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2019
DandelionTaraxacum2019
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2019
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2019
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2019
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2019
AshFraxinus excelsior2019
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2019
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2019
Heracleum sphondylium subsp. sphondyliumHeracleum sphondylium subsp. sphondylium2019
Urtica dioica subsp. dioicaUrtica dioica subsp. dioica2019
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2019
Hordeum murinum subsp. murinumHordeum murinum subsp. murinum2019
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia2019
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2019
Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides2019
Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum2019
Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum2019
Hybrid CampionSilene dioica x latifolia = S. x hampeana2019
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2019
HazelCorylus avellana2019
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2019
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2019
HopHumulus lupulus2019
Field MapleAcer campestre2019
Lombardy-PoplarPopulus nigra 'Italica'2019
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2019
Small NettleUrtica urens2019
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2019
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2019
Black MedickMedicago lupulina2019
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2019
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2019
Tragopogon pratensis subsp. minorTragopogon pratensis subsp. minor2019
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2019
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2019
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2019
Wild-oatAvena fatua2019
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2019
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2019
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2019
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2019
Plantago major subsp. majorPlantago major subsp. major2019
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2019
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2019
Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2019
SilverweedPotentilla anserina2019
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2019
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2019
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2019
YarrowAchillea millefolium2019
Cornus sanguinea subsp. sanguineaCornus sanguinea subsp. sanguinea2019
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2019
Fat-henChenopodium album2019
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2019
Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2019
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2019
Field PansyViola arvensis2019
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2019
Black-bindweedFallopia convolvulus2019
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2019
CowslipPrimula veris2019
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2019
Common Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus subsp. hordeaceus2019
White CloverTrifolium repens2019
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2019
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2019
Black HorehoundBallota nigra2019
Common MallowMalva sylvestris2019
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2019
BuglossLycopsis arvensis2019
ElderSambucus nigra2019

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,333 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds87 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2025

Moorhen · Mallard · Gadwall · Shoveler · Greylag Goose +82

MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
GadwallMareca strepera2024
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
TealAnas crecca2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
Red KiteMilvus milvus
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
CootFulica atra2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
WigeonMareca penelope
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2023
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Water RailRallus aquaticus2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
Barn OwlTyto alba
Common GullLarus canus2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2023
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2022
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2023
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2021
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
PeregrineFalco peregrinus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Great TitParus major2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2023
RavenCorvus corax2023
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2023
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2020
GarganeySpatula querquedula2019
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
MagpiePica pica2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
HobbyFalco subbuteo2022
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2024
QuailCoturnix coturnix2024
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus2024
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2024
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus2024
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2023
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2023
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2022
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2021
PintailAnas acuta2021
PochardAythya ferina2020
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2020
House SparrowPasser domesticus2020
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2020
Coal TitPeriparus ater2020
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2019

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2020

House Mouse

House MouseMus musculus

🐝

Insects7 species

spring

2025

Athous haemorrhoidalis · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Common Cockchafer · Speckled Bush-cricket · Marmalade Hoverfly +2

Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis2020
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2020
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2020

🍄

Fungi3 species

summerautumn

2020

Fruity Fibrecap · Beaked Earthstar · Lurid Bolete

Fruity FibrecapInosperma bongardii
Beaked EarthstarGeastrum pectinatum2019
Lurid BoleteSuillellus luridus2019

🌿

Plants83 species

summer

2022

Pasqueflower · Man Orchid · Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp. incarnata · Common Chickweed · Knotgrass +78

PasqueflowerPulsatilla vulgaris2021
Man OrchidOrchis anthropophora
Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp. incarnataDactylorhiza incarnata subsp. incarnata2021
Common ChickweedStellaria media2019
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2019
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2019
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2019
HemlockConium maculatum2019
Smooth TareErvum tetraspermum2019
Hop TrefoilTrifolium campestre2019
Swine-cressLepidium coronopus2019
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2019
DandelionTaraxacum2019
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2019
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2019
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2019
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2019
AshFraxinus excelsior2019
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2019
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2019
Heracleum sphondylium subsp. sphondyliumHeracleum sphondylium subsp. sphondylium2019
Urtica dioica subsp. dioicaUrtica dioica subsp. dioica2019
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2019
Hordeum murinum subsp. murinumHordeum murinum subsp. murinum2019
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia2019
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2019
Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides2019
Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum2019
Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum2019
Hybrid CampionSilene dioica x latifolia = S. x hampeana2019
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2019
HazelCorylus avellana2019
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2019
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2019
HopHumulus lupulus2019
Field MapleAcer campestre2019
Lombardy-PoplarPopulus nigra 'Italica'2019
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2019
Small NettleUrtica urens2019
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2019
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2019
Black MedickMedicago lupulina2019
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2019
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2019
Tragopogon pratensis subsp. minorTragopogon pratensis subsp. minor2019
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2019
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2019
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2019
Wild-oatAvena fatua2019
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2019
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2019
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2019
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2019
Plantago major subsp. majorPlantago major subsp. major2019
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2019
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2019
Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2019
SilverweedPotentilla anserina2019
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2019
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2019
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2019
YarrowAchillea millefolium2019
Cornus sanguinea subsp. sanguineaCornus sanguinea subsp. sanguinea2019
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2019
Fat-henChenopodium album2019
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2019
Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2019
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2019
Field PansyViola arvensis2019
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2019
Black-bindweedFallopia convolvulus2019
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2019
CowslipPrimula veris2019
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2019
Common Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus subsp. hordeaceus2019
White CloverTrifolium repens2019
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2019
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2019
Black HorehoundBallota nigra2019
Common MallowMalva sylvestris2019
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2019
BuglossLycopsis arvensis2019
ElderSambucus nigra2019

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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