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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Dogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
53.03115, -0.25887
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Goldfinch
- ✦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
- 🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Goldfinch
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Goldfinch, Blackbird +77 more · last seen 2025
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: KYME TOWER; Historic site
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Goldfinch, Blackbird +77 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Green Shieldbug, Southern Hawker, Azure Damselfly +21 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Moderate match
Plants — Nuttall's Waterweed, Canadian Waterweed, Kneiff's Hook-moss · last seen 2019
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Crab LaneWalking route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 15Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 15National Cycle Network
Route 1Cycling route▾
NCN 1 Boston to Lincoln
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
NCN 1 Boston to Lincoln (proposed realignment)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Norwich - Lincoln
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route429 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 429 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route5.1 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 5.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
Kyme Tower and St Mary's & All Saints Church: aerial 2022
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Wildlife to spot
2,163 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,163 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGrey Wagtail · Woodpigeon · Barn Owl · Fieldfare · Goldfinch +22
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2020
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2022
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2020
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2020
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2019
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2019
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2019
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2019
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2019
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2019
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Common Pipistrelle · Hedgehog · Roe Deer · Otter
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2019
- OtterLutra lutra2019
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2023▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Southern Hawker · Water Scorpion · Emerald Damselfly · Common Darter · Brown Hawker +2
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2020
- Water ScorpionNepa cinerea
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2022
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2022
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2020
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Blunt-fruited Water-starwort · Fennel Pondweed · Reed Sweet-grass · Spiked Water-milfoil · Nuttall's Waterweed +74
- Blunt-fruited Water-starwortCallitriche obtusangula2019
- Fennel PondweedStuckenia pectinata
- Reed Sweet-grassGlyceria maxima
- Spiked Water-milfoilMyriophyllum spicatum
- Nuttall's WaterweedElodea nuttallii
- WatercressNasturtium officinale
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,163 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGrey Wagtail · Woodpigeon · Barn Owl · Fieldfare · Goldfinch +22
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2020
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2022
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2020
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2020
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2019
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2019
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2019
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2019
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2019
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2019
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Common Pipistrelle · Hedgehog · Roe Deer · Otter
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2019
- OtterLutra lutra2019
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2023▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Southern Hawker · Water Scorpion · Emerald Damselfly · Common Darter · Brown Hawker +2
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2020
- Water ScorpionNepa cinerea
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2022
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2022
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2020
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Blunt-fruited Water-starwort · Fennel Pondweed · Reed Sweet-grass · Spiked Water-milfoil · Nuttall's Waterweed +74
- Blunt-fruited Water-starwortCallitriche obtusangula2019
- Fennel PondweedStuckenia pectinata
- Reed Sweet-grassGlyceria maxima
- Spiked Water-milfoilMyriophyllum spicatum
- Nuttall's WaterweedElodea nuttallii
- WatercressNasturtium officinale
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2019
2019
AphrophoraAphrophora2019AphrophoraAphrophora2019Fat Duckweed
Fat Duckweed
Lemna gibba
Lemna gibba
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinaceaReed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinaceaBiting StonecropSedum acreBiting StonecropSedum acreFool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorumFool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorumAmphibious BistortPersicaria amphibiaAmphibious BistortPersicaria amphibiaGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumUnbranched Bur-reedSparganium emersumUnbranched Bur-reedSparganium emersumMarsh WoundwortStachys palustris2019Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2019Crack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilis2019Crack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilis2019Mare's-tailHippuris vulgaris2019Mare's-tailHippuris vulgaris2019Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2019Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2019Heath False-bromeBrachypodium pinnatum2018Heath False-bromeBrachypodium pinnatum2018Small Leaved ElmUlmus minor2018Small Leaved ElmUlmus minor2018Sweet VioletViola odorata2018Sweet VioletViola odorata2018Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2018Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2018HazelCorylus avellana2018HazelCorylus avellana2018Water-StarwortCallitricheWater-StarwortCallitricheGreat BindweedCalystegia sepium subsp. sepiumGreat BindweedCalystegia sepium subsp. sepiumWall BarleyHordeum murinumWall BarleyHordeum murinumSoft-rushJuncus effusus2019Soft-rushJuncus effusus2019BlackthornPrunus spinosa2019BlackthornPrunus spinosa2019Thread-leaved Water-crowfootRanunculus trichophyllus2019Thread-leaved Water-crowfootRanunculus trichophyllus2019Broad-leaved PondweedPotamogeton natans2019Broad-leaved PondweedPotamogeton natans2019Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2019Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2019Kneiff's Hook-mossDrepanocladus aduncus2019Kneiff's Hook-mossDrepanocladus aduncus2019BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2019BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2019Celery-leaved ButtercupRanunculus sceleratus2019Celery-leaved ButtercupRanunculus sceleratus2019Greater Pond-sedgeCarex riparia2019Greater Pond-sedgeCarex riparia2019Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2019Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2019Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2019Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2019MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2019MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2019Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2019Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2019Water Forget-me-notMyosotis scorpioides2019Water Forget-me-notMyosotis scorpioides2019Least DuckweedLemna minuta2019Least DuckweedLemna minuta2019Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2019Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2019Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2019Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2019BulrushTypha latifolia2019BulrushTypha latifolia2019Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans2019Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans2019HollyIlex aquifolium2019HollyIlex aquifolium2019Water-violetHottonia palustris2019Water-violetHottonia palustris2019False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae2019False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae2019Curled PondweedPotamogeton crispus2019Curled PondweedPotamogeton crispus2019Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2019Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2019Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2019Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2019Water HorsetailEquisetum fluviatile2019Water HorsetailEquisetum fluviatile2019Floating PennywortHydrocotyle ranunculoides2019Floating PennywortHydrocotyle ranunculoides2019Weeping Crack-willowSalix babylonica x alba x euxina = S. x pendulina2019Weeping Crack-willowSalix babylonica x alba x euxina = S. x pendulina2019Horned PondweedZannichellia palustris2019Horned PondweedZannichellia palustris2019Water CressNasturtium officinale2019Water CressNasturtium officinale2019Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2019Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2019Clustered DockRumex conglomeratus2019Clustered DockRumex conglomeratus2019Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2019Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2019Huntingdon ElmUlmus glabra x minor = U. x vegeta2018Huntingdon ElmUlmus glabra x minor = U. x vegeta2018Large-flowered Pink-sorrelOxalis debilis2018Large-flowered Pink-sorrelOxalis debilis2018Field Penny-cressThlaspi arvense2018Field Penny-cressThlaspi arvense2018Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2018Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2018Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2018Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2018Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus2018Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus2018White BryonyBryonia dioica2018White BryonyBryonia dioica2018Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2018Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2018Wood AvensGeum urbanum2018Wood AvensGeum urbanum2018Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2018Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2018PearPyrus communis2018PearPyrus communis2018Cornus sanguinea subsp. sanguineaCornus sanguinea subsp. sanguinea2018Cornus sanguinea subsp. sanguineaCornus sanguinea subsp. sanguinea2018Small TeaselDipsacus pilosus2018Small TeaselDipsacus pilosus2018Lesser Sea-spurreySpergularia marina2018Lesser Sea-spurreySpergularia marina2018HornbeamCarpinus betulus2018HornbeamCarpinus betulus2018Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2018Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2018Small-leaved LimeTilia cordata2018Small-leaved LimeTilia cordata2018Goat WillowSalix caprea2018Goat WillowSalix caprea2018Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2018Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2018Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum2018Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum2018Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare2018Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare2018