Little Osgrove Wood ✦ Ancient woodland 7 ha
🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🍂 Seasonal
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Free entry Dogs welcome 7 ha
Places › England › East Midlands › South Kesteven Getting here
52.80352, -0.57217
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🌿 Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
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🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +50 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +50 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Eyebright · last seen 2024
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown, Common Blue +24 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown, Common Blue +24 more · last seen 2024
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
The Danelaw Way Walking route ▾
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Rutland) Cycling route ▾
National Byway in Rutland
Named route Ref NB Regional cycle route
Show on map National Byway (Lincolnshire) Cycling route ▾
The National Byway in Lincolnshire
Named route Ref NB Regional cycle route
Show on map ✦ Ancient woodland — continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD. A rare and irreplaceable habitat, rich in biodiversity and historical character.
Photos A151 towards Colsterworth
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Wildlife to spot
16,625 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 16,625 records · National Biodiversity Network Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Robin · Great Tit +34
Blackbird Turdus merula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Tit Parus major Carrion Crow Corvus corone Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Peregrine Falco peregrinus Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Jay Garrulus glandarius Whitethroat Curruca communis Coal Tit Periparus ater Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Garden Warbler Sylvia borin Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Dunnock Prunella modularis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Magpie Pica pica Nuthatch Sitta europaea Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret Siskin Spinus spinus Rook Corvus frugilegus Swallow Hirundo rustica Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Stock Dove Columba oenas Mute Swan Cygnus olor Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Raven Corvus corax 🦌 Mammals 4 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Fallow Deer · Muntjac
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Fallow Deer Dama dama Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi Adder
Speckled Wood · Large White · Brimstone · Small White · Comma +5
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria Large White Pieris brassicae Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni Small White Pieris rapae Comma Polygonia c-album Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta Common Blue Polyommatus icarus Hairy Tare · Creeping Bent · Dog's Mercury · Common Ragwort
Hairy Tare Ervilia hirsuta Creeping Bent Agrostis stolonifera Dog's Mercury Mercurialis perennis Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 16,625 records · National Biodiversity Network Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Robin · Great Tit +34
Blackbird Turdus merula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Tit Parus major Carrion Crow Corvus corone Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Peregrine Falco peregrinus Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Jay Garrulus glandarius Whitethroat Curruca communis Coal Tit Periparus ater Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Garden Warbler Sylvia borin Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Dunnock Prunella modularis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Magpie Pica pica Nuthatch Sitta europaea Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret Siskin Spinus spinus Rook Corvus frugilegus Swallow Hirundo rustica Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Stock Dove Columba oenas Mute Swan Cygnus olor Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Raven Corvus corax 🦌 Mammals 4 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Fallow Deer · Muntjac
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Fallow Deer Dama dama Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi Adder
Speckled Wood · Large White · Brimstone · Small White · Comma +5
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria Large White Pieris brassicae Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni Small White Pieris rapae Comma Polygonia c-album Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta Common Blue Polyommatus icarus Hairy Tare · Creeping Bent · Dog's Mercury · Common Ragwort
Hairy Tare Ervilia hirsuta Creeping Bent Agrostis stolonifera Dog's Mercury Mercurialis perennis Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Chirosia grossicauda Chirosia grossicauda
Chirosia grossicauda Chirosia grossicauda
Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus
Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus
Green-veined White Pieris napi
Green-veined White Pieris napi 