Lovat Scouts' First World War training trenches, Docking
2 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
52.87809, 0.66756
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Oystercatcher and Carrion Crow
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Oystercatcher and Carrion Crow
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
⛺Campsite🅿️Parking🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Oystercatcher, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +60 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Oystercatcher, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +60 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Gatekeeper, Ringlet, Green-veined White +22 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Common Feather-moss, Rough-stalked Feather-moss, Silky Wall Feather-moss +7 more · last seen 2018
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Peddars WayWalking route74 km▾
Named routeLength 74 kmNational walking route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ringstead Explorer LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Bircham Cycle RouteCycling route10.5 km▾
Named routeLength 10.5 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
Ringstead Cycle RouteCycling route27.3 km▾
Named routeLength 27.3 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Peddars Way Cycle RouteMountain bike route83.6 km▾
The Peddars Way with suggested detours to avoid footpath-only sections.
Named routeLength 83.6 kmNational Cycle Network
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Dreamy Hollow Woodland Campsite - WW1 trenches
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
494 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
494 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springsummerwinter
2025▾
Oystercatcher · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Rook · Kestrel +38
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2020
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- JackdawColoeus monedula2022
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2024
- MagpiePica pica2022
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2022
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2018
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2017
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2017
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2017
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris2019
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2019
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2019
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2019
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2019
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2018
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2017
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2017
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2017
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2017
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2016
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2016
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2016
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2016
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2016
- Great TitParus major2016
- SwallowHirundo rustica2016
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2016
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2016
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2016
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2016
🦌Mammals5 species
winterspringautumn
2022▾
Brown Hare · Muntjac · Roe Deer · Rabbit · Red Fox
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2019
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2017
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2017
Gatekeeper · Small White · Green-veined White · Ringlet · Small Skipper +16
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2018
- Small WhitePieris rapae2018
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2018
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2018
- Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2018
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
Great Plait-moss · Common Feather-moss · Silky Wall Feather-moss · Cylindric Beard-moss · Clustered Feather-moss +4
- Great Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. lacunosum
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum
- Cylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanus
- Clustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertum
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
494 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springsummerwinter
2025▾
Oystercatcher · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Rook · Kestrel +38
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2020
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- JackdawColoeus monedula2022
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2024
- MagpiePica pica2022
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2022
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2018
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2017
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2017
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2017
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris2019
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2019
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2019
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2019
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2019
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2018
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2017
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2017
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2017
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2017
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2016
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2016
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2016
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2016
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2016
- Great TitParus major2016
- SwallowHirundo rustica2016
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2016
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2016
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2016
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2016
🦌Mammals5 species
winterspringautumn
2022▾
Brown Hare · Muntjac · Roe Deer · Rabbit · Red Fox
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2019
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2017
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2017
Gatekeeper · Small White · Green-veined White · Ringlet · Small Skipper +16
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2018
- Small WhitePieris rapae2018
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2018
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2018
- Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2018
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
Great Plait-moss · Common Feather-moss · Silky Wall Feather-moss · Cylindric Beard-moss · Clustered Feather-moss +4
- Great Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. lacunosum
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum
- Cylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanus
- Clustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertum
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2018
2018
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2018Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2018Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesOrange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2017Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2017Purple HairstreakFavonius quercus2018Purple HairstreakFavonius quercus2018Dark Green FritillarySpeyeria aglaja2018Dark Green FritillarySpeyeria aglaja2018Painted LadyVanessa cardui2018Painted LadyVanessa cardui2018Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa2022Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa2022Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2018Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2018BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2018BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2018Common BluePolyommatus icarus2018Common BluePolyommatus icarus2018Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2018Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2018Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2017Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2017Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2017Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2017Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2017Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2017PeacockAglais io2017PeacockAglais io2017Soft-tufted Beard-moss
Soft-tufted Beard-moss
Didymodon vinealis
Didymodon vinealis
Hornschuch's Beard-mossPseudocrossidium hornschuchianumHornschuch's Beard-mossPseudocrossidium hornschuchianumRough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulumRough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulumEvents & activities nearby
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