Market cross at junction of High Street, Low Street and Haxey Lane
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Getting here
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Blackbird
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 211m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Blackbird
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 211m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Swift, Blackbird, Blue Tit +52 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Swift, Blackbird, Blue Tit +52 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small Tortoiseshell, Peacock, Small White +122 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Syntrichia ruralis var. ruralis, Capillary Thread-moss, Silver-moss +24 more · last seen 2020
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
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
5 public paths nearby
Public paths
Blackmoor Lanebridleway · 297 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 297 mSurface compactedPath type: service
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Butter Cross, Low Street, Haxey
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Wildlife to spot
2,413 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,413 records · National Biodiversity NetworkKestrel · Blackbird · Redwing · Great Tit · Greenfinch +39
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2020
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Hedgehog · Water Vole · Bat · Pipistrelle Bat species
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius2023
- BatChiroptera
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
Slider Terrapins
- Slider TerrapinsTrachemys
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Small Tortoiseshell · Red Admiral · Painted Lady · Small White · Green-veined White +25
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
- PeacockAglais io
Taraxacum hesperium · Dark Hook-lobed Dandelion · Imbricate-bracted Dandelion · Equal-lobed Dandelion · Scorpion Weed +7
- Taraxacum hesperiumTaraxacum hesperium
- Dark Hook-lobed DandelionTaraxacum hamiferum
- Imbricate-bracted DandelionTaraxacum exacutum
- Equal-lobed DandelionTaraxacum aequisectum
- Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia2020
- White-stalked DandelionTaraxacum leucopodum2020
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,413 records · National Biodiversity NetworkKestrel · Blackbird · Redwing · Great Tit · Greenfinch +39
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2020
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Hedgehog · Water Vole · Bat · Pipistrelle Bat species
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius2023
- BatChiroptera
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
Slider Terrapins
- Slider TerrapinsTrachemys
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Small Tortoiseshell · Red Admiral · Painted Lady · Small White · Green-veined White +25
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
- PeacockAglais io
Taraxacum hesperium · Dark Hook-lobed Dandelion · Imbricate-bracted Dandelion · Equal-lobed Dandelion · Scorpion Weed +7
- Taraxacum hesperiumTaraxacum hesperium
- Dark Hook-lobed DandelionTaraxacum hamiferum
- Imbricate-bracted DandelionTaraxacum exacutum
- Equal-lobed DandelionTaraxacum aequisectum
- Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia2020
- White-stalked DandelionTaraxacum leucopodum2020
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2019
2019
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Batman HoverflyMyathropa floreaBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaLily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2021Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2021Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2021Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2021Large WhitePieris brassicae2019Large WhitePieris brassicae2019Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2019Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2019Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiensSyritta pipiensSyritta pipiensEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxVolucella pellucensVolucella pellucensVolucella pellucensVolucella pellucensVolucella inanisVolucella inanisVolucella inanisVolucella inanisDasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusTawny Mining BeeAndrena fulvaTawny Mining BeeAndrena fulvaHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2023Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2023Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2021Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2021Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Purple-blotched DandelionTaraxacum excellens2020Purple-blotched DandelionTaraxacum excellens2020Dirty-leaved DandelionTaraxacum pachymerum2020Dirty-leaved DandelionTaraxacum pachymerum2020Purple-stalked DandelionTaraxacum subxanthostigma2020Purple-stalked DandelionTaraxacum subxanthostigma2020Lacerate-leaved DandelionTaraxacum dilaceratum2020Lacerate-leaved DandelionTaraxacum dilaceratum2020Small-headed DandelionTaraxacum sublaeticolor2020Small-headed DandelionTaraxacum sublaeticolor2020Hülphers's DandelionTaraxacum huelphersianum2020Hülphers's DandelionTaraxacum huelphersianum2020