← Back🌳 Broadleaved woodland

Middle Plantation

2 ha

📷 Alex McGregor · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha

Getting here

52.93738, -0.42057

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Swift, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +49 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Swift, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +49 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Small Tortoiseshell, Small White, Demetrias atricapillus +41 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Small Tortoiseshell, Small White, Demetrias atricapillus +41 more · last seen 2024

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Lesser Sea-spurrey, Reed Canary-grass +16 more · last seen 2013; Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Lesser Sea-spurrey, Reed Canary-grass +16 more · last seen 2013

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

🚴

Cycling

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 15Cycling route

Named routeRef 15National Cycle Network

Sleaford - Silk WilloughbyCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 151Cycling route

Named routeRef 151National Cycle Network

🐴

Horse riding

1 public path nearby

Public paths

North Streetrestricted byway · 132 m

Public pathrestricted bywayLength 132 mPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

2,219 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,219 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds44 species

springsummer

2025

Swift · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Goldfinch · Robin +39

SwiftApus apus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
RobinErithacus rubecula
RookCorvus frugilegus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Great TitParus major
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
JackdawColoeus monedula
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
House MartinDelichon urbicum
BuzzardButeo buteo
House SparrowPasser domesticus
SwallowHirundo rustica
LinnetLinaria cannabina
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
DunnockPrunella modularis
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Red KiteMilvus milvus2024
MagpiePica pica2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
Barn OwlTyto alba2023
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava flavissima2023
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
Rock DoveColumba livia2023
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2022
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021

🦌

Mammals4 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2024

Brown Hare · Rabbit · Hedgehog · Fallow Deer

Brown HareLepus europaeus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Fallow DeerDama dama2020

🐝

Insects1 species

autumn

2024

Ivy Bee

Ivy BeeColletes hederae

🌿

Plants67 species

autumn

2020

Redshank · Dove's-foot Crane's-bill · Centaurea nigra · Creeping Thistle · Blackthorn +62

RedshankPersicaria maculosa
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
BrambleRubus fruticosus
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
ElderSambucus nigra
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Water BentPolypogon viridis
CleaversGalium aparine
Swine-cressLepidium coronopus
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Dog-roseRosa canina
NipplewortLapsana communis
Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
DaisyBellis perennis
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
HopHumulus lupulus
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
IvyHedera helix
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
AshFraxinus excelsior
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Black HorehoundBallota nigra
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
YarrowAchillea millefolium
DandelionTaraxacum
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum
Procumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculata
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
White CloverTrifolium repens
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,219 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds44 species

springsummer

2025

Swift · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Goldfinch · Robin +39

SwiftApus apus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
RobinErithacus rubecula
RookCorvus frugilegus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Great TitParus major
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
JackdawColoeus monedula
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
House MartinDelichon urbicum
BuzzardButeo buteo
House SparrowPasser domesticus
SwallowHirundo rustica
LinnetLinaria cannabina
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
DunnockPrunella modularis
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Red KiteMilvus milvus2024
MagpiePica pica2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
Barn OwlTyto alba2023
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava flavissima2023
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
Rock DoveColumba livia2023
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2022
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021

🦌

Mammals4 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2024

Brown Hare · Rabbit · Hedgehog · Fallow Deer

Brown HareLepus europaeus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Fallow DeerDama dama2020

🐝

Insects1 species

autumn

2024

Ivy Bee

Ivy BeeColletes hederae

🌿

Plants67 species

autumn

2020

Redshank · Dove's-foot Crane's-bill · Centaurea nigra · Creeping Thistle · Blackthorn +62

RedshankPersicaria maculosa
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
BrambleRubus fruticosus
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
ElderSambucus nigra
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Water BentPolypogon viridis
CleaversGalium aparine
Swine-cressLepidium coronopus
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Dog-roseRosa canina
NipplewortLapsana communis
Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
DaisyBellis perennis
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
HopHumulus lupulus
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
IvyHedera helix
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
AshFraxinus excelsior
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Black HorehoundBallota nigra
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
YarrowAchillea millefolium
DandelionTaraxacum
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum
Procumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculata
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
White CloverTrifolium repens
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Alex McGregor · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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