Natureland Seal Sanctuary
Plan your visit
🐄Farms🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessPaid entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.14847, 0.34638
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦116+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Black-headed Gull
- 🐄Summer visits here combine well with a walk along nearby trails — the animals are most active in the morning.
- ☕Cafe You — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦116+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Black-headed Gull
- 🐄Summer visits here combine well with a walk along nearby trails — the animals are most active in the morning.
- ☕Cafe You — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets🐄Farm visit
🐄Farm visits
Very strong match
Zoo or animal collection
Varies
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull, Starling +113 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull, Starling +113 more · last seen 2025
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
King Charles III England Coast Path: Sutton Bridge to SkegnessWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Skegness to MablethorpeWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
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Natureland Seal Sanctuary
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Wildlife to spot
10,152 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,152 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Herring Gull · Black-headed Gull · Common Scoter · Blackbird · Common Gull +42
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Common GullLarus canus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GannetMorus bassanus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- British Lesser Black-Backed GullLarus fuscus graellsii
- RobinErithacus rubecula
🐝Insects5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Turnip Tigress · Helophilus trivittatus · 7-spot Ladybird · 14-spot Ladybird · Hornet Hoverfly
- Turnip TigressAthalia rosae
- Helophilus trivittatusHelophilus trivittatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
Tree-mallow · Spear Thistle · Guernsey Fleabane · Marram · Sand Sedge +80
- Tree-mallowMalva arborea
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025
- Guernsey FleabaneErigeron sumatrensis2025
- MarramAmmophila arenaria2025
- Sand SedgeCarex arenaria2025
- English ElmUlmus procera2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,152 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Herring Gull · Black-headed Gull · Common Scoter · Blackbird · Common Gull +42
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Common GullLarus canus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GannetMorus bassanus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- British Lesser Black-Backed GullLarus fuscus graellsii
- RobinErithacus rubecula
🐝Insects5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Turnip Tigress · Helophilus trivittatus · 7-spot Ladybird · 14-spot Ladybird · Hornet Hoverfly
- Turnip TigressAthalia rosae
- Helophilus trivittatusHelophilus trivittatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
Tree-mallow · Spear Thistle · Guernsey Fleabane · Marram · Sand Sedge +80
- Tree-mallowMalva arborea
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025
- Guernsey FleabaneErigeron sumatrensis2025
- MarramAmmophila arenaria2025
- Sand SedgeCarex arenaria2025
- English ElmUlmus procera2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas