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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.10915, -0.52586
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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 Blue Tit and Great Tit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 111m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 111m 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 — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Goldfinch +60 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Goldfinch +60 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, Demetrias atricapillus, Southern Hawker +19 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 26 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Henson Drivepublic footpath · 178 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 178 mPath type: residential
The Viking Waypublic footpath · 542 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 542 mSurface dirtPath type: footway
Pitfield Walkpublic footpath · 145 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 145 mSurface pavedPath type: footway
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
A607 Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
The Smootsrestricted byway · 38 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 38 mPath type: residential
The Smootsrestricted byway · 148 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 148 mSurface dirtPath type: bridleway
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Wildlife to spot
4,982 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,982 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Blackbird · Robin · Great Tit · Chaffinch +43
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SwiftApus apus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- CootFulica atra2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
- Apus apus apusApus apus apus2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
Muntjac · Brown Hare
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐝Insects6 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Western Conifer Seed Bug · 2-spot Ladybird · 22-spot Ladybird · Broad-bodied Chaser +1
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2024
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2024
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2023
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
Marchfilwr Myglyd
- Marchfilwr MyglydMelanoleuca exscissa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,982 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Blackbird · Robin · Great Tit · Chaffinch +43
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SwiftApus apus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- CootFulica atra2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
- Apus apus apusApus apus apus2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
Muntjac · Brown Hare
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐝Insects6 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Western Conifer Seed Bug · 2-spot Ladybird · 22-spot Ladybird · Broad-bodied Chaser +1
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2024
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2024
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2023
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
Marchfilwr Myglyd
- Marchfilwr MyglydMelanoleuca exscissa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
2023
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20237-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023