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New Wood

5 ha

📷 Evelyn Simak · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha

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52.99906, -0.34450

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Chaffinch, Greylag Goose +78 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Chaffinch, Greylag Goose +78 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Western Conifer Seed Bug, Broad-bodied Chaser, Rosemary Beetle +3 more · last seen 2022; Insects — Western Conifer Seed Bug, Broad-bodied Chaser, Rosemary Beetle +3 more · last seen 2022

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Good match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

1 signed route nearby · 4 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Spires and Steeples TrailWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

17 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Sleaford - Greylees cycle trackCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 15Cycling route

Named routeRef 15National Cycle Network

Leasingham - SleafordCycling route

Named routeRef 151National Cycle Network

Sleaford - Ruskington Cycle PathCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Boston Road Cycle PathCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Sleaford - Silk WilloughbyCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

1,698 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,698 records · National Biodiversity Network

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Birds52 species

spring

2026

Chaffinch · Greylag Goose · Meadow Pipit · Blackbird · Robin +47

ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
CootFulica atra2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
MagpiePica pica2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
SwiftApus apus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
TealAnas crecca2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024

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Plants12 species

summer

2025

Hemlock · Common Reed · Wall Barley · Pedunculate Oak · Common Ragwort +7

HemlockConium maculatum
Common ReedPhragmites australis
Wall BarleyHordeum murinum
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Field MapleAcer campestre
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,698 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds52 species

spring

2026

Chaffinch · Greylag Goose · Meadow Pipit · Blackbird · Robin +47

ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
CootFulica atra2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
MagpiePica pica2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
SwiftApus apus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
TealAnas crecca2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024

🌿

Plants12 species

summer

2025

Hemlock · Common Reed · Wall Barley · Pedunculate Oak · Common Ragwort +7

HemlockConium maculatum
Common ReedPhragmites australis
Wall BarleyHordeum murinum
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Field MapleAcer campestre
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Evelyn Simak · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Sheep pasture west of Asgarby St Andrew's church

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