Queen Elizabeth Park
21 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome21 ha
Getting here
52.92284, -0.63530
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 374m away — 6 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 374m away — 6 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +55 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +55 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Limnephilus lunatus, Mystacides longicornis +81 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Silver-moss, Wall Screw-moss, Springy Turf-moss +42 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Route 15
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
50 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 15Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 15National Cycle Network
Route 22Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 22Regional cycle route
Route 11Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 11Regional cycle route
National Byway (Lincolnshire)Cycling route▾
The National Byway in Lincolnshire
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Route 15Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 15National Cycle Network
N/ACycling route303 m▾
Named routeLength 303 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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Weir on the River Witham, Queen Elizabeth Park, Grantham
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
14,089 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
14,089 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
winterspring
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Goldfinch · Blackbird · Blue Tit +39
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GadwallMareca strepera
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- TealAnas crecca
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- CootFulica atra
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Yellow Meadow Ant · Spotted-winged Drosophila · Trioza centranthi · Cartodere bifasciata · Sallow Pea-galler +9
- Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus
- Spotted-winged DrosophilaDrosophila suzukii
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi
- Cartodere bifasciataCartodere bifasciata
- Sallow Pea-gallerEuura pedunculi
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
- Dark-edged Bee-fly
🌿Plants8 species
winterspring
2026▾
Heath Star Moss · Bog Groove-moss · Wall Screw-moss · Silver-moss · Common Haircap +3
- Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus
- Bog Groove-mossAulacomnium palustre
- Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
- Silver-mossBryum argenteum
- Common HaircapPolytrichum commune s.l.
- Whitish Feather-mossBrachythecium albicans
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
14,089 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
winterspring
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Goldfinch · Blackbird · Blue Tit +39
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GadwallMareca strepera
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- TealAnas crecca
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- CootFulica atra
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Yellow Meadow Ant · Spotted-winged Drosophila · Trioza centranthi · Cartodere bifasciata · Sallow Pea-galler +9
- Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus
- Spotted-winged DrosophilaDrosophila suzukii
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi
- Cartodere bifasciataCartodere bifasciata
- Sallow Pea-gallerEuura pedunculi
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
- Dark-edged Bee-fly
🌿Plants8 species
winterspring
2026▾
Heath Star Moss · Bog Groove-moss · Wall Screw-moss · Silver-moss · Common Haircap +3
- Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus
- Bog Groove-mossAulacomnium palustre
- Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
- Silver-mossBryum argenteum
- Common HaircapPolytrichum commune s.l.
- Whitish Feather-mossBrachythecium albicans
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Bombylius major
Bombylius major
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaVaried Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasciVaried Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasciEctopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)Brown Tree AntLasius brunneusBrown Tree AntLasius brunneusLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025Red Beard-moss
Red Beard-moss
Bryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum2025
Bryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum2025
Upright Screw-mossTortula subulata2025Upright Screw-mossTortula subulata2025Events & activities nearby
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