🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
52.81813, -0.12916
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mallard, Grey Heron, Barn Owl +82 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Mallard, Grey Heron, Barn Owl +82 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Large White, Peacock +39 more · last seen 2023; Insects — Small White, Large White, Peacock +39 more · last seen 2023
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Nuttall's Waterweed, Greater Water-moss, Flat-stalked Pondweed · last seen 2020; Plants — Nuttall's Waterweed, Greater Water-moss, Flat-stalked Pondweed · last seen 2020
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Spalding/SpringfieldCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
Route 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route2.5 km▾
Named routeRef 12Length 2.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.4 km▾
Named routeRef 12Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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4,615 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
4,615 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Barn Owl · Sand Martin · Grey Heron · Blackbird · Mallard +37
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MagpiePica pica2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- CuckooCuculus canorus2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2023
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2020
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2019
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2022▾
Roe Deer · Badger · Hedgehog
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- BadgerMeles meles2021
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
Adder
Small White · Large White · Holly Blue · Gatekeeper · Western Conifer Seed Bug +13
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2021
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Greater Water-moss · Broad-leaved Everlasting-pea · Pineappleweed · Silene latifolia subsp. alba · Ribwort Plantain +4
- Greater Water-mossFontinalis antipyretica
- Broad-leaved Everlasting-peaLathyrus latifolius2019
- PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2019
- Silene latifolia subsp. albaSilene latifolia subsp. alba2019
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2019
- Cat's-ear
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,615 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Barn Owl · Sand Martin · Grey Heron · Blackbird · Mallard +37
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MagpiePica pica2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- CuckooCuculus canorus2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2023
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2020
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2019
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2022▾
Roe Deer · Badger · Hedgehog
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- BadgerMeles meles2021
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
Adder
Small White · Large White · Holly Blue · Gatekeeper · Western Conifer Seed Bug +13
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2021
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Greater Water-moss · Broad-leaved Everlasting-pea · Pineappleweed · Silene latifolia subsp. alba · Ribwort Plantain +4
- Greater Water-mossFontinalis antipyretica
- Broad-leaved Everlasting-peaLathyrus latifolius2019
- PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2019
- Silene latifolia subsp. albaSilene latifolia subsp. alba2019
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2019
- Cat's-ear
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2019
2019
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019PeacockAglais io2019PeacockAglais io2019Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeseliiRoesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeseliiCommon DarterSympetrum striolatum2022Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2022Rhinoncus perpendicularisRhinoncus perpendicularis2022Rhinoncus perpendicularisRhinoncus perpendicularis2022Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus2022Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus2022Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2022Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva20222-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20222-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2022Biscuit BeetleStegobium paniceum2019Biscuit BeetleStegobium paniceum2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Hypochaeris radicata2019
Hypochaeris radicata2019
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2019Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2019YarrowAchillea millefolium2019YarrowAchillea millefolium2019Common CouchElymus repens2019Common CouchElymus repens2019