Pits Hills Plantation 7 ha
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52.97260, -0.53788
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 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 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 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 — Blue Tit, Woodpigeon, Dunnock +70 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blue Tit, Woodpigeon, Dunnock +70 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Small White, Peacock +166 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Small White, Peacock +166 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum, Creeping Feather-moss, Golden Feather-moss +36 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum, Creeping Feather-moss, Golden Feather-moss +36 more · last seen 2026
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲 Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 1 signed route nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell) Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Lincolnshire) Cycling route ▾
The National Byway in Lincolnshire
Named route Ref NB Regional cycle route
Show on map Route 15 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 15 National Cycle Network
Show on map 6 public paths nearby
Public paths
The Valley restricted byway · 968 m ▾
Public path restricted byway Length 968 m Path type: bridleway
Show on map Photos Entrance to Ancaster Leisure activity centre
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Wildlife to spot
8,306 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 8,306 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 48 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Chaffinch · Swallow · Linnet · Robin · Jackdaw +43
Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Swallow Hirundo rustica Linnet Linaria cannabina Robin Erithacus rubecula Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Dunnock Prunella modularis Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Carrion Crow Corvus corone Skylark Alauda arvensis Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Rook Corvus frugilegus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Magpie Pica pica Blackbird Turdus merula Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Swift Apus apus Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Greenfinch Chloris chloris Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2024 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Grey Heron Ardea cinerea House Martin Delichon urbicum Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Great Tit Parus major Stock Dove Columba oenas Garden Warbler Sylvia borin Siskin Spinus spinus Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2024 Greylag Goose Anser anser2024 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2024 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2024 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria2024 Rock Dove Columba livia2024 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula2024 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2024 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2024 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus2024 🦌 Mammals 2 species
spring autumn
2025 ▾
Harvest Mouse · Mole
Harvest Mouse Micromys minutus Mole Talpa europaea Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2025 ▾
Common Toad
🐝 Insects 34 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Meadow Grasshopper · Dock Bug · 7-spot Ladybird · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Pouting Woodlouse-fly +29
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus Dock Bug Coreus marginatus 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii Pouting Woodlouse-fly Rhinophora lepida2024 Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum · Creeping Feather-moss · Small Hairy Screw-moss · Common Pincushion · Yellow Feather-moss +30
Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum Creeping Feather-moss Amblystegium serpens Small Hairy Screw-moss Syntrichia laevipila Common Pincushion Dicranoweisia cirrata Yellow Feather-moss Homalothecium lutescens Wood Bristle-moss Lewinskya affinis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 8,306 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 48 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Chaffinch · Swallow · Linnet · Robin · Jackdaw +43
Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Swallow Hirundo rustica Linnet Linaria cannabina Robin Erithacus rubecula Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Dunnock Prunella modularis Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Carrion Crow Corvus corone Skylark Alauda arvensis Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Rook Corvus frugilegus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Magpie Pica pica Blackbird Turdus merula Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Swift Apus apus Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Greenfinch Chloris chloris Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2024 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Grey Heron Ardea cinerea House Martin Delichon urbicum Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Great Tit Parus major Stock Dove Columba oenas Garden Warbler Sylvia borin Siskin Spinus spinus Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2024 Greylag Goose Anser anser2024 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2024 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2024 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria2024 Rock Dove Columba livia2024 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula2024 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2024 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2024 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus2024 🦌 Mammals 2 species
spring autumn
2025 ▾
Harvest Mouse · Mole
Harvest Mouse Micromys minutus Mole Talpa europaea Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2025 ▾
Common Toad
🐝 Insects 34 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Meadow Grasshopper · Dock Bug · 7-spot Ladybird · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Pouting Woodlouse-fly +29
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus Dock Bug Coreus marginatus 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii Pouting Woodlouse-fly Rhinophora lepida2024 Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum · Creeping Feather-moss · Small Hairy Screw-moss · Common Pincushion · Yellow Feather-moss +30
Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum Creeping Feather-moss Amblystegium serpens Small Hairy Screw-moss Syntrichia laevipila Common Pincushion Dicranoweisia cirrata Yellow Feather-moss Homalothecium lutescens Wood Bristle-moss Lewinskya affinis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus
24-spot Ladybird Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
24-spot Ladybird Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
Scaeva pyrastri Scaeva pyrastri
Scaeva pyrastri Scaeva pyrastri
Chirosia grossicauda Chirosia grossicauda
Chirosia grossicauda Chirosia grossicauda
Apple Fruit Rhynchites Tatianaerhynchites aequatus
Apple Fruit Rhynchites Tatianaerhynchites aequatus
Chirosia histricina Chirosia histricina
Chirosia histricina Chirosia histricina
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Melangyna compositarum/labiatarum Melangyna compositarum/labiatarum
Melangyna compositarum/labiatarum Melangyna compositarum/labiatarum
Xanthogramma citrofasciatum Xanthogramma citrofasciatum
Xanthogramma citrofasciatum Xanthogramma citrofasciatum
Ivy Bee Colletes hederae2024
Ivy Bee Colletes hederae2024
Opomyza florum Opomyza florum2024
Opomyza florum Opomyza florum2024
Geomyza venusta Geomyza venusta2024
Geomyza venusta Geomyza venusta2024
Blackbottle Protophormia terraenovae2024
Blackbottle Protophormia terraenovae2024
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2024
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2024
Anthomyia procellaris Anthomyia procellaris2024
Anthomyia procellaris Anthomyia procellaris2024
Ferdinandea cuprea Ferdinandea cuprea2024
Ferdinandea cuprea Ferdinandea cuprea2024
Hylemyza partita Hylemyza partita2024
Hylemyza partita Hylemyza partita2024
Zig-zag Elm Sawfly Aproceros leucopoda2024
Zig-zag Elm Sawfly Aproceros leucopoda2024
Sepsis punctum Sepsis punctum2024
Sepsis punctum Sepsis punctum2024
Sapromyza quadripunctata Sapromyza quadripunctata2024
Sapromyza quadripunctata Sapromyza quadripunctata2024
Agapanthia villosoviridescens Agapanthia villosoviridescens2024
Agapanthia villosoviridescens Agapanthia villosoviridescens2024
Pipiza Pipiza2024
Pipiza Pipiza2024
Pseudovadonia livida Pseudovadonia livida2024
Pseudovadonia livida Pseudovadonia livida2024
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2024
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2024
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea2024
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea2024
Limestone Snipefly Symphoromyia immaculata2024
Limestone Snipefly Symphoromyia immaculata2024
Capsus ater Capsus ater2024
Capsus ater Capsus ater2024
Hemicrepidius hirtus Hemicrepidius hirtus2024
Hemicrepidius hirtus Hemicrepidius hirtus2024
Lateral Cryphaea Cryphaea heteromalla
Lateral Cryphaea Cryphaea heteromalla
Clustered Feather-moss Rhynchostegium confertum
Clustered Feather-moss Rhynchostegium confertum
Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme
Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme
Common Cord-moss Funaria hygrometrica
Common Cord-moss Funaria hygrometrica
Rough-stalked Feather-moss Brachythecium rutabulum
Rough-stalked Feather-moss Brachythecium rutabulum
White-tipped Bristle-moss Orthotrichum diaphanum
White-tipped Bristle-moss Orthotrichum diaphanum
Common Pocket-moss Fissidens taxifolius
Common Pocket-moss Fissidens taxifolius
Chalk Comb-moss Ctenidium molluscum
Chalk Comb-moss Ctenidium molluscum
Tender Feather-moss Rhynchostegiella tenella
Tender Feather-moss Rhynchostegiella tenella
Bird's-claw Beard-moss Barbula unguiculata
Bird's-claw Beard-moss Barbula unguiculata
Green Yoke-moss Zygodon viridissimus
Green Yoke-moss Zygodon viridissimus
Shady Beard-moss Didymodon umbrosus
Shady Beard-moss Didymodon umbrosus
Crimson-tuber Thread-moss Bryum rubens
Crimson-tuber Thread-moss Bryum rubens
Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga
Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga
Neat Feather-moss Pseudoscleropodium purum
Neat Feather-moss Pseudoscleropodium purum
Forked Veilwort Metzgeria furcata
Forked Veilwort Metzgeria furcata
Zygodon conoideus var. conoideus Zygodon conoideus var. conoideus
Zygodon conoideus var. conoideus Zygodon conoideus var. conoideus
Hart's-tongue Thyme-moss Plagiomnium undulatum
Hart's-tongue Thyme-moss Plagiomnium undulatum
Weissia controversa var. controversa Weissia controversa var. controversa
Weissia controversa var. controversa Weissia controversa var. controversa
Swartz's Feather-moss Oxyrrhynchium hians
Swartz's Feather-moss Oxyrrhynchium hians
Wall Screw-moss Tortula muralis
Wall Screw-moss Tortula muralis
Trichostomum brachydontium Trichostomum brachydontium
Trichostomum brachydontium Trichostomum brachydontium
Big Shaggy-moss Hylocomiadelphus triquetrus
Big Shaggy-moss Hylocomiadelphus triquetrus
Silky Wall Feather-moss Homalothecium sericeum
Silky Wall Feather-moss Homalothecium sericeum
Common Striated Feather-moss Eurhynchium striatum
Common Striated Feather-moss Eurhynchium striatum
Dilated Scalewort Frullania dilatata
Dilated Scalewort Frullania dilatata
Golden Feather-moss Campylium chrysophyllum
Golden Feather-moss Campylium chrysophyllum
Capillary Thread-moss Bryum capillare
Capillary Thread-moss Bryum capillare
Rock Pocket-moss Fissidens dubius
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