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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.31968, -0.94783
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦88+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 229m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦88+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 229m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Blue Tit +85 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Blue Tit +85 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Green Shieldbug, Cream-spot Ladybird +163 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Lincolnshire)Cycling route▾
The National Byway in Lincolnshire
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway Retford LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Westfield Roadbridleway · 242 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 242 mSurface gravelPath type: track
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
14,295 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
14,295 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds53 species
springwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Wren · Robin · Magpie +48
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Domestic Cattle
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Domestic CattleBos taurus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects41 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Common Darter · Cream-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Pine Ladybird · Parent Bug +36
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- Parent BugElasmucha grisea
🌿Plants6 species
springwinter
2025▾
Mistletoe · Weld · Broad-leaved Everlasting-pea · Horse-radish · Japanese Rose +1
- MistletoeViscum album
- WeldReseda luteola
- Broad-leaved Everlasting-peaLathyrus latifolius
- Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana
- Japanese RoseRosa rugosa
- Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
14,295 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds53 species
springwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Wren · Robin · Magpie +48
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Domestic Cattle
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Domestic CattleBos taurus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects41 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Common Darter · Cream-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Pine Ladybird · Parent Bug +36
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- Parent BugElasmucha grisea
🌿Plants6 species
springwinter
2025▾
Mistletoe · Weld · Broad-leaved Everlasting-pea · Horse-radish · Japanese Rose +1
- MistletoeViscum album
- WeldReseda luteola
- Broad-leaved Everlasting-peaLathyrus latifolius
- Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana
- Japanese RoseRosa rugosa
- Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025Orsillus depressusOrsillus depressusOrsillus depressusOrsillus depressusDromius quadrimaculatusDromius quadrimaculatusDromius quadrimaculatusDromius quadrimaculatusPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusRhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloidesBronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus2025Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus2025Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae2025Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae2025Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata2025Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis202510-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata202510-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Common StilettoThereva nobilitata2025Common StilettoThereva nobilitata2025Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025Black-horned GemMicrochrysa polita2025Black-horned GemMicrochrysa polita2025Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2025Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2025Graphomya maculataGraphomya maculata2025Graphomya maculataGraphomya maculata2025Leucozona lucorumLeucozona lucorum2025Leucozona lucorumLeucozona lucorum2025ParhelophilusParhelophilus2025ParhelophilusParhelophilus2025Agriotes obscurusAgriotes obscurus2025Agriotes obscurusAgriotes obscurus20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2025Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Field Damsel BugNabis (Nabis) ferus2025Field Damsel BugNabis (Nabis) ferus2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2024Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2024Ledra auritaLedra aurita2024Ledra auritaLedra aurita2024