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Rose's Holt

4 ha

📷 Jonathan Thacker · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome4 ha

Getting here

53.12309, -0.13545

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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
🌿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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Coot, Mallard, Mute Swan +83 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Coot, Mallard, Mute Swan +83 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Willow Emerald Damselfly, Dasysyrphus albostriatus +54 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Willow Emerald Damselfly, Dasysyrphus albostriatus +54 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Moderate match

Plants — Moschatel · last seen 2025; Plants — Moschatel · last seen 2025

Free

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Visitor's RouteWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Spa TrailWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

8 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Living Landscapes (Short Route)Cycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Route 1Cycling route

NCN 1 Boston to Lincoln

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

NCN 1 Boston to Lincoln (proposed realignment)Cycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Spa TrailCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Lindsey TrailCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Woodhall Spa Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

13,640 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

13,640 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds65 species

summerautumnwinter

2025

Coot · Mallard · Gadwall · Mute Swan · Little Egret +60

CootFulica atra
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
GadwallMareca strepera
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Great TitParus major
RedwingTurdus iliacus
SiskinSpinus spinus
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
RobinErithacus rubecula
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
MagpiePica pica
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Water RailRallus aquaticus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
JackdawColoeus monedula
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Common TernSterna hirundo
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
CuckooCuculus canorus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
GreenfinchChloris chloris
DunnockPrunella modularis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
TealAnas crecca
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
SwallowHirundo rustica
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
RookCorvus frugilegus
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
JayGarrulus glandarius
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
House MartinDelichon urbicum
SwiftApus apus

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2025

Grass Snake

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica

🐝

Insects16 species

summer

2025

Gorse Shieldbug · Box Bug · Parent Bug · Twin-spot Centurion · Adonis' Ladybird +11

Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
Parent BugElasmucha grisea
Twin-spot CenturionSargus bipunctatus
Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata
Wood AntFormica
Oncotylus (Oncotylus) viridiflavusOncotylus (Oncotylus) viridiflavus
SyrphusSyrphus
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria
Narrow-barred FusehornArge melanochra
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
MesopsocusMesopsocus
Common Green ColonelOplodontha viridula
Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi
Long-horned GeneralStratiomys longicornis
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

13,640 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds65 species

summerautumnwinter

2025

Coot · Mallard · Gadwall · Mute Swan · Little Egret +60

CootFulica atra
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
GadwallMareca strepera
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Great TitParus major
RedwingTurdus iliacus
SiskinSpinus spinus
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
RobinErithacus rubecula
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
MagpiePica pica
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Water RailRallus aquaticus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
JackdawColoeus monedula
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Common TernSterna hirundo
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
CuckooCuculus canorus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
GreenfinchChloris chloris
DunnockPrunella modularis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
TealAnas crecca
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
SwallowHirundo rustica
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
RookCorvus frugilegus
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
JayGarrulus glandarius
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
House MartinDelichon urbicum
SwiftApus apus

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2025

Grass Snake

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica

🐝

Insects16 species

summer

2025

Gorse Shieldbug · Box Bug · Parent Bug · Twin-spot Centurion · Adonis' Ladybird +11

Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
Parent BugElasmucha grisea
Twin-spot CenturionSargus bipunctatus
Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata
Wood AntFormica
Oncotylus (Oncotylus) viridiflavusOncotylus (Oncotylus) viridiflavus
SyrphusSyrphus
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria
Narrow-barred FusehornArge melanochra
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
MesopsocusMesopsocus
Common Green ColonelOplodontha viridula
Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi
Long-horned GeneralStratiomys longicornis
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Jonathan Thacker · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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