Rough Hills Plantation
10 ha
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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome10 ha
Getting here
52.76337, -0.43090
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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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Great Tit, Blue Tit +53 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Great Tit, Blue Tit +53 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Small White, Ringlet +57 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Meadow Brown, Small White, Ringlet +57 more · last seen 2024
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Lincolnshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
14,138 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
14,138 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummer
2025▾
Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Jay · Wren · Blue Tit +41
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummer
2025▾
Muntjac · Brown Hare · Rabbit · Fallow Deer · Grey Squirrel +1
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
- Fallow DeerDama dama2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Parydra coarctata · Platystoma seminationis · Orchid Beetle · Four-spotted Chaser · Emerald Damselfly +20
- Parydra coarctataParydra coarctata
- Platystoma seminationisPlatystoma seminationis
- Orchid BeetleDascillus cervinus
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Emperor Dragonfly
Midland Hawthorn · Eyebright · Shining Crane's-bill · Great Lettuce
- Midland HawthornCrataegus laevigata
- EyebrightEuphrasia2024
- Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2023
- Great LettuceLactuca virosa2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
14,138 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummer
2025▾
Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Jay · Wren · Blue Tit +41
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummer
2025▾
Muntjac · Brown Hare · Rabbit · Fallow Deer · Grey Squirrel +1
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
- Fallow DeerDama dama2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Parydra coarctata · Platystoma seminationis · Orchid Beetle · Four-spotted Chaser · Emerald Damselfly +20
- Parydra coarctataParydra coarctata
- Platystoma seminationisPlatystoma seminationis
- Orchid BeetleDascillus cervinus
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Emperor Dragonfly
Midland Hawthorn · Eyebright · Shining Crane's-bill · Great Lettuce
- Midland HawthornCrataegus laevigata
- EyebrightEuphrasia2024
- Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2023
- Great LettuceLactuca virosa2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Anax imperator
Anax imperator
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeseliiRoesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeseliiRuddy DarterSympetrum sanguineumRuddy DarterSympetrum sanguineumSarcophaga pumilaSarcophaga pumilaSarcophaga pumilaSarcophaga pumilaAgrypnus murinusAgrypnus murinusAgrypnus murinusAgrypnus murinusCommon Green SawflyTenthredo mesomelaCommon Green SawflyTenthredo mesomelaDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctataHylemya variataHylemya variataHylemya variataHylemya variataFannia armataFannia armataFannia armataFannia armataEmpis caudatulaEmpis caudatulaEmpis caudatulaEmpis caudatulaBishop's MitreAelia acuminataBishop's MitreAelia acuminataRhamphomyia atraRhamphomyia atraRhamphomyia atraRhamphomyia atraGreen Tiger BeetleCicindela campestrisGreen Tiger BeetleCicindela campestrisChamaemyia herbarumChamaemyia herbarumChamaemyia herbarumChamaemyia herbarumCantharis rusticaCantharis rusticaCantharis rusticaCantharis rusticaOpilo mollisOpilo mollisOpilo mollisOpilo mollisCantharis fuscaCantharis fusca2023Cantharis fuscaCantharis fusca2023