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Getting here
53.17383, 0.09523
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Blue Tit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Cornhill Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Blue Tit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Cornhill Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Goldfinch +65 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Goldfinch +65 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell +78 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Selfheal, Daisy, Lords-and-Ladies +56 more · last seen 2025
Free
Historic site; Grade I listed building nearby: CHURCH OF ST JAMES
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km28 public paths nearby
Public paths
Queen Streetpublic footpath · 32 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 32 mPath type: unclassified
Vale Roadpublic footpath · 203 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 203 mPath type: unclassified
Old School Mewspublic footpath · 58 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 58 mPath type: residential
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route C5Cycling route▾
Spilsby circular route
Named routeRef C5Local cycle route
Lindsey TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Route C1Cycling route▾
Alford to Spilsby
Named routeRef C1Local cycle route
Route C2Cycling route▾
Spilsby to Wainfleet
Named routeRef C2Local cycle route
Photos
Statue of Sir John Franklin, Spilsby
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Wildlife to spot
11,775 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
11,775 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
winterspring
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Rook · Blackbird +31
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
Brown Hare · Muntjac · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Salamanders, Sirens and Newts · frogs and toads
- Salamanders, Sirens and NewtsCaudata
- frogs and toadsAnura
Syritta pipiens · Marmalade Hoverfly · Green Shieldbug · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Harlequin Ladybird +21
- Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2024
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- SyrphusSyrphus
Germander Speedwell · Selfheal · Ramsons · Welsh Poppy · Daisy +14
- Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
- RamsonsAllium ursinum
- Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum
- DaisyBellis perennis
- HonestyLunaria annua
- ElderSambucus nigra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,775 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
winterspring
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Rook · Blackbird +31
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
Brown Hare · Muntjac · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Salamanders, Sirens and Newts · frogs and toads
- Salamanders, Sirens and NewtsCaudata
- frogs and toadsAnura
Syritta pipiens · Marmalade Hoverfly · Green Shieldbug · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Harlequin Ladybird +21
- Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2024
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- SyrphusSyrphus
Germander Speedwell · Selfheal · Ramsons · Welsh Poppy · Daisy +14
- Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
- RamsonsAllium ursinum
- Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum
- DaisyBellis perennis
- HonestyLunaria annua
- ElderSambucus nigra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Pachyrhinus lethierryiPachyrhinus lethierryi2025Pachyrhinus lethierryiPachyrhinus lethierryi2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2024Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2024Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxWestern Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Platycheirus peltatus agg.Platycheirus peltatus agg.2025Platycheirus peltatus agg.Platycheirus peltatus agg.2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Acorn WeevilCurculio glandium2024Acorn WeevilCurculio glandium2024Ivy BeeColletes hederae2024Ivy BeeColletes hederae2024Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2024Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2024Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2024Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2024Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2024Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus202422-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202422-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2024Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minorYellow-rattleRhinanthus minorGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataWood AvensGeum urbanumWood AvensGeum urbanumLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumOxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgareOxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgareRed ValerianCentranthus ruberRed ValerianCentranthus ruberRed CampionSilene dioicaRed CampionSilene dioicaFoxgloveDigitalis purpureaFoxgloveDigitalis purpureaGreen AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirensGreen AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirensHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHimalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024