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📷 Wikipedia · Medieval Town of Toruń · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Free entryDogs welcome8 ha

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦85+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Carrion Crow
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦85+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Carrion Crow
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕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

Parking· Free

Best for

4 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mallard, Carrion Crow, Moorhen +82 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Mallard, Carrion Crow, Moorhen +82 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Birds — Mallard, Carrion Crow, Moorhen +82 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Mallard, Carrion Crow, Moorhen +82 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Moderate match

Plants — Sand-hill Screw-moss · last seen 2025; Plants — Sand-hill Screw-moss · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby · 9 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km

Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route

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Cycling

2 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

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Horse riding

3 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

9,404 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

9,404 records · National Biodiversity Network

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Birds49 species

winter

2025

Moorhen · Carrion Crow · Great Tit · Black-headed Gull · Jackdaw +44

MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Great TitParus major
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
JackdawColoeus monedula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
RedwingTurdus iliacus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Mute SwanCygnus olor
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
CootFulica atra
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Rock DoveColumba livia
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
TealAnas crecca
GadwallMareca strepera
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
RobinErithacus rubecula
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
RookCorvus frugilegus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Greylag GooseAnser anser
LinnetLinaria cannabina
House SparrowPasser domesticus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Coal TitPeriparus ater
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
LapwingVanellus vanellus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

9,404 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

winter

2025

Moorhen · Carrion Crow · Great Tit · Black-headed Gull · Jackdaw +44

MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Great TitParus major
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
JackdawColoeus monedula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
RedwingTurdus iliacus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Mute SwanCygnus olor
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
CootFulica atra
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Rock DoveColumba livia
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
TealAnas crecca
GadwallMareca strepera
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
RobinErithacus rubecula
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
RookCorvus frugilegus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Greylag GooseAnser anser
LinnetLinaria cannabina
House SparrowPasser domesticus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Coal TitPeriparus ater
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
LapwingVanellus vanellus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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