South Kelsey Hall moated site 6 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
Free entry Dogs welcome 6 ha
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53.46491, -0.42736
Open directionsv ✦ Scheduled Ancient Monument — Nationally protected archaeological site on the National Heritage List for England (NHLE). Scheduled monuments represent the best surviving examples of England's irreplaceable archaeological heritage.
Archaeological site scheduled monument
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 ✦ 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
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ✦ 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 £ 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
Strong match
Birds — Swift, Collared Dove, Woodpigeon +25 more · last seen 2023; Birds — Swift, Collared Dove, Woodpigeon +25 more · last seen 2023
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Large White, Small Tortoiseshell +24 more · last seen 2020; Insects — Small White, Large White, Small Tortoiseshell +24 more · last seen 2020
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Netted Shield Lichen, Melanelixia subaurifera, Punctelia jeckeri · last seen 2015; Fungi — Netted Shield Lichen, Melanelixia subaurifera, Punctelia jeckeri · last seen 2015
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Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
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Wildlife to spot
1,478 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 1,478 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 18 species
winter spring
2023 ▾
Swift · Collared Dove · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Starling +13
Swift Apus apus2021 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blackbird Turdus merula Starling Sturnus vulgaris Tawny Owl Strix aluco2020 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Greenfinch Chloris chloris Coal Tit Periparus ater Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Stock Dove Columba oenas Carrion Crow Corvus corone Great Tit Parus major Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Barn Owl Tyto alba2019 🦌 Mammals 3 species
spring summer autumn
2022 ▾
Hedgehog · American Mink · Badger
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2020 American Mink Neovison vison Badger Meles meles2018 Small White · Large White · Small Tortoiseshell · Red Admiral · Green-veined White +18
Small White Pieris rapae2019 Large White Pieris brassicae2019 Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae2019 Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2019 Green-veined White Pieris napi2019 Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus Long-beaked Water Feather-moss · Creeping Bent · Lords-and-Ladies · Small Nettle · Whorl-grass +40
Long-beaked Water Feather-moss Rhynchostegium riparioides2018 Creeping Bent Agrostis stolonifera2016 Lords-and-Ladies Arum maculatum Small Nettle Urtica urens Whorl-grass Catabrosa aquatica2016 Autumn Hawkbit Scorzoneroides autumnalis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 1,478 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 18 species
winter spring
2023 ▾
Swift · Collared Dove · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Starling +13
Swift Apus apus2021 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blackbird Turdus merula Starling Sturnus vulgaris Tawny Owl Strix aluco2020 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Greenfinch Chloris chloris Coal Tit Periparus ater Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Stock Dove Columba oenas Carrion Crow Corvus corone Great Tit Parus major Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Barn Owl Tyto alba2019 🦌 Mammals 3 species
spring summer autumn
2022 ▾
Hedgehog · American Mink · Badger
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2020 American Mink Neovison vison Badger Meles meles2018 Small White · Large White · Small Tortoiseshell · Red Admiral · Green-veined White +18
Small White Pieris rapae2019 Large White Pieris brassicae2019 Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae2019 Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2019 Green-veined White Pieris napi2019 Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus Long-beaked Water Feather-moss · Creeping Bent · Lords-and-Ladies · Small Nettle · Whorl-grass +40
Long-beaked Water Feather-moss Rhynchostegium riparioides2018 Creeping Bent Agrostis stolonifera2016 Lords-and-Ladies Arum maculatum Small Nettle Urtica urens Whorl-grass Catabrosa aquatica2016 Autumn Hawkbit Scorzoneroides autumnalis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2019
2019
Peacock Aglais io2019
Peacock Aglais io2019
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2019
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2019
Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus2019
Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus2019
Comma Polygonia c-album2019
Comma Polygonia c-album2019
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui2019
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui2019
Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni2018
Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni2018
Common Blue Polyommatus icarus2018
Common Blue Polyommatus icarus2018
Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris2019
Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris2019
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus2019
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus2019
Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis2018
Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis2018
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2018
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2018
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2017
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2017
Large Skipper Ochlodes sylvanus2017
Large Skipper Ochlodes sylvanus2017
Common Burying Beetle Nicrophorus vespillo
Common Burying Beetle Nicrophorus vespillo
Essex Skipper Thymelicus lineola2019
Essex Skipper Thymelicus lineola2019
Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas2017
Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas2017
Hornet Vespa crabro2017
Hornet Vespa crabro2017 2016
2016
Pedunculate Oak Quercus robur2016
Pedunculate Oak Quercus robur2016
Cut-leaved Crane's-bill Geranium dissectum2016
Cut-leaved Crane's-bill Geranium dissectum2016
Holly Ilex aquifolium2016
Holly Ilex aquifolium2016
Soft-brome Bromus hordeaceus2016
Soft-brome Bromus hordeaceus2016
Reflexed Saltmarsh-Grass Puccinellia distans2016
Reflexed Saltmarsh-Grass Puccinellia distans2016
Elm Ulmus2016
Elm Ulmus2016
Ground-ivy Glechoma hederacea2016
Ground-ivy Glechoma hederacea2016
Ivy Hedera helix2016
Ivy Hedera helix2016
Sweet Violet Viola odorata2016
Sweet Violet Viola odorata2016
Tall Fescue Schedonorus arundinaceus2016
Tall Fescue Schedonorus arundinaceus2016
Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna2016
Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna2016
Field Horsetail Equisetum arvense2016
Field Horsetail Equisetum arvense2016
False Oat-grass Arrhenatherum elatius2016
False Oat-grass Arrhenatherum elatius2016
White Clover Trifolium repens2016
White Clover Trifolium repens2016
Cleavers Galium aparine2016
Cleavers Galium aparine2016
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus2016
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus2016
Common Nettle Urtica dioica2016
Common Nettle Urtica dioica2016
Vinca major var. oxyloba Vinca major var. oxyloba2016
Vinca major var. oxyloba Vinca major var. oxyloba2016
Rough Meadow-grass Poa trivialis2016
Rough Meadow-grass Poa trivialis2016
Groundsel Senecio vulgaris2016
Groundsel Senecio vulgaris2016
Rosa canina Rosa canina2016
Rosa canina Rosa canina2016
Smooth Meadow-grass Poa pratensis2016
Smooth Meadow-grass Poa pratensis2016
Lilac Syringa vulgaris2016
Lilac Syringa vulgaris2016
Germander Speedwell Veronica chamaedrys2016
Germander Speedwell Veronica chamaedrys2016
Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum2016
Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum2016
Cerastium fontanum subsp. vulgare Cerastium fontanum subsp. vulgare2016
Cerastium fontanum subsp. vulgare Cerastium fontanum subsp. vulgare2016
Greater Plantain Plantago major2016
Greater Plantain Plantago major2016
Festuca rubra Festuca rubra2016
Festuca rubra Festuca rubra2016
Hairy Sedge Carex hirta2016
Hairy Sedge Carex hirta2016
Meadow Fescue Schedonorus pratensis2016
Meadow Fescue Schedonorus pratensis2016
Perennial Rye-grass Lolium perenne2016
Perennial Rye-grass Lolium perenne2016
Common Sorrel Rumex acetosa2016
Common Sorrel Rumex acetosa2016
Hedgerow Crane's-bill Geranium pyrenaicum2016
Hedgerow Crane's-bill Geranium pyrenaicum2016
Field Bindweed Convolvulus arvensis2016
Field Bindweed Convolvulus arvensis2016
Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius2016
Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius2016
Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium2016
Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium2016
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata2016
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata2016
Knotgrass Polygonum aviculare2016
Knotgrass Polygonum aviculare2016
Hazel Corylus avellana2016
Hazel Corylus avellana2016 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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