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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.29459, -0.15945
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦50+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
- 🐕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
- 🐦50+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
- 🐕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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Chaffinch +47 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Chaffinch +47 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Small White, Small Tortoiseshell +137 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
⛪Churchyard walks
Good match
Churchyard or religious grounds — wildlife sanctuary and quiet reflection
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Living Landscapes (Short Route)Cycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Lindsey TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Photos
St German's Church, Ranby, Lincs
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Wildlife to spot
3,330 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,330 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds8 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Corn Bunting · Yellowhammer · Grey Partridge · Lesser Redpoll · Swallow +3
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2020
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2020
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2020
Small White · Red Admiral · Painted Lady · Small Tortoiseshell · Setaceous Hebrew Character +70
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2019
- Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba
🌿Plants4 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Atlas Poppy · Honesty · Wall Speedwell · Creeping-Jenny
- Atlas PoppyPapaver atlanticum
- HonestyLunaria annua2023
- Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2023
- Creeping-JennyLysimachia nummularia2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,330 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds8 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Corn Bunting · Yellowhammer · Grey Partridge · Lesser Redpoll · Swallow +3
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2020
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2020
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2020
Small White · Red Admiral · Painted Lady · Small Tortoiseshell · Setaceous Hebrew Character +70
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2019
- Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba
🌿Plants4 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Atlas Poppy · Honesty · Wall Speedwell · Creeping-Jenny
- Atlas PoppyPapaver atlanticum
- HonestyLunaria annua2023
- Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2023
- Creeping-JennyLysimachia nummularia2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2019
2019
Silver YAutographa gamma2019Silver YAutographa gamma2019Large WhitePieris brassicae2019Large WhitePieris brassicae2019PeacockAglais io2019PeacockAglais io2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019Grey Pine CarpetThera obeliscata2019Grey Pine CarpetThera obeliscata2019Common WainscotMythimna pallens2019Common WainscotMythimna pallens2019Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa2019Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua fimbriata2019Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua fimbriata2019Flounced RusticLuperina testacea2019Flounced RusticLuperina testacea2019Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria2019Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria2019Orange SwiftTriodia sylvina2019Orange SwiftTriodia sylvina2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe2019Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019SnoutHypena proboscidalis2019SnoutHypena proboscidalis2019Burnished BrassDiachrysia chrysitis2019Burnished BrassDiachrysia chrysitis2019Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2019Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2019Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea2019Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea2019Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019Brown ArgusAricia agestis2019Brown ArgusAricia agestis2019Scarce FootmanEilema complana2019Scarce FootmanEilema complana2019Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2019Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2019Swallow ProminentPheosia tremula2019Swallow ProminentPheosia tremula2019Six-striped RusticXestia sexstrigata2019Six-striped RusticXestia sexstrigata2019Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019Latticed HeathChiasmia clathrata2019Latticed HeathChiasmia clathrata2019Lime-speck PugEupithecia centaureata2019Lime-speck PugEupithecia centaureata2019Pebble ProminentNotodonta ziczac2019Pebble ProminentNotodonta ziczac2019Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa2019Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa2019Dusky SallowEremobia ochroleuca2019Dusky SallowEremobia ochroleuca2019Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisSphaerophoriaSphaerophoriaSphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctataAgathomyia wankowicziiAgathomyia wankowiczii2023Agathomyia wankowicziiAgathomyia wankowiczii2023Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2019Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2019Brown-Spot PinionAnchoscelis litura2019Brown-Spot PinionAnchoscelis litura2019Mouse MothAmphipyra tragopoginis2019Mouse MothAmphipyra tragopoginis2019Red UnderwingCatocala nupta2019Red UnderwingCatocala nupta2019RusticHoplodrina blanda2019RusticHoplodrina blanda2019HeraldScoliopteryx libatrix2019HeraldScoliopteryx libatrix2019Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata2019Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata2019Gold SpotPlusia festucae2019Gold SpotPlusia festucae2019Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata2019Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata2019Poplar Hawk-mothLaothoe populi2019Poplar Hawk-mothLaothoe populi2019Straw DotRivula sericealis2019Straw DotRivula sericealis2019Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2019Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2019Coxcomb ProminentPtilodon capucina2019Coxcomb ProminentPtilodon capucina2019BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2019Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2019Black ArchesLymantria monacha2019Black ArchesLymantria monacha2019Scalloped Hook-tipFalcaria lacertinaria2019Scalloped Hook-tipFalcaria lacertinaria2019Smoky WainscotMythimna impura2019Smoky WainscotMythimna impura2019Lesser Swallow ProminentPheosia gnoma2019Lesser Swallow ProminentPheosia gnoma2019Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2019Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2019Pale ProminentPterostoma palpina2019Pale ProminentPterostoma palpina2019Common FootmanEilema lurideola2019Common FootmanEilema lurideola2019Dingy FootmanEilema griseola2019Dingy FootmanEilema griseola2019Pine Hawk-mothSphinx pinastri2019Pine Hawk-mothSphinx pinastri2019V-pugChloroclystis v-ata2019V-pugChloroclystis v-ata2019Scalloped OakCrocallis elinguaria2019Scalloped OakCrocallis elinguaria2019Dun-barCosmia trapezina2019Dun-barCosmia trapezina2019Small RivuletPerizoma alchemillata2019Small RivuletPerizoma alchemillata2019Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2019Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2019Buff ErmineSpilosoma lutea2019Buff ErmineSpilosoma lutea2019Heart & DartAgrotis exclamationis2019Heart & DartAgrotis exclamationis2019SpectacleAbrostola tripartita2019SpectacleAbrostola tripartita2019