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St Guthlac's Church

📷 Richard Croft · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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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
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 153m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 153m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· FreePlayground

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Black-headed Gull, Woodpigeon, Robin +83 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Black-headed Gull, Woodpigeon, Robin +83 more · last seen 2025

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Limnephilus lunatus, 7-spot Ladybird, Limnephilus flavicornis +17 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Limnephilus lunatus, 7-spot Ladybird, Limnephilus flavicornis +17 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 19 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Macmillan WayWalking route290 km

Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route

Torpel WayWalking route

Named route

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Cycling

14 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

John Clare Country routeCycling route

Named routeRef 3Local cycle route

The Deepings (Lincolnshire Cycle Routes)Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

The Green WheelCycling route

Named routeRef 21Round tripRegional cycle route

The Green WheelCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 12Cycling route

Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route582 m

Named routeRef 12Length 582 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

23,786 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

23,786 records · National Biodiversity Network

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Birds57 species

summer

2025

Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Little Grebe · Cormorant · Mute Swan +52

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Mute SwanCygnus olor
RobinErithacus rubecula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
MagpiePica pica
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
GreenfinchChloris chloris
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
JackdawColoeus monedula
CootFulica atra
Common TernSterna hirundo
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
TealAnas crecca
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WhitethroatCurruca communis
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
GadwallMareca strepera
SwallowHirundo rustica
RookCorvus frugilegus
GreenshankTringa nebularia
Common GullLarus canus
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
Rock DoveColumba livia
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
DunnockPrunella modularis
Great TitParus major
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
SwiftApus apus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Sand MartinRiparia riparia

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Insects3 species

springsummerautumn

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Dock Bug · Banded Demoiselle

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025

🌿

Plants56 species

summer

2026

White Dead-nettle · Great Willowherb · Common Mallow · Red Dead-nettle · Arrowhead +51

White Dead-nettleLamium album
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
Common MallowMalva sylvestris2025
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
ArrowheadSagittaria sagittifolia2025
Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

23,786 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds57 species

summer

2025

Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Little Grebe · Cormorant · Mute Swan +52

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Mute SwanCygnus olor
RobinErithacus rubecula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
MagpiePica pica
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
GreenfinchChloris chloris
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
JackdawColoeus monedula
CootFulica atra
Common TernSterna hirundo
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
TealAnas crecca
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WhitethroatCurruca communis
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
GadwallMareca strepera
SwallowHirundo rustica
RookCorvus frugilegus
GreenshankTringa nebularia
Common GullLarus canus
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
Rock DoveColumba livia
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
DunnockPrunella modularis
Great TitParus major
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
SwiftApus apus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Sand MartinRiparia riparia

🐝

Insects3 species

springsummerautumn

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Dock Bug · Banded Demoiselle

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025

🌿

Plants56 species

summer

2026

White Dead-nettle · Great Willowherb · Common Mallow · Red Dead-nettle · Arrowhead +51

White Dead-nettleLamium album
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
Common MallowMalva sylvestris2025
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
ArrowheadSagittaria sagittifolia2025
Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Richard Croft · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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