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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.51112, -0.52439
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦51+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 294m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦51+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 294m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Starling +48 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Starling +48 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Polycauliona ucrainica, Flavoplaca oasis, Lecania erysibe s. lat. +41 more · last seen 2010
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Large White, Small White +37 more · last seen 2020
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Ancholme Valley WayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Photos
Interior, St Hybald's church, Hibaldstow
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Wildlife to spot
1,912 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,912 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Goldfinch · Mallard · Rook +41
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SwiftApus apus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2022
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- CootFulica atra
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2020
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2018
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2018
- GoosanderMergus merganser2018
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2018
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2023▾
Hedgehog · Red Fox
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Peacock · Painted Lady · Small White · Gatekeeper · Large White +7
- PeacockAglais io
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris
🌿Plants15 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Snowdrop · Viper's-bugloss · Yarrow · Horse-chestnut · Stinking Iris +10
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2019
- Viper's-buglossEchium vulgare
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2020
- Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2019
- Winter Heliotrope
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,912 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Goldfinch · Mallard · Rook +41
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SwiftApus apus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2022
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- CootFulica atra
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2020
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2018
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2018
- GoosanderMergus merganser2018
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2018
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2023▾
Hedgehog · Red Fox
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Peacock · Painted Lady · Small White · Gatekeeper · Large White +7
- PeacockAglais io
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris
🌿Plants15 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Snowdrop · Viper's-bugloss · Yarrow · Horse-chestnut · Stinking Iris +10
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2019
- Viper's-buglossEchium vulgare
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2020
- Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2019
- Winter Heliotrope
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Petasites pyrenaicus2019
Petasites pyrenaicus2019
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare2018Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare2018Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2018Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2018Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana2018Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana2018Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2018Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2018Wood AvensGeum urbanum2018Wood AvensGeum urbanum2018Lotus corniculatus var. corniculatusLotus corniculatus var. corniculatus2018Lotus corniculatus var. corniculatusLotus corniculatus var. corniculatus2018Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2018Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2018Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2018Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2018Field MapleAcer campestre2018Field MapleAcer campestre2018