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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.22442, 0.29648
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦86+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Jackdaw
- ✦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
- 🐦86+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Jackdaw
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Jackdaw, Chaffinch +83 more · last seen 2025
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ST MARY; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Jackdaw, Chaffinch +83 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Speckled Wood, Peacock +28 more · last seen 2019
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
⛪Churchyard walks
Good match
Churchyard or religious grounds — wildlife sanctuary and quiet reflection
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 15 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
King Charles III England Coast Path: Skegness to MablethorpeWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Route C3Cycling route▾
Wainfleet to Alford
Named routeRef C3Local cycle route
Route C7Cycling route▾
Alford to Mablethorpe
Named routeRef C7Local cycle route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
2,007 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,007 records · National Biodiversity NetworkYellowhammer · Rook · Jackdaw · Little Grebe · Goldfinch +8
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba2023
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2023
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- SwiftApus apus2018
Water Vole
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius
Small White · Painted Lady · Red Admiral · Peacock · Small Tortoiseshell +16
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
- PeacockAglais io
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
Nuttall's Waterweed · Branched Bur-reed · Scorpion Weed · Common Reed · Selfheal +66
- Nuttall's WaterweedElodea nuttallii2016
- Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2016
- Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia
- Common ReedPhragmites australis2016
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2016
- Oil-seed RapeBrassica napus subsp. oleifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,007 records · National Biodiversity NetworkYellowhammer · Rook · Jackdaw · Little Grebe · Goldfinch +8
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba2023
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2023
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- SwiftApus apus2018
Water Vole
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius
Small White · Painted Lady · Red Admiral · Peacock · Small Tortoiseshell +16
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
- PeacockAglais io
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
Nuttall's Waterweed · Branched Bur-reed · Scorpion Weed · Common Reed · Selfheal +66
- Nuttall's WaterweedElodea nuttallii2016
- Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2016
- Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia
- Common ReedPhragmites australis2016
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2016
- Oil-seed RapeBrassica napus subsp. oleifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2016
2016
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2016Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2016Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2016Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2016Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides2016Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides2016Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2016Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2016Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2016Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2016Salix fragilisSalix fragilis2016Salix fragilisSalix fragilis2016Tragopogon pratensis subsp. minorTragopogon pratensis subsp. minor2016Tragopogon pratensis subsp. minorTragopogon pratensis subsp. minor2016Lesser Sea-spurreySpergularia marina2016Lesser Sea-spurreySpergularia marina2016Reflexed Saltmarsh-GrassPuccinellia distans2016Reflexed Saltmarsh-GrassPuccinellia distans2016Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2016Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2016Water Forget-me-notMyosotis scorpioides2016Water Forget-me-notMyosotis scorpioides2016Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2016Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2016Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum2016Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum2016Rosa caninaRosa canina2016Rosa caninaRosa canina2016Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2016Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2016NipplewortLapsana communis2016NipplewortLapsana communis2016Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2016Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2016Red CloverTrifolium pratense2016Red CloverTrifolium pratense2016Reed Sweet-grassGlyceria maxima2016Reed Sweet-grassGlyceria maxima2016Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2016Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2016Greater PlantainPlantago major2016Greater PlantainPlantago major2016Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2016Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2016Cerastium fontanum subsp. vulgareCerastium fontanum subsp. vulgare2016Cerastium fontanum subsp. vulgareCerastium fontanum subsp. vulgare2016Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2016Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2016Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2016Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2016HollyIlex aquifolium2016HollyIlex aquifolium2016Common CouchElymus repens2016Common CouchElymus repens2016MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2016MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2016False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae2016False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae2016Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2016Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2016Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2016Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2016Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis2016Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis2016Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2016Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2016Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2016Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2016Amphibious BistortPersicaria amphibia2016Amphibious BistortPersicaria amphibia2016Copper BeechFagus sylvatica group 'Atropurpurea'2016Copper BeechFagus sylvatica group 'Atropurpurea'2016BrambleRubus fruticosus2016BrambleRubus fruticosus2016Norway SprucePicea abies2016Norway SprucePicea abies2016Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2016Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2016Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus2016Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus2016Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2016Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2016YarrowAchillea millefolium2016YarrowAchillea millefolium2016Scots PinePinus sylvestris2016Scots PinePinus sylvestris2016HawthornCrataegus monogyna2016HawthornCrataegus monogyna2016Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2016Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2016Grey WillowSalix cinerea subsp. cinerea2016Grey WillowSalix cinerea subsp. cinerea2016Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2016Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2016Hoary CressLepidium draba2016Hoary CressLepidium draba2016Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2016Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2016DandelionTaraxacum2016DandelionTaraxacum2016CowslipPrimula veris2016CowslipPrimula veris2016HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2016HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2016Common NettleUrtica dioica2016Common NettleUrtica dioica2016Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2016Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2016Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2016Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2016Common ChickweedStellaria media2016Common ChickweedStellaria media2016White CloverTrifolium repens2016White CloverTrifolium repens2016HemlockConium maculatum2016HemlockConium maculatum2016Broad-leaved PondweedPotamogeton natans2016Broad-leaved PondweedPotamogeton natans2016Common VetchVicia sativa subsp. segetalis2016Common VetchVicia sativa subsp. segetalis2016Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2016Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2016Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2016Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2016Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2016Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2016White Dead-nettleLamium album2016White Dead-nettleLamium album2016Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2016Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2016