Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🍄Fungi
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.78644, -0.62520
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦48+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Rook and Blackbird
- ✦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
- 🐦48+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Rook and Blackbird
- ✦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 — Rook, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +45 more · last seen 2025
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: Church of St Mary; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Candelariella medians f. medians, Flavoplaca citrina s. str., Caloplaca chlorina +41 more · last seen 2014
Varies
Birds — Rook, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +45 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Brimstone, Small Tortoiseshell +68 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Mowbray WayWalking route14 km▾
Named routeLength 14 kmLocal walking route
Rutland RoundWalking route105 km▾
Named routeLength 105 kmRegional walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Lincolnshire)Cycling route▾
The National Byway in Lincolnshire
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway (Rutland)Cycling route▾
National Byway in Rutland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Church of St Mary, North Witham
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
3,372 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,372 records · National Biodiversity NetworkDunnock · Rook · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blackbird +21
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
Lesser Stag Beetle
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
🌿Plants96 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Common Nettle · Hogweed · Ground-ivy · Upright Hedge-parsley · Ash +91
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica
- AshFraxinus excelsior2024
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,372 records · National Biodiversity NetworkDunnock · Rook · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blackbird +21
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
Lesser Stag Beetle
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
🌿Plants96 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Common Nettle · Hogweed · Ground-ivy · Upright Hedge-parsley · Ash +91
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica
- AshFraxinus excelsior2024
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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