Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.97504, -0.50250
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon 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
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon 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 — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Carrion Crow +52 more · last seen 2025
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ST MARY; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Carrion Crow +52 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Flavoplaca flavocitrina, Common Orange Lichen, Verrucaria viridula +63 more · last seen 2011
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Brimstone, Small White, Meadow Brown +170 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Neat Feather-moss, Weissia controversa var. controversa, Rock Pocket-moss +55 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Lincolnshire)Cycling route▾
The National Byway in Lincolnshire
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Sleaford - Greylees cycle trackCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 15Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 15National Cycle Network
Route 151Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 151National Cycle Network
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
The Crescentbridleway · 10 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 10 mPath type: unclassified
Photos
Gargoyles on the tower of St Mary's Church, Wilsford
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
3,496 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,496 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
winterspring
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Long-tailed Tit · Jackdaw +41
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Great TitParus major
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SwiftApus apus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- MagpiePica pica
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
Hawthorn Shieldbug · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Tephrochlamys tarsalis · Poecilus cupreus · Trichocera regelationis +1
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
- Tephrochlamys tarsalisTephrochlamys tarsalis2024
- Poecilus cupreusPoecilus cupreus2024
- Trichocera regelationisTrichocera regelationis2024
- Stenophylax permistus
Trichostomum brachydontium · Weissia controversa var. controversa · Rock Pocket-moss · Yellow Feather-moss · Neat Feather-moss +25
- Trichostomum brachydontiumTrichostomum brachydontium
- Weissia controversa var. controversaWeissia controversa var. controversa
- Rock Pocket-mossFissidens dubius
- Yellow Feather-mossHomalothecium lutescens
- Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
- Tender Feather-mossRhynchostegiella tenella
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,496 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
winterspring
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Long-tailed Tit · Jackdaw +41
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Great TitParus major
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SwiftApus apus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- MagpiePica pica
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
Hawthorn Shieldbug · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Tephrochlamys tarsalis · Poecilus cupreus · Trichocera regelationis +1
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
- Tephrochlamys tarsalisTephrochlamys tarsalis2024
- Poecilus cupreusPoecilus cupreus2024
- Trichocera regelationisTrichocera regelationis2024
- Stenophylax permistus
Trichostomum brachydontium · Weissia controversa var. controversa · Rock Pocket-moss · Yellow Feather-moss · Neat Feather-moss +25
- Trichostomum brachydontiumTrichostomum brachydontium
- Weissia controversa var. controversaWeissia controversa var. controversa
- Rock Pocket-mossFissidens dubius
- Yellow Feather-mossHomalothecium lutescens
- Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
- Tender Feather-mossRhynchostegiella tenella
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Stenophylax permistus2024
Stenophylax permistus2024
Chalk Comb-mossCtenidium molluscumChalk Comb-mossCtenidium molluscumRusty Beard-mossDidymodon ferrugineusRusty Beard-mossDidymodon ferrugineusGolden Feather-mossCampylium chrysophyllumGolden Feather-mossCampylium chrysophyllumGreat Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. lacunosumGreat Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. lacunosumSmall Hairy Screw-mossSyntrichia laevipilaSmall Hairy Screw-mossSyntrichia laevipilaCommon PincushionDicranoweisia cirrataCommon PincushionDicranoweisia cirrataCommon Cord-mossFunaria hygrometricaCommon Cord-mossFunaria hygrometricaLesser Bird's-claw Beard-mossStreblotrichum convolutum var. convolutumLesser Bird's-claw Beard-mossStreblotrichum convolutum var. convolutumStreblotrichum convolutum var. commutatumStreblotrichum convolutum var. commutatumStreblotrichum convolutum var. commutatumStreblotrichum convolutum var. commutatumBird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculataBird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculataCrimson-tuber Thread-mossBryum rubensCrimson-tuber Thread-mossBryum rubensDusky Beard-mossDidymodon luridusDusky Beard-mossDidymodon luridusCapillary Thread-mossBryum capillareCapillary Thread-mossBryum capillareForked VeilwortMetzgeria furcataForked VeilwortMetzgeria furcataZygodon conoideus var. conoideusZygodon conoideus var. conoideusZygodon conoideus var. conoideusZygodon conoideus var. conoideusHart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatumHart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatumSwartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hiansSwartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hiansBig Shaggy-mossHylocomiadelphus triquetrusBig Shaggy-mossHylocomiadelphus triquetrusSilky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeumSilky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeumSpiral Extinguisher-mossEncalypta streptocarpaSpiral Extinguisher-mossEncalypta streptocarpaCommon Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatumCommon Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatumTwisting Thread-mossBryum torquescensTwisting Thread-mossBryum torquescensSand-hill Screw-mossSyntrichia ruraliformisSand-hill Screw-mossSyntrichia ruraliformisHogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024Events & activities nearby
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