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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.47837, -0.26930
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Rook
- ✦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
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Rook
- ✦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, Rook, Jackdaw +54 more · last seen 2025
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ST MARY MAGDALENE; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Rook, Jackdaw +54 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red Admiral, Small Tortoiseshell, Large White +31 more · last seen 2019
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Southern Marsh-orchid, Cut-leaved Crane's-bill, Creeping Buttercup +24 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Nev Cole WayWalking route93 km▾
Named routeLength 93 kmRegional walking route
12 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 1Cycling route▾
NCN 1 Lincoln to Humber
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 3Cycling route▾
Lincoln - Whitby
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.9 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 1.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route4.3 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 4.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route368 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 368 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Swallow, Rothwell, Binbrook, Walesby Top loopMountain bike route58 km▾
Named routeLength 58 kmLocal cycle route
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
Wold Viewbridleway · 34 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 34 mPath type: residential
Photos
West end of the nave, St Mary's church, Rothwell
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Wildlife to spot
1,164 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,164 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRook · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Moorhen +32
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2018
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2018
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2018
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐝Insects16 species
summerautumn
2019▾
Green Shieldbug · Speckled Wood · Red-legged Shieldbug · Small White · Common Darter +11
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- CommaPolygonia c-album
Southern Marsh-orchid · Cut-leaved Crane's-bill · Dandelion · Upright Brome · Equal-leaved Knotgrass +29
- Southern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza praetermissa
- Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2020
- DandelionTaraxacum2018
- Upright BromeBromopsis erecta2018
- Equal-leaved KnotgrassPolygonum arenastrum2018
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,164 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRook · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Moorhen +32
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2018
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2018
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2018
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐝Insects16 species
summerautumn
2019▾
Green Shieldbug · Speckled Wood · Red-legged Shieldbug · Small White · Common Darter +11
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- CommaPolygonia c-album
Southern Marsh-orchid · Cut-leaved Crane's-bill · Dandelion · Upright Brome · Equal-leaved Knotgrass +29
- Southern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza praetermissa
- Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2020
- DandelionTaraxacum2018
- Upright BromeBromopsis erecta2018
- Equal-leaved KnotgrassPolygonum arenastrum2018
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
7-spot Ladybird
7-spot Ladybird
Coccinella septempunctata
Coccinella septempunctata
Red AdmiralVanessa atalantaRed AdmiralVanessa atalantaTachina feraTachina feraTachina feraTachina feraYellow ShellCamptogramma bilineataYellow ShellCamptogramma bilineataCinnabarTyria jacobaeaeCinnabarTyria jacobaeaeMacrocera centralisMacrocera centralisMacrocera centralisMacrocera centralisMacrocera vittataMacrocera vittataMacrocera vittataMacrocera vittataOrfelia fasciataOrfelia fasciataOrfelia fasciataOrfelia fasciataPlaturocypta testataPlaturocypta testataPlaturocypta testataPlaturocypta testataSymmerus annulatusSymmerus annulatusSymmerus annulatusSymmerus annulatus2018
2018
Common OracheAtriplex patula2018Common OracheAtriplex patula2018Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2018Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2018Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2018Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2018Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2018Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2018Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2018Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2018Common RestharrowOnonis repens2018Common RestharrowOnonis repens2018Lesser / Wood BurdockArctium minus2018Lesser / Wood BurdockArctium minus2018Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2018Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2018False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2018False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2018Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis2018Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis2018Tufted VetchVicia cracca2018Tufted VetchVicia cracca2018Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2018Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2018Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2018Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2018Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2018Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2018PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2018PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2018Rosa caninaRosa canina2018Rosa caninaRosa canina2018Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2018Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2018Wild CherryPrunus avium2018Wild CherryPrunus avium2018Red FescueFestuca rubra2018Red FescueFestuca rubra2018Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2018Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2018CleaversGalium aparine2018CleaversGalium aparine2018Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2018Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2018Field MapleAcer campestre2018Field MapleAcer campestre2018Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2018Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2018Greater PlantainPlantago major2018Greater PlantainPlantago major2018Weeping WillowSalix alba x babylonica = S. x sepulcralis2018Weeping WillowSalix alba x babylonica = S. x sepulcralis2018Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2018Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2018HawthornCrataegus monogyna2018HawthornCrataegus monogyna2018