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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.65114, -0.50769
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch 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
- 🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch 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 — Chaffinch, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +70 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF SAINT MAURICE; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Birds — Chaffinch, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +70 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Meadow Brown, Ringlet +66 more · last seen 2020
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 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Viking Way (Barton-upon-Humber to Barnetby)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Nev Cole WayWalking route93 km▾
Named routeLength 93 kmRegional walking route
E2 (Humber Bridge)Walking route▾
Named routeInternational walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Mablethorpe to Humber BridgeWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
20 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Lincolnshire)Cycling route▾
The National Byway in Lincolnshire
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Route 1Cycling route▾
NCN 1 Lincoln to Humber
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
NCN 1 Humber Bridge east alternativeCycling route▾
Named routeNational Cycle Network
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 3Cycling route▾
Lincoln - Whitby
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Ancholme Valley WayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route112 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 112 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
2,134 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,134 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
winterspring
2025▾
Blackbird · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Mute Swan · Woodpigeon +37
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2018
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GadwallMareca strepera
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2020
- JackdawColoeus monedula2018
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2018
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- CootFulica atra
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2020
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2020
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2020
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2020
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2018
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2018
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2018
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2018
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2018
- CurlewNumenius arquata2018
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2018
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2018
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2018
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2018
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2023▾
Hedgehog · Bat
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020
- BatChiroptera
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2020▾
Common Toad
7-spot Ladybird · Demetrias atricapillus · Small White · Large White · Athripsodes aterrimus +42
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Demetrias atricapillusDemetrias atricapillus
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Athripsodes aterrimusAthripsodes aterrimus2019
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Nuttall's Waterweed · Canadian Waterweed · Common Mallow · Crocus · Hart's-Tongue +13
- Nuttall's WaterweedElodea nuttallii2019
- Canadian WaterweedElodea canadensis2018
- Common MallowMalva sylvestris
- CrocusCrocus2020
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2020
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,134 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
winterspring
2025▾
Blackbird · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Mute Swan · Woodpigeon +37
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2018
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GadwallMareca strepera
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2020
- JackdawColoeus monedula2018
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2018
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- CootFulica atra
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2020
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2020
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2020
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2020
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2018
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2018
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2018
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2018
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2018
- CurlewNumenius arquata2018
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2018
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2018
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2018
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2018
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2023▾
Hedgehog · Bat
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020
- BatChiroptera
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2020▾
Common Toad
7-spot Ladybird · Demetrias atricapillus · Small White · Large White · Athripsodes aterrimus +42
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Demetrias atricapillusDemetrias atricapillus
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Athripsodes aterrimusAthripsodes aterrimus2019
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Nuttall's Waterweed · Canadian Waterweed · Common Mallow · Crocus · Hart's-Tongue +13
- Nuttall's WaterweedElodea nuttallii2019
- Canadian WaterweedElodea canadensis2018
- Common MallowMalva sylvestris
- CrocusCrocus2020
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2020
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2020
2020
RhubarbRheum x rhabarbarum2020RhubarbRheum x rhabarbarum2020Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2020Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2020Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2020Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2020FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2020FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2020Summer SnowflakeLeucojum aestivum2020Summer SnowflakeLeucojum aestivum2020daffodilsNarcissus2020daffodilsNarcissus2020Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2020Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2020Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2020Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2020Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2019Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2019Small NettleUrtica urens2019Small NettleUrtica urens2019BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2018BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2018Reed Sweet-grassGlyceria maxima2017Reed Sweet-grassGlyceria maxima2017