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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🍄 Fungi
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Places › England › East Midlands › North Kesteven Getting here
53.16585, -0.54085
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🍄 Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground 138m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🍄 Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground 138m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🅿️ Parking· Free 🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon +67 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon +67 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Flavoplaca flavocitrina, Myriolecis albescens, Candelariella medians f. medians +54 more · last seen 2011; Fungi — Flavoplaca flavocitrina, Myriolecis albescens, Candelariella medians f. medians +54 more · last seen 2011
Varies
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Red Admiral, Small White +45 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Large White, Red Admiral, Small White +45 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 3 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell) Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Plossland Round Walking route ▾
Spires and Steeples Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Millers Road public footpath · 65 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 65 m Path type: residential
Show on map 10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lincoln Eastern Bypass NMU path Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map North Hykeham Relief Road / Lincoln Southern Bypass NMU Route Cycling route ▾
Named route National Cycle Network
Show on map Lincoln to Branston cycle path Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map A607 Cycle Path Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Branston to Washingborough Cycle Path Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Route 93 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 93 Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
2,026 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 2,026 records · National Biodiversity Network Robin · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Goldfinch +37
Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Blackbird Turdus merula Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Great Tit Parus major2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Magpie Pica pica2024 Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2023 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2023 House Martin Delichon urbicum Swift Apus apus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Coot Fulica atra Tawny Owl Strix aluco2024 Rook Corvus frugilegus2023 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2023 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2022 Rock Dove Columba livia Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Swallow Hirundo rustica Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Tree Sparrow Passer montanus2024 Sturnus vulgaris vulgaris Sturnus vulgaris vulgaris2024 Linnet Linaria cannabina2023 Jay Garrulus glandarius2023 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2023 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix2023 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2023 Skylark Alauda arvensis2023 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2022 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2022 Hedgehog
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2023 ▾
Smooth Newt
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris 🐝 Insects 17 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Red-legged Shieldbug · Dock Bug · Batman Hoverfly +12
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes Dock Bug Coreus marginatus Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea Chrysotoxum festivum Chrysotoxum festivum 🌿 Plants 6 species
winter spring
2025 ▾
Swartz's Feather-moss · Rough-stalked Feather-moss · daffodils · Great Hairy Screw-moss · Wall Screw-moss +1
Swartz's Feather-moss Oxyrrhynchium hians Rough-stalked Feather-moss Brachythecium rutabulum daffodils Narcissus2023 Great Hairy Screw-moss Syntrichia ruralis2023 Wall Screw-moss Tortula muralis2023 Common Feather-moss Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 2,026 records · National Biodiversity Network Robin · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Goldfinch +37
Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Blackbird Turdus merula Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Great Tit Parus major2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Magpie Pica pica2024 Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2023 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2023 House Martin Delichon urbicum Swift Apus apus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Coot Fulica atra Tawny Owl Strix aluco2024 Rook Corvus frugilegus2023 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2023 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2022 Rock Dove Columba livia Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Swallow Hirundo rustica Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Tree Sparrow Passer montanus2024 Sturnus vulgaris vulgaris Sturnus vulgaris vulgaris2024 Linnet Linaria cannabina2023 Jay Garrulus glandarius2023 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2023 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix2023 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2023 Skylark Alauda arvensis2023 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2022 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2022 Hedgehog
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2023 ▾
Smooth Newt
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris 🐝 Insects 17 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Red-legged Shieldbug · Dock Bug · Batman Hoverfly +12
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes Dock Bug Coreus marginatus Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea Chrysotoxum festivum Chrysotoxum festivum 🌿 Plants 6 species
winter spring
2025 ▾
Swartz's Feather-moss · Rough-stalked Feather-moss · daffodils · Great Hairy Screw-moss · Wall Screw-moss +1
Swartz's Feather-moss Oxyrrhynchium hians Rough-stalked Feather-moss Brachythecium rutabulum daffodils Narcissus2023 Great Hairy Screw-moss Syntrichia ruralis2023 Wall Screw-moss Tortula muralis2023 Common Feather-moss Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Eupeodes Eupeodes
Eupeodes Eupeodes
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Cantharis rustica Cantharis rustica
Cantharis rustica Cantharis rustica
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2024
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2024
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2024
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2024
Scaeva pyrastri Scaeva pyrastri2024
Scaeva pyrastri Scaeva pyrastri2024
Box Bug Gonocerus acuteangulatus2024
Box Bug Gonocerus acuteangulatus2024
Oak Bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum2023
Oak Bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum2023
Eristalis intricaria Eristalis intricaria2022
Eristalis intricaria Eristalis intricaria2022
Small Black Ant Lasius niger2022
Small Black Ant Lasius niger2022
Mesembrina meridiana Mesembrina meridiana2022
Mesembrina meridiana Mesembrina meridiana2022 Kindbergia praelonga2022
Kindbergia praelonga2022
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