Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.61626, -0.33380
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Pheasant
- ✦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
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Pheasant
- ✦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, Pheasant, Blackbird +65 more · last seen 2025
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF SAINT NICHOLAS; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Pheasant, Blackbird +65 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small Tortoiseshell, Small White, Peacock +49 more · last seen 2025
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 km2 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Viking Way (Barton-upon-Humber to Barnetby)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Nev Cole WayWalking route93 km▾
Named routeLength 93 kmRegional walking route
9 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 route98 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 98 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route112 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 112 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route3.7 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 3.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route109 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 109 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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St Nicholas' church, Ulceby
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1,537 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
1,537 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
winterspring
2025▾
Blackbird · Skylark · Woodpigeon · Pheasant · Wren +45
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- TealAnas crecca
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Common GullLarus canus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great TitParus major
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
🦌Mammals5 species
winterspring
2025▾
Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Red Fox · Badger · Rabbit
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- BadgerMeles meles
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐝Insects2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Garden Chafer · Black Clock
- Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus
Selfheal · Red Dead-nettle · Cow Parsley · Lesser Celandine · Common Mouse-ear +34
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- TutsanHypericum androsaemum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,537 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
winterspring
2025▾
Blackbird · Skylark · Woodpigeon · Pheasant · Wren +45
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- TealAnas crecca
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Common GullLarus canus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great TitParus major
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
🦌Mammals5 species
winterspring
2025▾
Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Red Fox · Badger · Rabbit
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- BadgerMeles meles
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐝Insects2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Garden Chafer · Black Clock
- Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus
Selfheal · Red Dead-nettle · Cow Parsley · Lesser Celandine · Common Mouse-ear +34
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- TutsanHypericum androsaemum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
DaisyBellis perennisDaisyBellis perennisHoary CressLepidium drabaHoary CressLepidium drabaOxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgareOxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgareCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaProcumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculataProcumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculataGorseUlex europaeusGorseUlex europaeusHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumBristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioidesBristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioidesYarrowAchillea millefoliumYarrowAchillea millefoliumElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraSlender SpeedwellVeronica filiformisSlender SpeedwellVeronica filiformisGroundselSenecio vulgarisGroundselSenecio vulgarisWater BentPolypogon viridisWater BentPolypogon viridisBrambleRubus fruticosusBrambleRubus fruticosusShining Crane's-billGeranium lucidumShining Crane's-billGeranium lucidumWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusIvy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralisIvy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralisDandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisThyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifoliaThyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifoliaSoft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferumSoft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferumAshFraxinus excelsiorAshFraxinus excelsiorPendulous SedgeCarex pendulaPendulous SedgeCarex pendulaAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaPurple ToadflaxLinaria purpureaPurple ToadflaxLinaria purpureaIvyHedera helixIvyHedera helixCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparinePetty SpurgeEuphorbia peplusPetty SpurgeEuphorbia peplusWood AvensGeum urbanumWood AvensGeum urbanumCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaCommon ChickweedStellaria media