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St Nicholas's Church

📷 Tim Heaton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Wren +64 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Wren +64 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Small Tortoiseshell +46 more · last seen 2025; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Small Tortoiseshell +46 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Swartz's Feather-moss, Canadian Waterweed +9 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Swartz's Feather-moss, Canadian Waterweed +9 more · last seen 2024

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

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Cycling

29 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Byway (Lincolnshire)Cycling route

The National Byway in Lincolnshire

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Route 15Cycling route

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Route 22Cycling route

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Route 11Cycling route

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Route 15Cycling route

Named routeRef 15National Cycle Network

National Byway (Grantham Loop)Cycling route

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Wildlife to spot

3,831 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,831 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds48 species

spring

2026

Blackbird · Robin · Jackdaw · Mute Swan · Blackcap +43

BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
RobinErithacus rubecula2023
JackdawColoeus monedula2023
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
Great TitParus major2023
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
RookCorvus frugilegus2023
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
MagpiePica pica2023
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
SwallowHirundo rustica2023
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
DunnockPrunella modularis2023
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2022
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
Red KiteMilvus milvus2023
Barn OwlTyto alba2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2022
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2022
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2022
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2022
Rock DoveColumba livia2021
BuzzardButeo buteo2021
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2021

🦌

Mammals3 species

summer

2022

Common Pipistrelle · Brown Long-eared Bat · Soprano Pipistrelle

Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus

🦎

Reptiles1 species

autumn

2021

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐝

Insects7 species

summerautumn

2025

7-spot Ladybird · Demetrias atricapillus · 22-spot Ladybird · Welsh Chafer · Platycheirus albimanus +2

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2022
Demetrias atricapillusDemetrias atricapillus2022
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
Platystomos albinusPlatystomos albinus2022
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2022

🌿

Plants83 species

summer

2024

Swartz's Feather-moss · Lateral Cryphaea · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Wall Screw-moss · Common Feather-moss +78

Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians
Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla
Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
Silver-mossBryum argenteum
Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2023
Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla2023
Alsike CloverTrifolium hybridum2023
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2023
CleaversGalium aparine2023
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2023
DandelionTaraxacum2023
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2023
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2023
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2023
Wild CarrotDaucus carota subsp. carota2023
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2023
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2023
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2023
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2023
White CampionSilene latifolia2023
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2023
Dwarf MallowMalva neglecta2023
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2023
YarrowAchillea millefolium2023
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2023
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2023
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2023
Greater PlantainPlantago major2023
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2023
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2023
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2023
IvyHedera helix2023
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2023
YewTaxus baccata2023
MedickMedicago sativa2023
Rosa caninaRosa canina2023
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2023
White CloverTrifolium repens2023
ElderSambucus nigra2023
Curled DockRumex crispus2023
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2023
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2023
Musk-mallowMalva moschata2023
Wood DockRumex sanguineus2023
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2023
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2023
Fat-henChenopodium album2023
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2023
Red CampionSilene dioica2023
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2023
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2023
Black MedickMedicago lupulina2023
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2023
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2023
Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2023
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2023
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2023
BrambleRubus fruticosus2023
Lesser BurdockArctium minus2023
LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea2023
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2023
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2023
Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2023
RedshankPersicaria maculosa2023
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2023
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2023
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2023
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2023
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2023
Fiddle DockRumex pulcher2023
Field PansyViola arvensis2023
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2023
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2023
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2023
DaisyBellis perennis2023
Common NettleUrtica dioica2023
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,831 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds48 species

spring

2026

Blackbird · Robin · Jackdaw · Mute Swan · Blackcap +43

BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
RobinErithacus rubecula2023
JackdawColoeus monedula2023
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
Great TitParus major2023
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
RookCorvus frugilegus2023
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
MagpiePica pica2023
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
SwallowHirundo rustica2023
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
DunnockPrunella modularis2023
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2022
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
Red KiteMilvus milvus2023
Barn OwlTyto alba2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2022
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2022
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2022
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2022
Rock DoveColumba livia2021
BuzzardButeo buteo2021
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2021

🦌

Mammals3 species

summer

2022

Common Pipistrelle · Brown Long-eared Bat · Soprano Pipistrelle

Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus

🦎

Reptiles1 species

autumn

2021

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐝

Insects7 species

summerautumn

2025

7-spot Ladybird · Demetrias atricapillus · 22-spot Ladybird · Welsh Chafer · Platycheirus albimanus +2

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2022
Demetrias atricapillusDemetrias atricapillus2022
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
Platystomos albinusPlatystomos albinus2022
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2022

🌿

Plants83 species

summer

2024

Swartz's Feather-moss · Lateral Cryphaea · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Wall Screw-moss · Common Feather-moss +78

Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians
Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla
Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
Silver-mossBryum argenteum
Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2023
Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla2023
Alsike CloverTrifolium hybridum2023
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2023
CleaversGalium aparine2023
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2023
DandelionTaraxacum2023
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2023
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2023
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2023
Wild CarrotDaucus carota subsp. carota2023
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2023
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2023
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2023
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2023
White CampionSilene latifolia2023
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2023
Dwarf MallowMalva neglecta2023
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2023
YarrowAchillea millefolium2023
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2023
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2023
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2023
Greater PlantainPlantago major2023
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2023
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2023
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2023
IvyHedera helix2023
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2023
YewTaxus baccata2023
MedickMedicago sativa2023
Rosa caninaRosa canina2023
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2023
White CloverTrifolium repens2023
ElderSambucus nigra2023
Curled DockRumex crispus2023
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2023
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2023
Musk-mallowMalva moschata2023
Wood DockRumex sanguineus2023
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2023
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2023
Fat-henChenopodium album2023
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2023
Red CampionSilene dioica2023
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2023
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2023
Black MedickMedicago lupulina2023
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2023
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2023
Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2023
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2023
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2023
BrambleRubus fruticosus2023
Lesser BurdockArctium minus2023
LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea2023
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2023
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2023
Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2023
RedshankPersicaria maculosa2023
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2023
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2023
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2023
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2023
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2023
Fiddle DockRumex pulcher2023
Field PansyViola arvensis2023
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2023
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2023
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2023
DaisyBellis perennis2023
Common NettleUrtica dioica2023
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Tim Heaton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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