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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.97711, -0.72274
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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 Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 286m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 286m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +54 more · last seen 2025
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ST. PETER; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +54 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Green Shieldbug +82 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bifid Crestwort, Wood Bristle-moss, White-tipped Bristle-moss +41 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Highfield Closepublic footpath · 105 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 105 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 64Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 64National Cycle Network
Route 15Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 15National Cycle Network
National Byway (Grantham Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway (Nottinghamshire)Cycling route▾
The National Byway in Nottinghamshire
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway (Lincolnshire)Cycling route▾
The National Byway in Lincolnshire
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route946 m▾
Named routeRef 15Length 946 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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St Peter's church, Foston
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Wildlife to spot
1,934 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,934 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRook · Greylag Goose · Robin · Woodpigeon · Collared Dove +15
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2023
🦌Mammals4 species
springautumn
2023▾
Indet. Deer · Hedgehog · Badger · Grey Squirrel
- Indet. DeerCervidae
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- BadgerMeles meles2022
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Marmalade Hoverfly · Eristalis tenax +38
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Batman Hoverfly
Wood Bristle-moss · White-tipped Bristle-moss · Great Hairy Screw-moss · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Springy Turf-moss +41
- Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
- White-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanum
- Great Hairy Screw-mossSyntrichia ruralis
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2023
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2023
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,934 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRook · Greylag Goose · Robin · Woodpigeon · Collared Dove +15
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2023
🦌Mammals4 species
springautumn
2023▾
Indet. Deer · Hedgehog · Badger · Grey Squirrel
- Indet. DeerCervidae
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- BadgerMeles meles2022
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Marmalade Hoverfly · Eristalis tenax +38
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Batman Hoverfly
Wood Bristle-moss · White-tipped Bristle-moss · Great Hairy Screw-moss · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Springy Turf-moss +41
- Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
- White-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanum
- Great Hairy Screw-mossSyntrichia ruralis
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2023
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2023
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Myathropa florea2024
Myathropa florea2024
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