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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.03154, -0.74090
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Starling and Woodpigeon
- ✦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
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Starling and Woodpigeon
- ✦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 — Starling, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +62 more · last seen 2025
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ST. PETER; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Birds — Starling, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +62 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red Admiral, Lepidostoma hirtum, Athripsodes cinereus +41 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 km1 signed route nearby · 11 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Swallow Drivepublic footpath · 34 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 34 mPath type: residential
Swallow Drivepublic footpath · 148 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 148 mPath type: residential
Wel Fen Lanepublic footpath · 259 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 259 mPath type: track
26 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 64Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 64National 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 route99 m▾
Named routeRef 64Length 99 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route219 m▾
Named routeLength 219 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos

Interior, St Peter's church, Claypole
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2,114 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
2,114 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
winterspring
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · House Sparrow · Blackbird · Pheasant +36
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- SwiftApus apus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringsummer
2023▾
Rabbit · Badger · Hedgehog
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- BadgerMeles meles
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Bristly Oxtongue · Lady's Bedstraw · Goat's-beard · Hemlock · Grey Club-rush +31
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
- Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
- Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis
- HemlockConium maculatum
- Grey Club-rushSchoenoplectus tabernaemontani
- Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
- Heath False-brome
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,114 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
winterspring
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · House Sparrow · Blackbird · Pheasant +36
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- SwiftApus apus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringsummer
2023▾
Rabbit · Badger · Hedgehog
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- BadgerMeles meles
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Bristly Oxtongue · Lady's Bedstraw · Goat's-beard · Hemlock · Grey Club-rush +31
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
- Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
- Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis
- HemlockConium maculatum
- Grey Club-rushSchoenoplectus tabernaemontani
- Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
- Heath False-brome
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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Brachypodium pinnatum
Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatumPerforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatumBiting StonecropSedum acreBiting StonecropSedum acreField HorsetailEquisetum arvenseField HorsetailEquisetum arvenseFloating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitansFloating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitansRibbed MelilotMelilotus officinalisRibbed MelilotMelilotus officinalisSquare-stalked WillowherbEpilobium tetragonumSquare-stalked WillowherbEpilobium tetragonumWelted ThistleCarduus crispusWelted ThistleCarduus crispusBlack HorehoundBallota nigraBlack HorehoundBallota nigraMeadow BromeBromus racemosus subsp. commutatusMeadow BromeBromus racemosus subsp. commutatusSmooth TareErvum tetraspermumSmooth TareErvum tetraspermumUpright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonicaUpright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonicaGreat LettuceLactuca virosaGreat LettuceLactuca virosaJointed RushJuncus articulatusJointed RushJuncus articulatusCommon MallowMalva sylvestrisCommon MallowMalva sylvestrisLucerneMedicago sativa subsp. sativaLucerneMedicago sativa subsp. sativaGrey AlderAlnus incanaGrey AlderAlnus incanaPastinaca sativa subsp. sylvestrisPastinaca sativa subsp. sylvestrisPastinaca sativa subsp. sylvestrisPastinaca sativa subsp. sylvestrisCreeping BentAgrostis stoloniferaCreeping BentAgrostis stoloniferaLesser BurdockArctium minusLesser BurdockArctium minusSpear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrataSpear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrataWhite PoplarPopulus albaWhite PoplarPopulus albaWild-oatAvena fatuaWild-oatAvena fatuaBuck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopusBuck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopusLesser Sea-spurreySpergularia marinaLesser Sea-spurreySpergularia marinaTufted VetchVicia craccaTufted VetchVicia craccaPrickly LettuceLactuca serriolaPrickly LettuceLactuca serriolaWhite BryonyBryonia dioicaWhite BryonyBryonia dioicaField BindweedConvolvulus arvensisField BindweedConvolvulus arvensisReflexed Saltmarsh-GrassPuccinellia distansReflexed Saltmarsh-GrassPuccinellia distans