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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.29756, -0.10515
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Carrion Crow
- ✦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
- 🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Carrion Crow
- ✦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 — Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch +77 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch +77 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small Tortoiseshell, Common Blue, Small White +83 more · last seen 2025
Free
Grade II* listed building: CHURCH OF ST PETER; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Pyramidal Orchid, Greater Knapweed, Common Nettle +100 more · last seen 2025
Free
⛪Churchyard walks
Good match
Churchyard or religious grounds — wildlife sanctuary and quiet reflection
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 22 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Living Landscapes (Short Route)Cycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Lindsey TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
Asterby Endbridleway · 484 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 484 mSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified
Asterby Lanebridleway · 380 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 380 mSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified
Asterby Endbridleway · 33 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 33 mSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
10,422 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,422 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Swallow · Carrion Crow · Linnet · Woodpigeon · Yellowhammer +37
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MagpiePica pica
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2023
- GannetMorus bassanus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- CootFulica atra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
Daubenton's Bat · Natterer's Bat · Whiskered/Brandt's Bat · Brown Long-eared Bat
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
- Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri
- Whiskered/Brandt's BatMyotis mystacinus/brandtii
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
🦎Reptiles1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects4 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Southern Hawker · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Corizus hyoscyami
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2023
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2023
- Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2023
Pulsatilla · Pyramidal Orchid · Hogweed · Tufted Vetch · Yellow-wort +72
- PulsatillaPulsatilla2024
- Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis2024
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca2024
- Yellow-wortBlackstonia perfoliata2024
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,422 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Swallow · Carrion Crow · Linnet · Woodpigeon · Yellowhammer +37
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MagpiePica pica
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2023
- GannetMorus bassanus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- CootFulica atra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
Daubenton's Bat · Natterer's Bat · Whiskered/Brandt's Bat · Brown Long-eared Bat
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
- Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri
- Whiskered/Brandt's BatMyotis mystacinus/brandtii
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
🦎Reptiles1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects4 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Southern Hawker · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Corizus hyoscyami
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2023
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2023
- Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2023
Pulsatilla · Pyramidal Orchid · Hogweed · Tufted Vetch · Yellow-wort +72
- PulsatillaPulsatilla2024
- Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis2024
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca2024
- Yellow-wortBlackstonia perfoliata2024
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
