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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.27992, -0.77943
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦85+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon 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
- 🐦85+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon 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 — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Robin +82 more · last seen 2025
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: Church of St Peter; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Robin +82 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small Tortoiseshell, Small White, Peacock +63 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Broad-leaved Dock, Cock's-foot +80 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 · 20 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km▾
Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Moor Lanepublic footpath · 153 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 153 mSurface gravelPath type: track
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 647Cycling route32 km▾
Named routeRef 647Length 32 kmPoint-to-pointNational Cycle Network
National Byway (Lincolnshire)Cycling route▾
The National Byway in Lincolnshire
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway Retford LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route2.1 km▾
Named routeRef 647Length 2.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
5 public paths nearby
Public paths
Moor Lanebyway open to all traffic · 447 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 447 mSurface gravelPath type: track
Clayhough Lanebyway open to all traffic · 636 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 636 mSurface dirtPath type: track
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St Peter's Church, Church Laneham
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Wildlife to spot
3,185 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,185 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Wren +42
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great TitParus major2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Common GullLarus canus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Rabbit · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
Carabus granulatus · Black-tailed Skimmer · Oxypselaphus obscurus · Leistus ferrugineus · Agonum thoreyi +12
- Carabus granulatusCarabus granulatus
- Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
- Oxypselaphus obscurusOxypselaphus obscurus
- Leistus ferrugineusLeistus ferrugineus
- Agonum thoreyiAgonum thoreyi
- Agonum marginatumAgonum marginatum
- Limodromus assimilis
🌿Plants24 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Water Screw-moss · Common Nettle · Broad-leaved Dock · Wall Screw-moss · Sand-hill Screw-moss +19
- Water Screw-mossSyntrichia latifolia
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
- Sand-hill Screw-mossSyntrichia ruraliformis
- Syntrichia montana var. montanaSyntrichia montana var. montana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,185 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Wren +42
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great TitParus major2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Common GullLarus canus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Rabbit · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
Carabus granulatus · Black-tailed Skimmer · Oxypselaphus obscurus · Leistus ferrugineus · Agonum thoreyi +12
- Carabus granulatusCarabus granulatus
- Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
- Oxypselaphus obscurusOxypselaphus obscurus
- Leistus ferrugineusLeistus ferrugineus
- Agonum thoreyiAgonum thoreyi
- Agonum marginatumAgonum marginatum
- Limodromus assimilis
🌿Plants24 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Water Screw-moss · Common Nettle · Broad-leaved Dock · Wall Screw-moss · Sand-hill Screw-moss +19
- Water Screw-mossSyntrichia latifolia
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
- Sand-hill Screw-mossSyntrichia ruraliformis
- Syntrichia montana var. montanaSyntrichia montana var. montana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Limodromus assimilis
Limodromus assimilis
Bembidion dentellumBembidion dentellumBembidion dentellumBembidion dentellumBembidion quadrimaculatumBembidion quadrimaculatumBembidion quadrimaculatumBembidion quadrimaculatumAmara familiarisAmara familiarisAmara familiarisAmara familiarisMelinopterus prodromusMelinopterus prodromusMelinopterus prodromusMelinopterus prodromusCalodromius spilotusCalodromius spilotusCalodromius spilotusCalodromius spilotusDemetrias atricapillusDemetrias atricapillusDemetrias atricapillusDemetrias atricapillusCommon DarterSympetrum striolatum2023Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2023Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2023Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2023Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2023Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023Smaller Lattice-mossCinclidotus fontinaloidesSmaller Lattice-mossCinclidotus fontinaloidesMany-fruited LeskeaLeskea polycarpaMany-fruited LeskeaLeskea polycarpaGrey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinataGrey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinataPerthshire Beard-mossDidymodon rigidulusPerthshire Beard-mossDidymodon rigidulusSmall NettleUrtica urensSmall NettleUrtica urensBurdockArctiumBurdockArctiumRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaAshFraxinus excelsiorAshFraxinus excelsiorDandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumWild TeaselDipsacus fullonumWild TeaselDipsacus fullonumCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensBristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioidesBristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioidesCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisRadishRaphanus raphanistrumRadishRaphanus raphanistrumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumCommon ReedPhragmites australisCommon ReedPhragmites australisCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparine