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📷 Alan Murray-Rust · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Pheasant
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Pheasant
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out

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🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPicnic spotToilets

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Pheasant, Magpie +57 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Pheasant, Magpie +57 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Pheasant, Magpie +57 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Pheasant, Magpie +57 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Hairy Shieldbug, 10-spot Ladybird +12 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Hairy Shieldbug, 10-spot Ladybird +12 more · last seen 2026

Free

Easy access

Good match

parking, toilets

Varies

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Annual Mercury, Navelwort, Maidenhair Spleenwort · last seen 2026; Plants — Annual Mercury, Navelwort, Maidenhair Spleenwort · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

1 signed route nearby · 15 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Visitor's RouteWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

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Cycling

18 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 1Cycling route

NCN 1 Boston to Lincoln

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

NCN 1 Boston to Lincoln (proposed realignment)Cycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Spa TrailCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Woodhall Spa Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route

Norwich - Lincoln

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

Main RouteCycling route144 m

Named routeRef 1Length 144 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

61,153 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

61,153 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds63 species

autumnwinter

2026

Woodpigeon · Pheasant · Magpie · Jackdaw · Rook +58

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great TitParus major2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
CootFulica atra2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025

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Insects15 species

wintersummerautumn

2026

Harlequin Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug · 10-spot Ladybird · Eyed Ladybird · Bronze Shieldbug +10

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata
Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Scaptomyza pallidaScaptomyza pallida2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025
Wild Rose FusehornArge ochropus2025
Zig-zag Elm SawflyAproceros leucopoda2025
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025

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Plants3 species

winterautumn

2026

Annual Mercury · Navelwort · Maidenhair Spleenwort

Annual MercuryMercurialis annua
NavelwortUmbilicus rupestris2025
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

61,153 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds63 species

autumnwinter

2026

Woodpigeon · Pheasant · Magpie · Jackdaw · Rook +58

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great TitParus major2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
CootFulica atra2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025

🐝

Insects15 species

wintersummerautumn

2026

Harlequin Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug · 10-spot Ladybird · Eyed Ladybird · Bronze Shieldbug +10

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata
Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Scaptomyza pallidaScaptomyza pallida2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025
Wild Rose FusehornArge ochropus2025
Zig-zag Elm SawflyAproceros leucopoda2025
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025

🌿

Plants3 species

winterautumn

2026

Annual Mercury · Navelwort · Maidenhair Spleenwort

Annual MercuryMercurialis annua
NavelwortUmbilicus rupestris2025
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Alan Murray-Rust · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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✦Tattershall Castle and CollegeHistoric site200 m→🌱Allan Barker Playing FieldsUrban park1.1 km→🌱Clinton ParkUrban park1.1 km→⛪St Michael's ChurchReligious grounds1.3 km→⛪Holy Trinity Collegiate ChurchReligious grounds200 m→✦Kirkstead Abbey (ruins)Historic site4.6 km→

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