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Stainfield Hall

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📷 Richard Croft · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦30+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Whooper Swan
✦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

🐦30+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Whooper Swan
✦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

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Mute Swan, Whooper Swan, Lapwing +27 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Mute Swan, Whooper Swan, Lapwing +27 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Small White, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown +48 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small White, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown +48 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Birds — Mute Swan, Whooper Swan, Lapwing +27 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Mute Swan, Whooper Swan, Lapwing +27 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Moderate match

Plants — Alder Buckthorn · last seen 2024; Plants — Alder Buckthorn · last seen 2024

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Stephen Langton TrailWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

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Cycling

15 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 1Cycling route

NCN 1 Lincoln to Humber

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Route 1Cycling route

NCN 1 Boston to Lincoln

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

NCN 1 Southrey winter alternativeCycling route

Named routeNational Cycle Network

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

Norwich - Lincoln

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 3Cycling route

Lincoln - Whitby

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

Main RouteCycling route102 m

Named routeRef 1Length 102 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

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Horse riding

2 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

10,490 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

10,490 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds32 species

autumn

2025

Mute Swan · Whooper Swan · Lapwing · Shelduck · Mallard +27

Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2023
RedshankTringa totanus2023
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
GadwallMareca strepera2024
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2023
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2023
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2023
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
DunlinCalidris alpina2023
Barn OwlTyto alba2023
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
RavenCorvus corax2023
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023

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Insects51 species

summer

2025

Small White · Gatekeeper · Meadow Brown · Green-veined White · Large White +46

Small WhitePieris rapae2024
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
PeacockAglais io2024
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2023
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2023
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024
Brown HairstreakThecla betulae2024
Brown ArgusAricia agestis2023
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2024
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2024
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2023
White AdmiralLimenitis camilla2023
Hazel Leaf-rollerApoderus coryli
Cherry SlugwormCaliroa cerasi
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
Woundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimus
Sarcophaga subvicinaSarcophaga subvicina
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2024
Alder Wood-WaspXiphydria camelus2024
Evacanthus interruptusEvacanthus interruptus2024
Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2024
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2024
Six-spotted Pot BeetleCryptocephalus sexpunctatus2024
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2024
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2024
Bibio johannisBibio johannis2024
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2024
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2024
Purple HairstreakFavonius quercus2023
White-letter HairstreakSatyrium w-album2023

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Plants1 species

summer

2024

Alder Buckthorn

Alder BuckthornFrangula alnus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

10,490 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds32 species

autumn

2025

Mute Swan · Whooper Swan · Lapwing · Shelduck · Mallard +27

Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2023
RedshankTringa totanus2023
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
GadwallMareca strepera2024
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2023
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2023
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2023
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
DunlinCalidris alpina2023
Barn OwlTyto alba2023
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
RavenCorvus corax2023
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023

🐝

Insects51 species

summer

2025

Small White · Gatekeeper · Meadow Brown · Green-veined White · Large White +46

Small WhitePieris rapae2024
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
PeacockAglais io2024
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2023
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2023
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024
Brown HairstreakThecla betulae2024
Brown ArgusAricia agestis2023
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2024
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2024
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2023
White AdmiralLimenitis camilla2023
Hazel Leaf-rollerApoderus coryli
Cherry SlugwormCaliroa cerasi
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
Woundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimus
Sarcophaga subvicinaSarcophaga subvicina
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2024
Alder Wood-WaspXiphydria camelus2024
Evacanthus interruptusEvacanthus interruptus2024
Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2024
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2024
Six-spotted Pot BeetleCryptocephalus sexpunctatus2024
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2024
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2024
Bibio johannisBibio johannis2024
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2024
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2024
Purple HairstreakFavonius quercus2023
White-letter HairstreakSatyrium w-album2023

🌿

Plants1 species

summer

2024

Alder Buckthorn

Alder BuckthornFrangula alnus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Richard Croft · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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