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The Plantation

4 ha

📷 Jonathan Thacker · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Kestrel, Barn Owl, Woodpigeon +75 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Kestrel, Barn Owl, Woodpigeon +75 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Migrant Hawker, Garden Chafer +290 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Migrant Hawker, Garden Chafer +290 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Wood Bristle-moss, Sweet Violet +18 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Wood Bristle-moss, Sweet Violet +18 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km

Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

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

Wildlife to spot

4,035 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,035 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds23 species

summerautumn

2026

Long-tailed Tit · Goldcrest · Kestrel · Woodpigeon · Yellowhammer +18

Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
RavenCorvus corax2024
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2022
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2025

Brown Hare

Brown HareLepus europaeus

🦎

Reptiles1 species

winterspring

2026

Grass Snake

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica

🐸

Amphibians1 species

autumn

2023

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects84 species

springsummer

2026

Migrant Hawker · Hairy Shieldbug · Harlequin Ladybird · Common Darter · 7-spot Ladybird +79

Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Asparagus BeetleCrioceris asparagi2024
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2025
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2024
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025
Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus2025
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2024
Wool Carder BeeAnthidium manicatum2024
Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2024
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024
Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola2024
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2024
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2023
Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2023
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2023
Stenocorus meridianusStenocorus meridianus2023
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025
Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025
Narrow-barred FusehornArge melanochra2025
Meadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrata2025
Face FlyMusca autumnalis2025
Willow Bean-gallerEuura proxima2025
Fine Streaked BugkinMiris striatus2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
Indet. AnthomyiidAnthomyzidae2025
Limodromus assimilisLimodromus assimilis2025
Carabus granulatusCarabus granulatus2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2024
Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus2024
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024
Cantharis flavilabris (=nigra auctt.)Cantharis flavilabris (=nigra auctt.)2024
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024
Chrysolina oricalciaChrysolina oricalcia2024
Agapanthia villosoviridescensAgapanthia villosoviridescens2024
Wayward SawflyTenthredo temula2024
Empis lividaEmpis livida2024
Pied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolor2024
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2024
Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2024
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2023
Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2023
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2023
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2023
Dark-winged BlackPachygaster atra2023
Common GreenbottleLucilia caesar2023
Eudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanella2023
Anthomyia procellarisAnthomyia procellaris2023
Muscina levidaMuscina levida2023
Palloptera ustulataPalloptera ustulata2023
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2023
Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2023
Hemicrepidius hirtusHemicrepidius hirtus2023
Seioptera vibransSeioptera vibrans2023
Phytoecia cylindricaPhytoecia cylindrica2023
Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2023
Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2023
Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis2023
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2023
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2023
Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes2023
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2023
Longitarsus dorsalisLongitarsus dorsalis2022
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2022
Forget-me-not ShieldbugSehirus luctuosus2022
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2022

🌿

Plants13 species

winter

2026

Wood Bristle-moss · Sweet Violet · Greater Periwinkle · Lesser Celandine · Common Pocket-moss +8

Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
Sweet VioletViola odorata
Greater PeriwinkleVinca major
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius
Winter AconiteEranthis hyemalis
Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis2025
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2025
Lenten-roseHelleborus orientalis2025
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2025
Water Screw-mossSyntrichia latifolia2025
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2023
Field PansyViola arvensis2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,035 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds23 species

summerautumn

2026

Long-tailed Tit · Goldcrest · Kestrel · Woodpigeon · Yellowhammer +18

Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
RavenCorvus corax2024
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2022
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2025

Brown Hare

Brown HareLepus europaeus

🦎

Reptiles1 species

winterspring

2026

Grass Snake

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica

🐸

Amphibians1 species

autumn

2023

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects84 species

springsummer

2026

Migrant Hawker · Hairy Shieldbug · Harlequin Ladybird · Common Darter · 7-spot Ladybird +79

Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Asparagus BeetleCrioceris asparagi2024
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2025
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2024
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025
Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus2025
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2024
Wool Carder BeeAnthidium manicatum2024
Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2024
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024
Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola2024
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2024
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2023
Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2023
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2023
Stenocorus meridianusStenocorus meridianus2023
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025
Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025
Narrow-barred FusehornArge melanochra2025
Meadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrata2025
Face FlyMusca autumnalis2025
Willow Bean-gallerEuura proxima2025
Fine Streaked BugkinMiris striatus2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
Indet. AnthomyiidAnthomyzidae2025
Limodromus assimilisLimodromus assimilis2025
Carabus granulatusCarabus granulatus2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2024
Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus2024
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024
Cantharis flavilabris (=nigra auctt.)Cantharis flavilabris (=nigra auctt.)2024
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024
Chrysolina oricalciaChrysolina oricalcia2024
Agapanthia villosoviridescensAgapanthia villosoviridescens2024
Wayward SawflyTenthredo temula2024
Empis lividaEmpis livida2024
Pied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolor2024
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2024
Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2024
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2023
Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2023
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2023
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2023
Dark-winged BlackPachygaster atra2023
Common GreenbottleLucilia caesar2023
Eudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanella2023
Anthomyia procellarisAnthomyia procellaris2023
Muscina levidaMuscina levida2023
Palloptera ustulataPalloptera ustulata2023
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2023
Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2023
Hemicrepidius hirtusHemicrepidius hirtus2023
Seioptera vibransSeioptera vibrans2023
Phytoecia cylindricaPhytoecia cylindrica2023
Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2023
Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2023
Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis2023
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2023
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2023
Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes2023
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2023
Longitarsus dorsalisLongitarsus dorsalis2022
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2022
Forget-me-not ShieldbugSehirus luctuosus2022
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2022

🌿

Plants13 species

winter

2026

Wood Bristle-moss · Sweet Violet · Greater Periwinkle · Lesser Celandine · Common Pocket-moss +8

Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
Sweet VioletViola odorata
Greater PeriwinkleVinca major
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius
Winter AconiteEranthis hyemalis
Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis2025
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2025
Lenten-roseHelleborus orientalis2025
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2025
Water Screw-mossSyntrichia latifolia2025
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2023
Field PansyViola arvensis2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Jonathan Thacker · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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