Wellingore Windmill Field
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.10109, -0.53072
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Robin
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 195m away — 6 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Robin
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 195m away — 6 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Swift, Robin, Blackbird +66 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Swift, Robin, Blackbird +66 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Small Tortoiseshell, Peacock +117 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Named hiking route nearby: Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell); Named hiking route nearby: Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 17 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Cumberland Gappublic footpath · 438 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 438 mSurface pavedPath type: footway
Henson Drivepublic footpath · 178 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 178 mPath type: residential
Memorial Hall Drivepublic footpath · 77 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 77 mPath type: residential
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
A607 Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
Barnes Lanerestricted byway · 85 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 85 mPath type: residential
The Smootsrestricted byway · 38 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 38 mPath type: residential
Photos
Wellingore Windmill Field - dedicatory plaque
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Wildlife to spot
2,220 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,220 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
springsummer
2025▾
Blue Tit · Blackbird · Swift · Chaffinch · Woodpigeon +47
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- SwiftApus apus2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Great TitParus major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- CootFulica atra2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
- Certhia familiaris britannicaCerthia familiaris britannica
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
- Apus apus apusApus apus apus2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2022
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
Muntjac · Brown Hare · Hedgehog · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2022
🐝Insects7 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Western Conifer Seed Bug · 2-spot Ladybird · 22-spot Ladybird · Broad-bodied Chaser +2
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2024
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2024
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2023
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,220 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
springsummer
2025▾
Blue Tit · Blackbird · Swift · Chaffinch · Woodpigeon +47
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- SwiftApus apus2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Great TitParus major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- CootFulica atra2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
- Certhia familiaris britannicaCerthia familiaris britannica
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
- Apus apus apusApus apus apus2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2022
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
Muntjac · Brown Hare · Hedgehog · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2022
🐝Insects7 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Western Conifer Seed Bug · 2-spot Ladybird · 22-spot Ladybird · Broad-bodied Chaser +2
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2024
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2024
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2023
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
2023
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20237-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023Nephrotoma appendiculataNephrotoma appendiculata2022Nephrotoma appendiculataNephrotoma appendiculata2022