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Woodland plantation near Holbeach St Marks

3 ha

📷 Jonathan Thacker · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
🐕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

☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
🐕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

Walking trails

Best for

6 activities

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Hiking

Good match

Named hiking route nearby: King Charles III England Coast Path: Sutton Bridge to Skegness

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Good match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Macmillan WayWalking route290 km

Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Sutton Bridge to SkegnessWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

Greenwich Meridian TrailWalking route440 km

A long-distance walk that follows the line of the Prime Meridian. Inaugurated in 2009, to coincide with the 125th anniversary of the Greenwich Meridian.

Named routeRef GMTLength 440 kmRegional walking route

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Cycling

14 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

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

Norwich - Lincoln

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

Route 1Cycling route

NCN 1 King's Lynn to Boston

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Route 12Cycling route

Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route187 m

Named routeRef 1Length 187 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route8.7 km

Named routeRef 1Length 8.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route13 m

Named routeRef 1Length 13 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

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Horse riding

3 public paths nearby

Public paths

Sea Bankbridleway · 3.6 km

Public pathbridlewayLength 3.6 kmSurface dirtPath type: bridleway

Old Sea Bankbridleway · 1.4 km

Public pathbridlewayLength 1.4 kmSurface dirtPath type: bridleway

Wildlife to spot

75,284 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

75,284 records · National Biodiversity Network

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Birds65 species

winter

2026

Wigeon · Shoveler · Pintail · Ruff · Black-tailed Godwit +60

WigeonMareca penelope2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
PintailAnas acuta
RuffCalidris pugnax2025
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
MerlinFalco columbarius2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
MagpiePica pica2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
TealAnas crecca2025
European White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons albifrons2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Falco peregrinus peregrinusFalco peregrinus peregrinus2025
Egretta garzetta garzettaEgretta garzetta garzetta2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

75,284 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds65 species

winter

2026

Wigeon · Shoveler · Pintail · Ruff · Black-tailed Godwit +60

WigeonMareca penelope2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
PintailAnas acuta
RuffCalidris pugnax2025
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
MerlinFalco columbarius2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
MagpiePica pica2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
TealAnas crecca2025
European White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons albifrons2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Falco peregrinus peregrinusFalco peregrinus peregrinus2025
Egretta garzetta garzettaEgretta garzetta garzetta2025

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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