Aswarby Thorns - Woodland plantation
✦ Ancient woodland5 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
52.95932, -0.39645
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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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Spires and Steeples TrailWalking route▾
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11 signed routes nearby
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Sleaford - Greylees cycle trackCycling route▾
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Route 15Cycling route▾
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Leasingham - SleafordCycling route▾
Named routeRef 151National Cycle Network
Sleaford - Ruskington Cycle PathCycling route▾
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Boston Road Cycle PathCycling route▾
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Sleaford - Silk WilloughbyCycling route▾
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Wildlife to spot
2,527 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,527 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Chaffinch · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Robin · Blue Tit +27
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great TitParus major
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2020
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2020
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2020
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2020
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2020
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Brown Hare · Hedgehog
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2024▾
Great Crested Newt · frogs and toads
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- frogs and toadsAnura
Dwarf Spurge · Common Gromwell · Creeping Buttercup · Common Centaury · Hemlock +119
- Dwarf SpurgeEuphorbia exigua
- Common GromwellLithospermum officinale
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea
- HemlockConium maculatum
- BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
- BuckthornRhamnus cathartica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,527 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Chaffinch · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Robin · Blue Tit +27
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great TitParus major
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2020
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2020
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2020
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2020
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2020
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Brown Hare · Hedgehog
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2024▾
Great Crested Newt · frogs and toads
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- frogs and toadsAnura
Dwarf Spurge · Common Gromwell · Creeping Buttercup · Common Centaury · Hemlock +119
- Dwarf SpurgeEuphorbia exigua
- Common GromwellLithospermum officinale
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea
- HemlockConium maculatum
- BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
- BuckthornRhamnus cathartica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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