Aswarby Thorns - Woodland plantation
✦ Ancient woodland4 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
52.96217, -0.39706
Open directionsv
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▾
Named routeRegional walking route
15 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Sleaford - Greylees cycle trackCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 15Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 15National Cycle Network
Leasingham - SleafordCycling route▾
Named routeRef 151National Cycle Network
Sleaford - Ruskington Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Boston Road Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Sleaford - Silk WilloughbyCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
2,564 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,564 records · National Biodiversity NetworkChaffinch · Carrion Crow · Mistle Thrush · Robin · Blackbird +6
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2024▾
Great Crested Newt · frogs and toads
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- frogs and toadsAnura
Ground-ivy · Nipplewort · Meadow Vetchling · Wild Teasel · Silverweed +133
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- NipplewortLapsana communis
- Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
- Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
- SilverweedPotentilla anserina
- KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,564 records · National Biodiversity NetworkChaffinch · Carrion Crow · Mistle Thrush · Robin · Blackbird +6
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2024▾
Great Crested Newt · frogs and toads
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- frogs and toadsAnura
Ground-ivy · Nipplewort · Meadow Vetchling · Wild Teasel · Silverweed +133
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- NipplewortLapsana communis
- Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
- Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
- SilverweedPotentilla anserina
- KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas