Little Plantation - Woodland plantation
4 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
52.96626, -0.38043
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
- 🐕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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Route 15
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Spires and Steeples TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
18 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
2,280 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,280 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
springsummer
2025▾
Blackbird · Chaffinch · Robin · Carrion Crow · Goldfinch +26
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great TitParus major
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Barn OwlTyto alba2020
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2020
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2020
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2020
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2020
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Brown Hare · Hedgehog
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2024▾
Great Crested Newt · frogs and toads
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- frogs and toadsAnura
Common Rose Fusehorn
- Common Rose FusehornArge pagana
Ribwort Plantain · Dwarf Spurge · Common Gromwell · Agrimony · Common Couch +118
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Dwarf SpurgeEuphorbia exigua
- Common GromwellLithospermum officinale
- AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria
- Common CouchElymus repens
- CowslipPrimula veris
- Red BartsiaOdontites vernus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,280 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
springsummer
2025▾
Blackbird · Chaffinch · Robin · Carrion Crow · Goldfinch +26
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great TitParus major
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Barn OwlTyto alba2020
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2020
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2020
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2020
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2020
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Brown Hare · Hedgehog
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2024▾
Great Crested Newt · frogs and toads
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- frogs and toadsAnura
Common Rose Fusehorn
- Common Rose FusehornArge pagana
Ribwort Plantain · Dwarf Spurge · Common Gromwell · Agrimony · Common Couch +118
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Dwarf SpurgeEuphorbia exigua
- Common GromwellLithospermum officinale
- AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria
- Common CouchElymus repens
- CowslipPrimula veris
- Red BartsiaOdontites vernus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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