Dalica Plantation - Woodland plantation
4 ha
🐶Dogs🌲Walks🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
53.06451, -0.35897
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
Conifer plantation — limited but present wildlife
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Spires and Steeples TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Leasingham - SleafordCycling route▾
Named routeRef 151National Cycle Network
Sleaford - Ruskington Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 151Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 151National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route215 m▾
Named routeRef 151Length 215 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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New plantation on Dorrington Fen
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Wildlife to spot
1,622 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,622 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
springsummer
2025▾
Little Owl · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Kestrel +47
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2019
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2019
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2019
- Common GullLarus canus2019
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2018
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2018
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2018
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2018
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2024▾
Rabbit · Brown Hare · Hedgehog
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Meadow Brown · Large Red Damselfly · Marmalade Hoverfly · Sphaerophoria · Gatekeeper +4
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2021
- SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2020
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
Spanish Bluebell
- Spanish BluebellHyacinthoides hispanica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,622 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
springsummer
2025▾
Little Owl · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Kestrel +47
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2019
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2019
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2019
- Common GullLarus canus2019
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2018
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2018
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2018
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2018
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2024▾
Rabbit · Brown Hare · Hedgehog
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Meadow Brown · Large Red Damselfly · Marmalade Hoverfly · Sphaerophoria · Gatekeeper +4
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2021
- SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2020
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
Spanish Bluebell
- Spanish BluebellHyacinthoides hispanica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2019
2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2019Small WhitePieris rapae2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2018Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2018Events & activities nearby
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