Short birdwatching visit · Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust
Dole Wood
- Tier
- Local green space
- Best season
- Individual bird seasons unstated
- Headline birds
- Great Spotted Woodpecker · Treecreeper · Blackcap
- Parking
- Roadside parking on Obthorpe Lane; keep access clear.
- Hides
- Not stated by the operator
- Step-free
- Rough approach and roots; no general wheelchair accessibility established.
Obthorpe Lane, near Thurlby · PE10 0ES
Dole Wood offers a woodland walk reached on foot from Obthorpe Lane. The Trust names Great Spotted Woodpecker, Treecreeper and Blackcap among its birds, alongside other woodland and scrub species. Those records support a visit focused on listening and watching along the perimeter path, without promising a particular sighting. The operator does not give individual seasons for these three birds. The approach is part of the visit: follow the track west from the lane for about five hundred metres to the wood. Expect rough grass, roots and a squeeze-gate entrance. Keep the roadside arrival unobtrusive and allow space for other road users.
Birds and seasons
- Great Spotted Woodpecker · Headline bird — Season not stated by the operator Source for Great Spotted Woodpecker
- Treecreeper · Headline bird — Season not stated by the operator Source for Treecreeper
- Blackcap · Headline bird — Season not stated by the operator Source for Blackcap
Plan your visit
- Hides and viewpoints
- Not stated by the operator – check before travelling
- Paths
- Perimeter woodland path reached by approximately500m track; roots, rough grass and squeeze gate.
- Toilets
- Not stated by the operator – check before travelling
- Parking
- Roadside parking on Obthorpe Lane; keep access clear.
- Dogs
- Not stated by the operator – check before travelling
- Access notes
- Rough approach and roots; no general wheelchair accessibility established.
- Step-free access
- Rough approach and roots; no general wheelchair accessibility established.
Getting there: Track leaves west side of Obthorpe Lane approximately500m from the village; walk to wood.
Sources
Social preview: original typographic artwork by Does Your Duck Quack.
Nearby special trips
- Ouse Fen · 32.0 straight-line miles
- Dersingham Bog National Nature Reserve · 36.0 straight-line miles
- Shouldham Warren · 36.3 straight-line miles
Continue birding nearby
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- Willow Tree Fen · 6.3 miles in a straight line
- Deeping Lakes · 7.5 miles in a straight line