Short birdwatching visit · Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust
Kirkby Gravel Pits
- Tier
- Good stop nearby
- Best season
- Spring and summer Shelduck; autumn and winter Shoveler
- Headline birds
- Kingfisher · Shoveler · Shelduck
- Parking
- Roadside parking at the public bridleway entrance; leave the highway and access clear.
- Hides
- The bird hide has level access and a wheelchair viewing position.
- Step-free
- The operator describes visitor routes as wheelchair-accessible, with difficulty possible in wet weather.
Tattershall Road, south of Kirkby-on-Bain · LN10 6YN
Kirkby Gravel Pits offers public birdwatching beside former sand and gravel workings south of Kirkby-on-Bain. The permitted path reaches a hide, while a public bridleway continues towards the River Bain. Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust describes Shelduck in spring and summer, Shoveler in autumn and winter, and Kingfisher as a year-round possibility. Those seasonal patterns are guides to planning, not current sightings. The adjoining pits include private land, so a broad view of water on a map does not establish visitor access. Choose this stop for a settled watch from the authorised route, with time to scan the reed edges and open water.
Birds and seasons
- Kingfisher · Headline bird — Year-round possibility Source for Kingfisher
- Shoveler · Headline bird — Autumn and winter Source for Shoveler
- Shelduck · Headline bird — Spring and summer Source for Shelduck
Plan your visit
- Hides and viewpoints
- The bird hide has level access and a wheelchair viewing position.
- Paths
- Access is restricted to the path south to the hide and the public bridleway east towards the River Bain. Surrounding pits are private.
- Toilets
- Not stated by the operator – check before travelling
- Parking
- Roadside parking at the public bridleway entrance; leave the highway and access clear.
- Dogs
- Assistance dogs on reserve routes; other dogs may use the public bridleway on leads.
- Access notes
- The operator describes visitor routes as wheelchair-accessible, with difficulty possible in wet weather.
- Step-free access
- The operator describes visitor routes as wheelchair-accessible, with difficulty possible in wet weather.
Getting there: Use the public bridleway entrance on Tattershall Road, about a mile south of Kirkby-on-Bain. LN10 6YN is the nearest registered-address postcode rather than a precise entrance address.
Sources
Social preview: original typographic artwork by Does Your Duck Quack.
Nearby special trips
- Huttoft Bank Pit · 21.6 straight-line miles
- Tetney Marshes · 28.1 straight-line miles
- Holme Bird Observatory · 31.2 straight-line miles
Continue birding nearby
Nearest full guide: Freiston Shore, 15.3 miles away in a straight line.
- Kirkby Moor · 1.3 miles in a straight line
- Moor Farm · 1.6 miles in a straight line
- Snipe Dales · 7.2 miles in a straight line