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🦅 Birds🌳 Ancient🦉 Wildlife
Free entry Dogs welcome 1 ha
Getting here
54.15411, -1.72756
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Lapwing and Curlew 💜 Bluebell walks 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
🐦 67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Lapwing and Curlew 💜 Bluebell walks is at its best in summer here 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
Best for 8 activities 🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Free Birds — Lapwing, Curlew, Oystercatcher +64 more · last seen 2025; Blanket bog — golden plover, curlew, dunlin and merlin
🌳 Ancient woodland
Strong match
Free Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
Birds — Lapwing, Curlew, Oystercatcher +64 more · last seen 2025; Upland heathland priority habitat
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Free Insects — Green Hairstreak, Green-veined White, Small Tortoiseshell +74 more · last seen 2025
💜 Bluebell walks
Strong match
Free Ancient woodland — native bluebell habitat
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Free Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Springy Turf-moss, Cotula alpina, Bluebell · last seen 2017
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Nidderdale Way Walking route 85 km ▾ Named route Length 85 km Round trip Regional walking route
Show on map 6 Dales Trail Walking route ▾ Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Skell Valley Explorer, Fountains Abbey Walking route 15.4 km ▾ Enjoy a countryside walk around Grantley & Sawley featuring Spa Gill Woods & Eavestone Lake. This walk can be split into two shorter loops; the longer High Grantley loop & the shorter Sawley loop. Please be aware that there may be livestock in fields.
Named route Length 15.4 km Duration 04:30 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Yorkshire) Cycling route ▾ Named route Ref NB Regional cycle route
Show on map ✦ Scheduled Ancient Monument — Nationally protected archaeological site on the National Heritage List for England (NHLE). Scheduled monuments represent the best surviving examples of England's irreplaceable archaeological heritage.
Photos
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▾ Fortress Dike - geograph.org.uk - 312222
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‹ › Good to know £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome
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2016
2016
True Lover's Knot Lycophotia porphyrea2018
True Lover's Knot Lycophotia porphyrea2018
Northern Spinach Eulithis populata2018
Northern Spinach Eulithis populata2018
Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha2018
Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha2018
Narrow-winged Pug Eupithecia nanata2018
Narrow-winged Pug Eupithecia nanata2018
Large White Pieris brassicae2017
Large White Pieris brassicae2017
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2017
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2017
Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines2017
Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines2017
Emperor Moth Saturnia pavonia2016
Emperor Moth Saturnia pavonia2016
Welsh Wave Venusia cambrica2018
Welsh Wave Venusia cambrica2018
Dotted Clay Xestia baja2018
Dotted Clay Xestia baja2018
Scarce Silver Y Syngrapha interrogationis2018
Scarce Silver Y Syngrapha interrogationis2018
Purple Clay Diarsia brunnea2018
Purple Clay Diarsia brunnea2018
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui2016
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui2016
Odontocerum albicorne Odontocerum albicorne2016
Odontocerum albicorne Odontocerum albicorne2016
Rhyacophila dorsalis Rhyacophila dorsalis2016
Rhyacophila dorsalis Rhyacophila dorsalis2016
Silo pallipes Silo pallipes2016
Silo pallipes Silo pallipes2016
Ling Pug Eupithecia absinthiata2012
Ling Pug Eupithecia absinthiata2012
Ingrailed Clay Diarsia mendica2012
Ingrailed Clay Diarsia mendica2012
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum
Bilberry Bumblebee Bombus monticola2023
Bilberry Bumblebee Bombus monticola2023
Ghost Moth Hepialus humuli2018
Ghost Moth Hepialus humuli2018
Bordered White Bupalus piniaria2018
Bordered White Bupalus piniaria2018
Silver Y Autographa gamma2018
Silver Y Autographa gamma2018
Pine Carpet Pennithera firmata2018
Pine Carpet Pennithera firmata2018
Barred Red Hylaea fasciaria2018
Barred Red Hylaea fasciaria2018
Green Arches Anaplectoides prasina2018
Green Arches Anaplectoides prasina2018
Buff Footman Eilema depressa2018
Buff Footman Eilema depressa2018
Antler Moth Cerapteryx graminis2018
Antler Moth Cerapteryx graminis2018
Mottled Beauty Alcis repandata2018
Mottled Beauty Alcis repandata2018
Dark Marbled Carpet Dysstroma citrata2018
Dark Marbled Carpet Dysstroma citrata2018
Green Carpet Colostygia pectinataria2018
Green Carpet Colostygia pectinataria2018
Red Twin-spot Carpet Xanthorhoe spadicearia2018
Red Twin-spot Carpet Xanthorhoe spadicearia2018
Burnished Brass Diachrysia chrysitis2018
Burnished Brass Diachrysia chrysitis2018
Small Square-spot Diarsia rubi2018
Small Square-spot Diarsia rubi2018
Oak Eggar Lasiocampa quercus2018
Oak Eggar Lasiocampa quercus2018
Rufous Minor Oligia versicolor2018
Rufous Minor Oligia versicolor2018
Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris2018
Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris2018
Crunoecia irrorata Crunoecia irrorata2016
Crunoecia irrorata Crunoecia irrorata2016
Plectrocnemia conspersa Plectrocnemia conspersa2016
Plectrocnemia conspersa Plectrocnemia conspersa2016
Chaetopteryx villosa Chaetopteryx villosa2016
Chaetopteryx villosa Chaetopteryx villosa2016
Hydropsyche siltalai Hydropsyche siltalai2016
Hydropsyche siltalai Hydropsyche siltalai2016
Agapetus fuscipes Agapetus fuscipes2016
Agapetus fuscipes Agapetus fuscipes2016
Small White Pieris rapae2016
Small White Pieris rapae2016
Ecclisopteryx dalecarlica Ecclisopteryx dalecarlica2015
Ecclisopteryx dalecarlica Ecclisopteryx dalecarlica2015
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2013
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2013
Brown Silver-line Petrophora chlorosata2013
Brown Silver-line Petrophora chlorosata2013
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2012
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2012
Beautiful Golden Y Autographa pulchrina2012
Beautiful Golden Y Autographa pulchrina2012
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus2012
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus2012
Iron Prominent Notodonta dromedarius2012
Iron Prominent Notodonta dromedarius2012
Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata2012
Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata2012
Angle Shades Phlogophora meticulosa2012
Angle Shades Phlogophora meticulosa2012
Smoky Wave Scopula ternata2012
Smoky Wave Scopula ternata2012
Glaucous Shears Papestra biren2012
Glaucous Shears Papestra biren2012
Map-winged Swift Korscheltellus fusconebulosa2012
Map-winged Swift Korscheltellus fusconebulosa2012
Grey Scalloped Bar Dyscia fagaria2012
Grey Scalloped Bar Dyscia fagaria2012
Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba2012
Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba2012
Spectacle Abrostola tripartita2012
Spectacle Abrostola tripartita2012
Purple Bar Cosmorhoe ocellata2012
Purple Bar Cosmorhoe ocellata2012
Light Emerald Campaea margaritaria2012
Light Emerald Campaea margaritaria2012
Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta2012
Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta2012
Small Dotted Buff Photedes minima2012
Small Dotted Buff Photedes minima2012
Brown Rustic Rusina ferruginea2012
Brown Rustic Rusina ferruginea2012
Pale Eggar Trichiura crataegi2011
Pale Eggar Trichiura crataegi2011
Spruce Carpet Thera britannica2011
Spruce Carpet Thera britannica2011
Chestnut Conistra vaccinii2011
Chestnut Conistra vaccinii2011
November Moth agg. Epirrita dilutata agg.2011
November Moth agg. Epirrita dilutata agg.2011
Haworth's Minor Celaena haworthii2011
Haworth's Minor Celaena haworthii2011
Brick Sunira circellaris2011
Brick Sunira circellaris2011
Carabus nitens Carabus nitens2010
Carabus nitens Carabus nitens2010
Lily Beetle Lilioceris lilii2014
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