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54.16215, -0.61329
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Carrion Crow 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 🅿️ Parking 445m away 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦 65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Carrion Crow 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 🅿️ Parking 445m away £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Carrion Crow, Pheasant +62 more · last seen 2025; Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Carrion Crow, Pheasant +62 more · last seen 2025; Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh priority habitat
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Green-veined White, Common Darter, Common Blue Damselfly +28 more · last seen 2024
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Rock-rose, Rough Chervil, Annual Meadow-grass +239 more · last seen 2017
Free
Named hiking route nearby: Yorkshire Wolds Way; Named hiking route nearby: Yorkshire Wolds Way
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 2 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Centenary Way Walking route 134 km ▾
Named route Length 134 km Regional walking route
Show on map Yorkshire Wolds Way Walking route 127 km ▾
Named route Length 127 km National walking route
Show on map 7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 166 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 166 National Cycle Network
Show on map National Byway (Yorkshire) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref NB Regional cycle route
Show on map Yorkshire Wolds Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Round trip National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 3.4 km ▾
Named route Ref 166 Length 3.4 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 417 m ▾
Named route Ref 166 Length 417 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 3 km ▾
Named route Ref 166 Length 3 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map 3 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos Yorkshire Wolds Way beside Abbey Plantation
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Wildlife to spot
1,476 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 1,476 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Chiffchaff · Carrion Crow · Chaffinch · Skylark +34
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2023 Carrion Crow Corvus corone Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2019 Skylark Alauda arvensis2019 Great Tit Parus major2019 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2019 Blackbird Turdus merula2019 Rook Corvus frugilegus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2023 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2019 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2018 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2018 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2018 Herring Gull Larus argentatus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Swallow Hirundo rustica2023 House Martin Delichon urbicum2023 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2019 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2019 Robin Erithacus rubecula2018 Rock Dove Columba livia Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2023 Barn Owl Tyto alba2020 Swift Apus apus2019 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2019 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2019 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2019 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2018 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2018 Coal Tit Periparus ater2018 Magpie Pica pica2018 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2018 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2018 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2018 Stock Dove Columba oenas2018 Linnet Linaria cannabina2018 Jay Garrulus glandarius2018 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2018 🦌 Mammals 6 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Hedgehog · Rabbit · Feral Sheep · Stoat · Grey Squirrel +1
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2023 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2021 Feral Sheep Ovis aries Stoat Mustela erminea2019 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2018 Roe Deer 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2024 ▾
Smooth Newt
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris 🐝 Insects 13 species
winter summer
2024 ▾
Common Darter · Common Blue Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Emperor Dragonfly · Black-tailed Skimmer +8
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale Sheep's Fescue agg. · Agrimony · Common Whitlowgrass · Red Dead-nettle · Lady's Bedstraw +72
Sheep's Fescue agg. Festuca ovina Agrimony Agrimonia eupatoria Common Whitlowgrass Erophila verna Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum Lady's Bedstraw Galium verum Dandelion Taraxacum Common Mouse-ear Cerastium fontanum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 1,476 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Chiffchaff · Carrion Crow · Chaffinch · Skylark +34
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2023 Carrion Crow Corvus corone Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2019 Skylark Alauda arvensis2019 Great Tit Parus major2019 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2019 Blackbird Turdus merula2019 Rook Corvus frugilegus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2023 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2019 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2018 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2018 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2018 Herring Gull Larus argentatus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Swallow Hirundo rustica2023 House Martin Delichon urbicum2023 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2019 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2019 Robin Erithacus rubecula2018 Rock Dove Columba livia Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2023 Barn Owl Tyto alba2020 Swift Apus apus2019 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2019 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2019 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2019 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2018 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2018 Coal Tit Periparus ater2018 Magpie Pica pica2018 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2018 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2018 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2018 Stock Dove Columba oenas2018 Linnet Linaria cannabina2018 Jay Garrulus glandarius2018 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2018 🦌 Mammals 6 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Hedgehog · Rabbit · Feral Sheep · Stoat · Grey Squirrel +1
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2023 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2021 Feral Sheep Ovis aries Stoat Mustela erminea2019 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2018 Roe Deer 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2024 ▾
Smooth Newt
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris 🐝 Insects 13 species
winter summer
2024 ▾
Common Darter · Common Blue Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Emperor Dragonfly · Black-tailed Skimmer +8
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale Sheep's Fescue agg. · Agrimony · Common Whitlowgrass · Red Dead-nettle · Lady's Bedstraw +72
Sheep's Fescue agg. Festuca ovina Agrimony Agrimonia eupatoria Common Whitlowgrass Erophila verna Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum Lady's Bedstraw Galium verum Dandelion Taraxacum Common Mouse-ear Cerastium fontanum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Capreolus capreolus2018
Capreolus capreolus2018
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Carabus problematicus Carabus problematicus2021
Carabus problematicus Carabus problematicus2021
Woundwort Shieldbug Eysarcoris venustissimus2017
Woundwort Shieldbug Eysarcoris venustissimus2017
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2017
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2017
Hedge Bedstraw Galium album
Hedge Bedstraw Galium album
Groundsel Senecio vulgaris
Groundsel Senecio vulgaris
Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna
Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata
Common Field-speedwell Veronica persica
Common Field-speedwell Veronica persica
Harebell Campanula rotundifolia
Harebell Campanula rotundifolia
Germander Speedwell Veronica chamaedrys
Germander Speedwell Veronica chamaedrys
Wild Thyme Thymus drucei
Wild Thyme Thymus drucei
Heath Speedwell Veronica officinalis
Heath Speedwell Veronica officinalis
Common Dog-violet Viola riviniana
Common Dog-violet Viola riviniana
Bladder Campion Silene vulgaris
Bladder Campion Silene vulgaris
Field Wood-rush Luzula campestris
Field Wood-rush Luzula campestris
Rosa canina Rosa canina
Rosa canina Rosa canina
Early Dog-violet Viola reichenbachiana
Early Dog-violet Viola reichenbachiana
Common Restharrow Ononis repens
Common Restharrow Ononis repens
Ground-ivy Glechoma hederacea
Ground-ivy Glechoma hederacea
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris
Salad Burnet Poterium sanguisorba
Salad Burnet Poterium sanguisorba
Carline Thistle Carlina vulgaris
Carline Thistle Carlina vulgaris
Crested Hair-grass Koeleria macrantha
Crested Hair-grass Koeleria macrantha
Common Bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus
Common Bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus
Cowslip Primula veris
Cowslip Primula veris
Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense
Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense
Selfheal Prunella vulgaris
Selfheal Prunella vulgaris
Meadow Vetchling Lathyrus pratensis
Meadow Vetchling Lathyrus pratensis
White Dead-nettle Lamium album
White Dead-nettle Lamium album
Elder Sambucus nigra
Elder Sambucus nigra
Common Nettle Urtica dioica
Common Nettle Urtica dioica
Sticky Mouse-ear Cerastium glomeratum
Sticky Mouse-ear Cerastium glomeratum
Cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata
Cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata
Smooth Sow-thistle Sonchus oleraceus
Smooth Sow-thistle Sonchus oleraceus
Ash Fraxinus excelsior
Ash Fraxinus excelsior
Woolly Thistle Cirsium eriophorum
Woolly Thistle Cirsium eriophorum
Wall Speedwell Veronica arvensis
Wall Speedwell Veronica arvensis
Thyme-leaved Sandwort Arenaria serpyllifolia
Thyme-leaved Sandwort Arenaria serpyllifolia
Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens
Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens
Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium
Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium
Beech Fagus sylvatica
Beech Fagus sylvatica
Cleavers Galium aparine
Cleavers Galium aparine
Wood Avens Geum urbanum
Wood Avens Geum urbanum
Fairy Flax Linum catharticum
Fairy Flax Linum catharticum
Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata
Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata
Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris
Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris
Wych Elm Ulmus glabra
Wych Elm Ulmus glabra
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna
Crosswort Cruciata laevipes
Crosswort Cruciata laevipes
Red Campion Silene dioica
Red Campion Silene dioica
White Clover Trifolium repens
White Clover Trifolium repens
Glaucous Sedge Carex flacca
Glaucous Sedge Carex flacca
Hairy Rock-cress Arabis hirsuta
Hairy Rock-cress Arabis hirsuta
Mouse-ear-hawkweed Pilosella officinarum
Mouse-ear-hawkweed Pilosella officinarum
Yarrow Achillea millefolium
Yarrow Achillea millefolium
Daisy Bellis perennis
Daisy Bellis perennis
Butterbur Petasites hybridus
Butterbur Petasites hybridus
Lesser Burdock Arctium minus
Lesser Burdock Arctium minus
Field Mouse-ear Cerastium arvense
Field Mouse-ear Cerastium arvense
Ground-elder Aegopodium podagraria
Ground-elder Aegopodium podagraria
Shepherd's-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris
Shepherd's-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris
Sweet Violet Viola odorata
Sweet Violet Viola odorata
Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare
Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare
Rough Hawkbit Leontodon hispidus
Rough Hawkbit Leontodon hispidus
Common Knapweed Centaurea nigra
Common Knapweed Centaurea nigra
Wild Strawberry Fragaria vesca
Wild Strawberry Fragaria vesca
Rough Chervil Chaerophyllum temulum2017
Rough Chervil Chaerophyllum temulum2017
Red Clover Trifolium pratense2017
Red Clover Trifolium pratense2017
Common Rock-rose Helianthemum nummularium2017
Common Rock-rose Helianthemum nummularium2017
Annual Meadow-grass Poa annua2017
Annual Meadow-grass Poa annua2017
Kidney Vetch Anthyllis vulneraria2017
Kidney Vetch Anthyllis vulneraria2017
Charlock Sinapis arvensis2017
Charlock Sinapis arvensis2017
Common Mallow Malva sylvestris2017
Common Mallow Malva sylvestris2017 