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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
54.07495, -1.11043
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Blackbird
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- ☕Miss Daisy’s Tearoom — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Blackbird
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- ☕Miss Daisy’s Tearoom — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Great Tit +64 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Great Tit +64 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Large White, Peacock +23 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Danish Scurvygrass, Lady-fern +67 more · last seen 2017
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
⛪Churchyard walks
Good match
Churchyard or religious grounds — wildlife sanctuary and quiet reflection
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Centenary WayWalking route134 km▾
Named routeLength 134 kmRegional walking route
Ebor WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Foss WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
4,117 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,117 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
springsummer
2026▾
Swift · Blackbird · Robin · Blue Tit · Swallow +46
- SwiftApus apus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2022
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2018
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2018
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2020
- Barn OwlTyto alba2018
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2018
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2018
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2018
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2018
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2018
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2018
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2018
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2018
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2018
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2018
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2018
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2018
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2018
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2018
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2018
- MagpiePica pica2018
🦌Mammals5 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Mole · Rabbit · Hedgehog · Brown Hare · Red Fox
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2022
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2022
🐸Amphibians1 species
summerautumn
2021▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Small White · Marmalade Hoverfly · Large White · Peacock · Common Darter +20
- Small WhitePieris rapae2018
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2018
- PeacockAglais io2018
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
- Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,117 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
springsummer
2026▾
Swift · Blackbird · Robin · Blue Tit · Swallow +46
- SwiftApus apus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2022
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2018
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2018
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2020
- Barn OwlTyto alba2018
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2018
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2018
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2018
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2018
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2018
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2018
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2018
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2018
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2018
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2018
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2018
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2018
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2018
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2018
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2018
- MagpiePica pica2018
🦌Mammals5 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Mole · Rabbit · Hedgehog · Brown Hare · Red Fox
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2022
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2022
🐸Amphibians1 species
summerautumn
2021▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Small White · Marmalade Hoverfly · Large White · Peacock · Common Darter +20
- Small WhitePieris rapae2018
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2018
- PeacockAglais io2018
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
- Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2020
2020
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2017Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2017Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2019Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2019BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2018Common BluePolyommatus icarus2018Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2018Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2018Green-veined WhitePieris napi2018Green-veined WhitePieris napi2018Viburnum ScaleLichtensia viburniViburnum ScaleLichtensia viburniSouthern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2018Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2018GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2018GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2018CommaPolygonia c-album2017CommaPolygonia c-album2017Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2017Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2017Riband WaveIdaea aversata2017Riband WaveIdaea aversata2017RingletAphantopus hyperantus2017RingletAphantopus hyperantus2017Events & activities nearby
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