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Getting here
54.17032, -0.60581
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 207m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 207m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Jackdaw +61 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Jackdaw +61 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Green-veined White, Small Heath, 7-spot Ladybird +21 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Eyebright, Field Scabious +169 more · last seen 2022
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
playground
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Centenary WayWalking route134 km▾
Named routeLength 134 kmRegional walking route
Yorkshire Wolds WayWalking route127 km▾
Named routeLength 127 kmNational walking route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 166Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 166National Cycle Network
Yorkshire Wolds Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripNational Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route3.4 km▾
Named routeRef 166Length 3.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
All Saints Church, West Heslerton
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
724 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
724 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Rook · Pheasant +40
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2019
- Great TitParus major2018
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2018
- MagpiePica pica2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2021
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2018
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2018
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- SwiftApus apus2022
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2019
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2019
- RobinErithacus rubecula2018
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2018
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2021
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2021
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2021
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2019
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2019
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2018
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2018
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2018
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2018
- JayGarrulus glandarius2018
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2018
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2013
- CurlewNumenius arquata2013
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2013
🦌Mammals8 species
springsummer
2025▾
Hedgehog · Rabbit · Feral Sheep · Roe Deer · Brown Hare +3
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2021
- Feral SheepOvis aries
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2021
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2021
- Stoat
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2014▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Green-veined White · Small Heath · 7-spot Ladybird · Painted Lady · Orange-tip +19
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2017
- Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2017
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2017
- Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2017
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
🌿Plants10 species
summerautumn
2022▾
Japanese Knotweed · Eyebright · Field Scabious · Early-purple Orchid · Common Rock-rose +5
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- EyebrightEuphrasia2016
- Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis2016
- Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula2015
- Common Rock-roseHelianthemum nummularium2012
- Common Mallow
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
724 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Rook · Pheasant +40
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2019
- Great TitParus major2018
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2018
- MagpiePica pica2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2021
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2018
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2018
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- SwiftApus apus2022
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2019
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2019
- RobinErithacus rubecula2018
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2018
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2021
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2021
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2021
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2019
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2019
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2018
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2018
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2018
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2018
- JayGarrulus glandarius2018
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2018
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2013
- CurlewNumenius arquata2013
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2013
🦌Mammals8 species
springsummer
2025▾
Hedgehog · Rabbit · Feral Sheep · Roe Deer · Brown Hare +3
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2021
- Feral SheepOvis aries
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2021
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2021
- Stoat
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2014▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Green-veined White · Small Heath · 7-spot Ladybird · Painted Lady · Orange-tip +19
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2017
- Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2017
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2017
- Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2017
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
🌿Plants10 species
summerautumn
2022▾
Japanese Knotweed · Eyebright · Field Scabious · Early-purple Orchid · Common Rock-rose +5
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- EyebrightEuphrasia2016
- Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis2016
- Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula2015
- Common Rock-roseHelianthemum nummularium2012
- Common Mallow
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Mustela erminea2019
Mustela erminea2019
NoctuleNyctalus noctula2016NoctuleNyctalus noctula2016MoleTalpa europaea2013MoleTalpa europaea20132014
2014
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisThrips vulgatissimusThrips vulgatissimus2017Thrips vulgatissimusThrips vulgatissimus2017Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2017Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2017Brown ArgusAricia agestis2017Brown ArgusAricia agestis2017Common BluePolyommatus icarus2017Common BluePolyommatus icarus2017BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2017BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2017Dingy SkipperErynnis tages2017Dingy SkipperErynnis tages2017Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2015Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2015Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2014Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2014RingletAphantopus hyperantus2014RingletAphantopus hyperantus2014GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2014GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2014Small WhitePieris rapae2014Small WhitePieris rapae2014PeacockAglais io2014PeacockAglais io2014Large WhitePieris brassicae2014Large WhitePieris brassicae2014Malva sylvestris2012
Malva sylvestris2012
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2012Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2012Corn MarigoldGlebionis segetum2012Corn MarigoldGlebionis segetum2012Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2012Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2012HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2012HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2012Events & activities nearby
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