Augustinian nunnery known as Moxby Priory including mill and post Dissolution garden features
2 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
54.09445, -1.08837
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Carrion Crow
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Carrion Crow
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +66 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +66 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Small White, Marmalade Hoverfly +35 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Cleavers, Common Nettle +100 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Golden Bootleg, Lurid Bolete, Shaggy Inkcap · last seen 2022
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Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Centenary WayWalking route134 km▾
Named routeLength 134 kmRegional walking route
Ebor WayWalking route▾
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Foss WalkWalking route▾
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1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Yorkshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Field Drain Near Moxby Priory Farm
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Wildlife to spot
5,109 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,109 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds27 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Wigeon · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Robin · Swift +22
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2022
- Barn OwlTyto alba2022
🦌Mammals3 species
wintersummerautumn
2025▾
Brown Hare · Mole · Hedgehog
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Marmalade Hoverfly · Common Red Soldier Beetle · St Marks Fly · Azure Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly +1
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- St Marks FlyBibio marci
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023
Golden Bootleg
- Golden BootlegPhaeolepiota aurea
Cock's-foot · Blackthorn · Meadow Foxtail · False Oat-grass · White Dead-nettle +76
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- PrivetLigustrum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,109 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds27 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Wigeon · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Robin · Swift +22
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2022
- Barn OwlTyto alba2022
🦌Mammals3 species
wintersummerautumn
2025▾
Brown Hare · Mole · Hedgehog
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Marmalade Hoverfly · Common Red Soldier Beetle · St Marks Fly · Azure Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly +1
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- St Marks FlyBibio marci
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023
Golden Bootleg
- Golden BootlegPhaeolepiota aurea
Cock's-foot · Blackthorn · Meadow Foxtail · False Oat-grass · White Dead-nettle +76
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- PrivetLigustrum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas