Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.55401, -0.49124
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦45+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Mumbai Lounge — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦45+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Mumbai Lounge — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Starling +42 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Starling +42 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Willow Emerald Damselfly, 7-spot Ladybird, 2-spot Ladybird +22 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets
Free
⛪Churchyard walks
Good match
Churchyard or religious grounds — wildlife sanctuary and quiet reflection
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Ancholme Valley WayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
4,042 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,042 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Starling · Kestrel · Moorhen +40
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
- Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Great TitParus major
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- Common GullLarus canus2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- CootFulica atra2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2023
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2023
- RedshankTringa totanus2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
- SwiftApus apus2021
🦌Mammals1 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2022▾
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians2 species
autumn
2024▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common FrogRana temporaria2023
🐝Insects25 species
springsummer
2025▾
Willow Emerald Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Bronze Shieldbug +20
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2022
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2021
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2021
- Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus
Himalayan Balsam · Red Valerian · Black Spleenwort · Chicory · Wall Screw-moss +7
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
- Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2024
- ChicoryCichorium intybus2023
- Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis2023
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,042 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Starling · Kestrel · Moorhen +40
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
- Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Great TitParus major
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- Common GullLarus canus2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- CootFulica atra2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2023
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2023
- RedshankTringa totanus2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
- SwiftApus apus2021
🦌Mammals1 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2022▾
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians2 species
autumn
2024▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common FrogRana temporaria2023
🐝Insects25 species
springsummer
2025▾
Willow Emerald Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Bronze Shieldbug +20
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2022
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2021
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2021
- Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus
Himalayan Balsam · Red Valerian · Black Spleenwort · Chicory · Wall Screw-moss +7
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
- Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2024
- ChicoryCichorium intybus2023
- Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis2023
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Juniper Shieldbug
Juniper Shieldbug
Cyphostethus tristriatus
Cyphostethus tristriatus
16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctataStrawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipesStrawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipesOxythyrea funestaOxythyrea funesta2024Oxythyrea funestaOxythyrea funesta2024Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2024Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2024Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2024Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2024Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2023Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2023Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023PontaniaPontania2023PontaniaPontania2023Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023Hill Cuckoo BeeBombus rupestris2023Hill Cuckoo BeeBombus rupestris2023Nettle GroundbugHeterogaster urticae2022Nettle GroundbugHeterogaster urticae2022Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus2022Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus2022Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2021Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2021Figwort WeevilCionus scrophulariae2021Figwort WeevilCionus scrophulariae2021Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2021Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2021Tipula vernalisTipula vernalis2021Tipula vernalisTipula vernalis2021Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2021Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris20212023
2023
Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare2023Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare2023Common MallowMalva sylvestris2022Common MallowMalva sylvestris2022ButterburPetasites hybridus2022ButterburPetasites hybridus2022Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2022Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2022Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2021Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2021CowslipPrimula veris2021CowslipPrimula veris2021