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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome23 ha
Getting here
53.99014, -1.88206
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦81+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Grey Heron and Black-headed Gull
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 274m away
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦81+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Grey Heron and Black-headed Gull
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 274m away
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Grey Heron, Black-headed Gull, Robin +78 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Grey Heron, Black-headed Gull, Robin +78 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Syritta pipiens, Cheilosia illustrata, Eristalis horticola +20 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Great Scented Liverwort, Heath Star Moss, Grey-cushioned Grimmia +14 more · last seen 2026
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Dales WayWalking route129 km▾
Named routeLength 129 kmRegional walking route
Bradford Millennium WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Strid Wood Natural Trail - Red TrailWalking route▾
Dales High WayWalking route145 km▾
Runs from Saltaire (West Yorkshire) to Appleby-in-Westmorland (Cumbria) roughly following route of Settle and Carlisle railway
Named routeLength 145 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Dales Way - Harrogate Link PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Yorkshire Dales CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef YDCRegional cycle route
9 public paths nearby
Public paths
Priory Trail (Dales Way)bridleway · 98 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 98 mSurface fine_gravelPath type: bridleway
Waterfall Bridgebridleway · 55 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 55 mSurface woodPath type: bridleway
Priory Trail (Dales Way)bridleway · 33 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 33 mSurface fine_gravelPath type: bridleway
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
20,980 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
20,980 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Blackbird · Starling · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull +46
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
Great Scented Liverwort · Heath Star Moss · Fox-tail Feather-moss · Frizzled Pincushion · Silky Wall Feather-moss +11
- Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum
- Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus
- Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum
- Frizzled PincushionPlenogemma phyllantha
- Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum
- Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,980 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Blackbird · Starling · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull +46
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
Great Scented Liverwort · Heath Star Moss · Fox-tail Feather-moss · Frizzled Pincushion · Silky Wall Feather-moss +11
- Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum
- Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus
- Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum
- Frizzled PincushionPlenogemma phyllantha
- Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum
- Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Blunt Feather-moss
Blunt Feather-moss
Homalia trichomanoides
Homalia trichomanoides
Water EarwortScapania undulataWater EarwortScapania undulataCape Thread-mossOrthodontium lineareCape Thread-mossOrthodontium lineareCommon Feather-mossKindbergia praelongaCommon Feather-mossKindbergia praelongaGlittering Wood-mossHylocomium splendensGlittering Wood-mossHylocomium splendensMamillate Plait-mossHypnum andoiMamillate Plait-mossHypnum andoiForked VeilwortMetzgeria furcataForked VeilwortMetzgeria furcataGrey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinataGrey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinataRambling Tail-mossAnomodon viticulosusRambling Tail-mossAnomodon viticulosusBroom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium2025Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium2025Events & activities nearby
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