Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.95593, -0.43931
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Collared Dove
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Collared Dove
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Tawny Owl +74 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Tawny Owl +74 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Red Admiral, Green Shieldbug +63 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Water-soldier, Spanish Bluebell, Rough-stalked Feather-moss +45 more · last seen 2020
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Minster WayWalking route80 km▾
Named routeLength 80 kmRegional walking route
29 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 3Cycling route▾
Lincoln - Whitby
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Yorkshire Wolds Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripNational Cycle Network
Way of the Roses Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WoRNational Cycle Network
NCN 1 Humber to TeesCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 164Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 164National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route413 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 413 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
2,867 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,867 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Collared Dove · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Goldfinch +37
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2024
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea/rostrata2024
- Bombycilla garrulus garrulusBombycilla garrulus garrulus2024
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Otter · Mole · Brown Rat
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- OtterLutra lutra
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2024
🐝Insects20 species
springsummer
2025▾
Eristalis pertinax · Green Shieldbug · Iris Sawfly · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Helophilus pendulus +15
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Iris SawflyRhadinoceraea micans
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,867 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Collared Dove · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Goldfinch +37
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2024
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea/rostrata2024
- Bombycilla garrulus garrulusBombycilla garrulus garrulus2024
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Otter · Mole · Brown Rat
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- OtterLutra lutra
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2024
🐝Insects20 species
springsummer
2025▾
Eristalis pertinax · Green Shieldbug · Iris Sawfly · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Helophilus pendulus +15
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Iris SawflyRhadinoceraea micans
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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