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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
54.12935, -1.14534
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦43+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Tawny Owl
- ✦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
- 🐦43+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Tawny Owl
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Swift, Tawny Owl, Red-legged Partridge +40 more · last seen 2024
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CRAYKE CASTLE; Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Swift, Tawny Owl, Red-legged Partridge +40 more · last seen 2024
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red Admiral, Large White, Small Tortoiseshell +16 more · last seen 2019
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Goldilocks Buttercup, Lesser Celandine, Bluebell +373 more · last seen 2022
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 12 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Foss WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Mill Lanepublic footpath · 72 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 72 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
14 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
White Rose Route - Thirsk VariantCycling route▾
Named routeRef 657National Cycle Network
National Byway (Easingwold Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway (Yorkshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
The White Rose Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 65National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route670 m▾
Named routeRef 65Length 670 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route531 m▾
Named routeRef 65Length 531 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
1,312 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,312 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTawny Owl · Red-legged Partridge · Tree Sparrow · Goldfinch · Swift +38
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2018
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2011
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SwiftApus apus2019
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2017
- Barn OwlTyto alba2018
- Little OwlAthene noctua2018
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2017
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2017
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2017
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2017
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2017
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2017
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2017
- SwallowHirundo rustica2017
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2017
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2017
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2017
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2017
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2017
- JackdawColoeus monedula2017
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2017
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2017
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2017
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2017
- DunnockPrunella modularis2017
- RookCorvus frugilegus2017
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2017
- RobinErithacus rubecula2017
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2017
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2017
- MagpiePica pica2017
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2017
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2017
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2017
- Great TitParus major2017
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2017
- Rock DoveColumba livia2017
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2017
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2011
- CurlewNumenius arquata2010
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2010
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummer
2025▾
Hedgehog · American Mink · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020
- American MinkNeovison vison
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2018
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2018
Adder
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2021▾
Common Toad
Red Admiral · Large White · Small Tortoiseshell · Small White · Humming-bird Hawk-moth +14
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2017
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2018
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2017
- Small WhitePieris rapae2018
- Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2017
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui
🌿Plants64 species
springsummer
2022▾
Goldilocks Buttercup · Spurge-laurel · Mountain Currant · Ribbed Melilot · Sticky Groundsel +59
- Goldilocks ButtercupRanunculus auricomus
- Spurge-laurelDaphne laureola2015
- Mountain CurrantRibes alpinum2015
- Ribbed MelilotMelilotus officinalis2014
- Sticky GroundselSenecio viscosus2015
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,312 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTawny Owl · Red-legged Partridge · Tree Sparrow · Goldfinch · Swift +38
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2018
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2011
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SwiftApus apus2019
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2017
- Barn OwlTyto alba2018
- Little OwlAthene noctua2018
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2017
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2017
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2017
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2017
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2017
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2017
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2017
- SwallowHirundo rustica2017
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2017
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2017
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2017
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2017
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2017
- JackdawColoeus monedula2017
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2017
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2017
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2017
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2017
- DunnockPrunella modularis2017
- RookCorvus frugilegus2017
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2017
- RobinErithacus rubecula2017
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2017
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2017
- MagpiePica pica2017
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2017
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2017
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2017
- Great TitParus major2017
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2017
- Rock DoveColumba livia2017
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2017
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2011
- CurlewNumenius arquata2010
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2010
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummer
2025▾
Hedgehog · American Mink · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020
- American MinkNeovison vison
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2018
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2018
Adder
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2021▾
Common Toad
Red Admiral · Large White · Small Tortoiseshell · Small White · Humming-bird Hawk-moth +14
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2017
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2018
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2017
- Small WhitePieris rapae2018
- Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2017
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui
🌿Plants64 species
springsummer
2022▾
Goldilocks Buttercup · Spurge-laurel · Mountain Currant · Ribbed Melilot · Sticky Groundsel +59
- Goldilocks ButtercupRanunculus auricomus
- Spurge-laurelDaphne laureola2015
- Mountain CurrantRibes alpinum2015
- Ribbed MelilotMelilotus officinalis2014
- Sticky GroundselSenecio viscosus2015
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2018
2018
CommaPolygonia c-album2017CommaPolygonia c-album2017RingletAphantopus hyperantus2017RingletAphantopus hyperantus2017Lily BeetleLilioceris liliiLily BeetleLilioceris liliiSmall CopperLycaena phlaeas2018Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2018Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2017Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2017Small EggarEriogaster lanestris2010Small EggarEriogaster lanestris2010Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2018Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2018PeacockAglais io2017PeacockAglais io2017GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2017GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2017Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2017Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2017Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2017Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2017Green-veined WhitePieris napi2016Green-veined WhitePieris napi2016BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2016BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2016English Elm
English Elm
Ulmus procera2014
Ulmus procera2014
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