Cross shaft in St Mary's churchyard
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Getting here
54.22110, -1.65399
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦83+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Greylag Goose
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Johnny Baghdad's Cafe on The Square — a good base for a longer summer day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦83+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Greylag Goose
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Johnny Baghdad's Cafe on The Square — a good base for a longer summer day out
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Greylag Goose, Blackbird +80 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Greylag Goose, Blackbird +80 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Darter, Migrant Hawker, Common Blue Damselfly +52 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Kneiff's Hook-moss, Springy Turf-moss +4 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 37 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Aislabie WalkWalking route27 km▾
Circular route between Studley Royal and Hackfall woods
Named routeLength 27 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Ripon Rowel WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
6 Dales TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Camino Ingles to SantiagoWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Black Bull Yardpublic footpath · 67 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 67 mPath type: service
Park Squarepublic footpath · 18 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 18 mPath type: residential
Theakston Yardpublic footpath · 14 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 14 mPath type: service
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Yorkshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway (Bedale Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Photos
Masham, St. Mary's Church: Early c19th Anglo-Saxon cross shaft
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
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Wildlife to spot
4,940 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,940 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds55 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Greylag Goose · Mallard +50
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐝Insects17 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Red-veined Darter · Field Grasshopper +12
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Red-veined DarterSympetrum fonscolombii
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
🌿Plants3 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Kneiff's Hook-moss · Springy Turf-moss · Dewberry
- Kneiff's Hook-mossDrepanocladus aduncus
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2025
- DewberryRubus caesius2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,940 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds55 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Greylag Goose · Mallard +50
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐝Insects17 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Red-veined Darter · Field Grasshopper +12
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Red-veined DarterSympetrum fonscolombii
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
🌿Plants3 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Kneiff's Hook-moss · Springy Turf-moss · Dewberry
- Kneiff's Hook-mossDrepanocladus aduncus
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2025
- DewberryRubus caesius2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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