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📷 Trevor Littlewood · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦86+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Carrion Crow
✦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

🐦86+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Carrion Crow
✦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

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Wren +83 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Wren +83 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site with public access

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Grey-cushioned Grimmia, Baneberry, Jacob's-ladder +26 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Grey-cushioned Grimmia, Baneberry, Jacob's-ladder +26 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Common Carder Bee, Scathophaga stercoraria +25 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Common Carder Bee, Scathophaga stercoraria +25 more · last seen 2026

Free

Hiking

Good match

Named hiking route nearby: Pennine Way (Malham to Horton in Ribblesdale)

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

11 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Settle LoopWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Pennine Way (Ickornshaw to Malham)Walking route

Named routeNational walking route

Pennine Way (Malham to Horton in Ribblesdale)Walking route

Named routeNational walking route

Airedale WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking 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

🚴

Cycling

16 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Pennine CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network

National Byway Trans-Pennine SpurCycling route

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Yorkshire Dales CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef YDCRegional cycle route

Way of the Roses Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef WoRNational Cycle Network

NCN Cycle Route 688Cycling route

Named routeRef 688National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route1.9 km

Named routeRef 68Length 1.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

🐴

Horse riding

3 public paths nearby

Public paths

Long Lanebridleway · 436 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 436 mSurface unpavedPath type: track

Long Lanebridleway · 489 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 489 mSurface unpavedPath type: track

Long Lanebridleway · 185 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 185 mSurface groundPath type: bridleway

Wildlife to spot

6,592 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,592 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds88 species

springsummer

2026

Jackdaw · Carrion Crow · Wren · Dipper · Pied Wagtail +83

JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
DipperCinclus cinclus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Great TitParus major2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
RavenCorvus corax2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Little OwlAthene noctua2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2023
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2023

🦌

Mammals5 species

springsummer

2025

Rabbit · Brown Hare · Brown Long-eared Bat · Otter · Red Fox

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
OtterLutra lutra2024
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024

🐝

Insects28 species

springsummerautumn

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Common Carder Bee · Scathophaga stercoraria · Polietes hirticrus · Bembidion guttula +23

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2025
Polietes hirticrusPolietes hirticrus2025
Bembidion guttulaBembidion guttula2025
Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2025
Haematobosca stimulansHaematobosca stimulans2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2025
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2025
Drymeia hamataDrymeia hamata2025
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025
Snail HunterCychrus caraboides2025
Dysaphis (Dysaphis) ranunculiDysaphis (Dysaphis) ranunculi2025
Empis digrammaEmpis digramma2025
Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2025
Eupteryx aurataEupteryx aurata2025
Criorhina floccosaCriorhina floccosa2025
Phaonia signataPhaonia signata2025
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025
Helina celsaHelina celsa2025
Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens2025
Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus2025
Coenosia tigrinaCoenosia tigrina2025
Green DrakeEphemera danica2025
SilphidaeSilphidae2024
Dinocras cephalotesDinocras cephalotes2024
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2023

🌿

Plants29 species

summer

2026

Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Baneberry · Jacob's-ladder · Mougeot's Yoke-moss · Wall Screw-moss +24

Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
BaneberryActaea spicata2025
Jacob's-ladderPolemonium caeruleum2025
Mougeot's Yoke-mossAmphidium mougeotii
Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
Rue-leaved SaxifrageSaxifraga tridactylites2025
Parsley-piertAphanes arvensis2025
Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum2025
Musk ThistleCarduus nutans2025
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2025
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2025
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
SilverweedPotentilla anserina2025
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025
Yellow Feather-mossHomalothecium lutescens2025
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2025
Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2025
Hairy Rock-cressArabis hirsuta2025
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025
CleaversGalium aparine2025
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2025
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2025
CloudberryRubus chamaemorus2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,592 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds88 species

springsummer

2026

Jackdaw · Carrion Crow · Wren · Dipper · Pied Wagtail +83

JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
DipperCinclus cinclus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Great TitParus major2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
RavenCorvus corax2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Little OwlAthene noctua2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2023
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2023

🦌

Mammals5 species

springsummer

2025

Rabbit · Brown Hare · Brown Long-eared Bat · Otter · Red Fox

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
OtterLutra lutra2024
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024

🐝

Insects28 species

springsummerautumn

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Common Carder Bee · Scathophaga stercoraria · Polietes hirticrus · Bembidion guttula +23

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2025
Polietes hirticrusPolietes hirticrus2025
Bembidion guttulaBembidion guttula2025
Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2025
Haematobosca stimulansHaematobosca stimulans2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2025
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2025
Drymeia hamataDrymeia hamata2025
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025
Snail HunterCychrus caraboides2025
Dysaphis (Dysaphis) ranunculiDysaphis (Dysaphis) ranunculi2025
Empis digrammaEmpis digramma2025
Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2025
Eupteryx aurataEupteryx aurata2025
Criorhina floccosaCriorhina floccosa2025
Phaonia signataPhaonia signata2025
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025
Helina celsaHelina celsa2025
Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens2025
Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus2025
Coenosia tigrinaCoenosia tigrina2025
Green DrakeEphemera danica2025
SilphidaeSilphidae2024
Dinocras cephalotesDinocras cephalotes2024
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2023

🌿

Plants29 species

summer

2026

Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Baneberry · Jacob's-ladder · Mougeot's Yoke-moss · Wall Screw-moss +24

Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
BaneberryActaea spicata2025
Jacob's-ladderPolemonium caeruleum2025
Mougeot's Yoke-mossAmphidium mougeotii
Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
Rue-leaved SaxifrageSaxifraga tridactylites2025
Parsley-piertAphanes arvensis2025
Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum2025
Musk ThistleCarduus nutans2025
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2025
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2025
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
SilverweedPotentilla anserina2025
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025
Yellow Feather-mossHomalothecium lutescens2025
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2025
Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2025
Hairy Rock-cressArabis hirsuta2025
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025
CleaversGalium aparine2025
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2025
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2025
CloudberryRubus chamaemorus2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Trevor Littlewood · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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