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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Dogs welcome
Getting here
54.42981, -0.68336
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ✦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
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ✦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
Strong match
Upland heathland — red grouse, merlin and short-eared owl
Free
Upland heathland priority habitat
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Esk Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef EVRegional walking route
Centenary WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Coast to Coast Walk (Richmond to Robin Hood’s Bay)Walking route▾
Named routeRef C2CRegional walking route
The Inn WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Goathland to Grosmont Rail TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
25 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 3Cycling route▾
Lincoln - Whitby
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
National Cycle Route 165Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 165National Cycle Network
NCN 1 Humber to TeesCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 4Cycling route▾
Alternative route of EV12 between Whitby and Brotton following national routes 165 and 168.
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route105 m▾
Named routeRef 165Length 105 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route5.2 km▾
Named routeRef 165Length 5.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Moors to SeaMountain bike route▾
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Wildlife to spot
2,916 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,916 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummer
2025▾
Barn Owl · Lapwing · Red Grouse (scotica) · Skylark · Curlew +41
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RavenCorvus corax
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Black GrouseLyrurus tetrix
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SwiftApus apus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2023
🦌Mammals4 species
springautumn
2025▾
Brown Hare · Red Deer · Brown Rat · Water Shrew
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Red DeerCervus elaphus2024
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2023
- Water ShrewNeomys fodiens2023
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Adder · Common Lizard
- AdderVipera berus
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
springsummer
2024▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects8 species
springsummer
2025▾
Heather Ladybird · Syrphus · Downlooker Snipefly · Tipula maxima · Meadow Plant Bug +3
- Heather LadybirdChilocorus bipustulatus
- SyrphusSyrphus2024
- Downlooker SnipeflyRhagio scolopaceus2024
- Tipula maximaTipula maxima2024
- Meadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrata2024
- Acrossus depressus
Bee Orchid
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,916 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummer
2025▾
Barn Owl · Lapwing · Red Grouse (scotica) · Skylark · Curlew +41
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RavenCorvus corax
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Black GrouseLyrurus tetrix
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SwiftApus apus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2023
🦌Mammals4 species
springautumn
2025▾
Brown Hare · Red Deer · Brown Rat · Water Shrew
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Red DeerCervus elaphus2024
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2023
- Water ShrewNeomys fodiens2023
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Adder · Common Lizard
- AdderVipera berus
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
springsummer
2024▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects8 species
springsummer
2025▾
Heather Ladybird · Syrphus · Downlooker Snipefly · Tipula maxima · Meadow Plant Bug +3
- Heather LadybirdChilocorus bipustulatus
- SyrphusSyrphus2024
- Downlooker SnipeflyRhagio scolopaceus2024
- Tipula maximaTipula maxima2024
- Meadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrata2024
- Acrossus depressus
Bee Orchid
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Acrossus depressus2024
Acrossus depressus2024
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202322-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata20237-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20237-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023Events & activities nearby
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