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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome50 ha
Getting here
54.17998, -0.48011
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Rook and Woodpigeon
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Rook and Woodpigeon
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Rook, Woodpigeon, Pheasant +70 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Rook, Woodpigeon, Pheasant +70 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Meadow Brown, Ringlet +42 more · last seen 2025; Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Hop Trefoil, Common Tamarisk-moss, Common Feather-moss +236 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Centenary WayWalking route134 km▾
Named routeLength 134 kmRegional walking route
Yorkshire Wolds WayWalking route127 km▾
Named routeLength 127 kmNational walking route
10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 166Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 166National Cycle Network
National Byway (Yorkshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Yorkshire Wolds Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripNational Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.6 km▾
Named routeRef 166Length 1.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route535 m▾
Named routeRef 166Length 535 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route6 m▾
Named routeRef 166Length 6 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
2,228 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,228 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Pheasant · Wren · Chiffchaff · Robin · Carrion Crow +29
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwiftApus apus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Mole · Stoat · Hedgehog · Field Vole
- MoleTalpa europaea
- StoatMustela erminea
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2024
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects19 species
summerwinter
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Green Tiger Beetle · Adonis' Ladybird · Field Grasshopper · 2-spot Ladybird +14
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris
- Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
🌿Plants70 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Tamarisk-moss · Common Feather-moss · Creeping Feather-moss · English Rock-bristle · Bifid Crestwort +65
- Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens
- English Rock-bristleSeligeria calycina
- Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata
- Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,228 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Pheasant · Wren · Chiffchaff · Robin · Carrion Crow +29
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwiftApus apus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Mole · Stoat · Hedgehog · Field Vole
- MoleTalpa europaea
- StoatMustela erminea
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2024
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects19 species
summerwinter
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Green Tiger Beetle · Adonis' Ladybird · Field Grasshopper · 2-spot Ladybird +14
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris
- Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
🌿Plants70 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Tamarisk-moss · Common Feather-moss · Creeping Feather-moss · English Rock-bristle · Bifid Crestwort +65
- Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens
- English Rock-bristleSeligeria calycina
- Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata
- Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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