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Garrowby Hill Plantation

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift 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

🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift 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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Swift, Woodpigeon, Great Tit +60 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Swift, Woodpigeon, Great Tit +60 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Common Nettle, Elder, Bramble +22 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Ringlet, Small Heath, Marbled White +166 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Ringlet, Small Heath, Marbled White +166 more · last seen 2024

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Common Nettle, Elder, Bramble +213 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Common Nettle, Elder, Bramble +213 more · last seen 2026

Free

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths 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

Minster WayWalking route80 km

Named routeLength 80 kmRegional walking route

Chalkland WayWalking route59 km

Named routeRef N28Length 59 kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

15 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Byway (Yorkshire)Cycling route

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Yorkshire Wolds Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRound tripNational Cycle Network

Way of the Roses Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef WoRNational Cycle Network

NCN National Route 167Cycling route

Named routeRef 167National Cycle Network

NCN National Route 164Cycling route

Named routeRef 164National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route5.5 km

Named routeRef 164Length 5.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

1,559 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,559 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds34 species

winter

2025

Wigeon · Shoveler · Long-tailed Tit · Robin · Woodpigeon +29

WigeonMareca penelope
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
RobinErithacus rubecula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
Great TitParus major2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2023
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
SwiftApus apus2022
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
DunnockPrunella modularis2022

🦌

Mammals5 species

springsummerautumn

2023

Mole · Brown Rat · Hedgehog · Rabbit · Badger

MoleTalpa europaea
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2022
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2022
BadgerMeles meles2021

🐝

Insects43 species

spring

2024

Smoky Griever · Bleeding Knee Griever · Small Larch Sawyer · Wayward Sawfly · Southern Hawthorn-cutter +38

Smoky GrieverDolerus fumosus
Bleeding Knee GrieverDolerus gonager
Small Larch SawyerPristiphora laricis
Wayward SawflyTenthredo temula
Southern Hawthorn-cutterDineura stilata
Hawthorn SawyerPristiphora armata
White-sided CleaverAglaostigma fulvipes
Empis femorataEmpis femorata
Twin-spotted CarverRhogogaster punctulata
Eudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanella
Phaonia signataPhaonia signata
Greater Girdled SawflyTenthredo maculata
Orthonevra nobilisOrthonevra nobilis
Wheat Stem BorerCephus pygmeus
Hydrotaea diabolusHydrotaea diabolus
Pied StriderPachyprotasis rapae
Compressed KnucklehornCladius compressicornis
Drab Elder StriderMacrophya ribis
Torpedo SawflyNematus lucidus
Agapanthia villosoviridescensAgapanthia villosoviridescens2022
St Marks FlyBibio marci2022
Common Red-legged RobberflyDioctria rufipes2022
Phaonia trimaculataPhaonia trimaculata2022
Drab GrieverDolerus nigratus2022
Otites guttatusOtites guttatus2022
Red-belted CleaverAglaostigma aucupariae2022
Rhamphomyia atraRhamphomyia atra2022
Black-horned GemMicrochrysa polita2022
Periscepsia spathulataPeriscepsia spathulata2022
Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2022
Gymnomus caesiusGymnomus caesius2022
Vetchling NematineEuura myosotidis2022
Rhamphomyia laevipesRhamphomyia laevipes2022
Grooved Grass NematineEuura fallax2022
Palloptera quinquemaculataPalloptera quinquemaculata2022
6-spot Dawn-treaderEmpria sexpunctata2022
Black GrieverDolerus niger2022
Iridescent CenturionSargus iridatus2022
Tipula maximaTipula maxima2022
Phasia hemipteraPhasia hemiptera2022
Woundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimus2022
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021
Bronze FusehornArge ustulata2021

🌿

Plants85 species

summer

2026

Common Feather-moss · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Springy Turf-moss · Field Scabious · Male-fern +80

Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2024
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2024
Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis2022
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2022
HawkweedHieracium2022
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2022
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2022
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2022
White CloverTrifolium repens2022
Burnet-saxifragePimpinella saxifraga2022
WeldReseda luteola2022
TimothyPhleum pratense2022
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2022
Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum2022
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2022
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2022
Toad RushJuncus bufonius2022
ElderSambucus nigra2022
Hoary PlantainPlantago media2022
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2022
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2022
Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus2022
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2022
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2022
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2022
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2022
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2022
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2022
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2022
Norway MapleAcer platanoides2022
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2022
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2022
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2022
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2022
Greater PlantainPlantago major2022
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2022
Thyme-leaved SandwortArenaria serpyllifolia2022
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2022
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2022
EyebrightEuphrasia2022
Common CudweedFilago germanica2022
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2022
Salad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba2022
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2022
Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis2022
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2022
Wild ThymeThymus drucei2022
CleaversGalium aparine2022
Annual PearlwortSagina apetala2022
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2022
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2022
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2022
Common SallowSalix cinerea2022
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2022
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2022
Small ScabiousScabiosa columbaria2022
ChicoryCichorium intybus2022
Wall LettuceMycelis muralis2022
BeechFagus sylvatica2022
NipplewortLapsana communis2022
Heath False-bromeBrachypodium pinnatum2022
Lesser BurdockArctium minus2022
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2022
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2022
Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum2022
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2022
American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2022
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2022
Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla2022
Hedge BedstrawGalium album2022
Curled DockRumex crispus2022
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2022
Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa2022
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2022
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2022
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2022
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2022
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2022
DaisyBellis perennis2022
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2022
Rye BromeBromus secalinus2022
Quaking-grassBriza media2022
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2022
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,559 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds34 species

winter

2025

Wigeon · Shoveler · Long-tailed Tit · Robin · Woodpigeon +29

WigeonMareca penelope
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
RobinErithacus rubecula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
Great TitParus major2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2023
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
SwiftApus apus2022
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
DunnockPrunella modularis2022

🦌

Mammals5 species

springsummerautumn

2023

Mole · Brown Rat · Hedgehog · Rabbit · Badger

MoleTalpa europaea
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2022
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2022
BadgerMeles meles2021

🐝

Insects43 species

spring

2024

Smoky Griever · Bleeding Knee Griever · Small Larch Sawyer · Wayward Sawfly · Southern Hawthorn-cutter +38

Smoky GrieverDolerus fumosus
Bleeding Knee GrieverDolerus gonager
Small Larch SawyerPristiphora laricis
Wayward SawflyTenthredo temula
Southern Hawthorn-cutterDineura stilata
Hawthorn SawyerPristiphora armata
White-sided CleaverAglaostigma fulvipes
Empis femorataEmpis femorata
Twin-spotted CarverRhogogaster punctulata
Eudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanella
Phaonia signataPhaonia signata
Greater Girdled SawflyTenthredo maculata
Orthonevra nobilisOrthonevra nobilis
Wheat Stem BorerCephus pygmeus
Hydrotaea diabolusHydrotaea diabolus
Pied StriderPachyprotasis rapae
Compressed KnucklehornCladius compressicornis
Drab Elder StriderMacrophya ribis
Torpedo SawflyNematus lucidus
Agapanthia villosoviridescensAgapanthia villosoviridescens2022
St Marks FlyBibio marci2022
Common Red-legged RobberflyDioctria rufipes2022
Phaonia trimaculataPhaonia trimaculata2022
Drab GrieverDolerus nigratus2022
Otites guttatusOtites guttatus2022
Red-belted CleaverAglaostigma aucupariae2022
Rhamphomyia atraRhamphomyia atra2022
Black-horned GemMicrochrysa polita2022
Periscepsia spathulataPeriscepsia spathulata2022
Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2022
Gymnomus caesiusGymnomus caesius2022
Vetchling NematineEuura myosotidis2022
Rhamphomyia laevipesRhamphomyia laevipes2022
Grooved Grass NematineEuura fallax2022
Palloptera quinquemaculataPalloptera quinquemaculata2022
6-spot Dawn-treaderEmpria sexpunctata2022
Black GrieverDolerus niger2022
Iridescent CenturionSargus iridatus2022
Tipula maximaTipula maxima2022
Phasia hemipteraPhasia hemiptera2022
Woundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimus2022
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021
Bronze FusehornArge ustulata2021

🌿

Plants85 species

summer

2026

Common Feather-moss · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Springy Turf-moss · Field Scabious · Male-fern +80

Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2024
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2024
Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis2022
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2022
HawkweedHieracium2022
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2022
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2022
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2022
White CloverTrifolium repens2022
Burnet-saxifragePimpinella saxifraga2022
WeldReseda luteola2022
TimothyPhleum pratense2022
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2022
Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum2022
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2022
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2022
Toad RushJuncus bufonius2022
ElderSambucus nigra2022
Hoary PlantainPlantago media2022
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2022
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2022
Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus2022
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2022
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2022
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2022
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2022
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2022
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2022
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2022
Norway MapleAcer platanoides2022
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2022
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2022
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2022
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2022
Greater PlantainPlantago major2022
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2022
Thyme-leaved SandwortArenaria serpyllifolia2022
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2022
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2022
EyebrightEuphrasia2022
Common CudweedFilago germanica2022
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2022
Salad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba2022
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2022
Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis2022
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2022
Wild ThymeThymus drucei2022
CleaversGalium aparine2022
Annual PearlwortSagina apetala2022
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2022
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2022
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2022
Common SallowSalix cinerea2022
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2022
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2022
Small ScabiousScabiosa columbaria2022
ChicoryCichorium intybus2022
Wall LettuceMycelis muralis2022
BeechFagus sylvatica2022
NipplewortLapsana communis2022
Heath False-bromeBrachypodium pinnatum2022
Lesser BurdockArctium minus2022
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2022
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2022
Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum2022
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2022
American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2022
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2022
Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla2022
Hedge BedstrawGalium album2022
Curled DockRumex crispus2022
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2022
Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa2022
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2022
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2022
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2022
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2022
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2022
DaisyBellis perennis2022
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2022
Rye BromeBromus secalinus2022
Quaking-grassBriza media2022
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2022
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Colin Park · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Calvary beside A166 near top of Garrowby Hill

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