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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

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

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

Parking

Best for

10 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Carrion Crow, Goldfinch, Herring Gull +95 more · last seen 2025; Upland heathland — red grouse, merlin and short-eared owl

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Birds — Carrion Crow, Goldfinch, Herring Gull +95 more · last seen 2025; Upland heathland priority habitat

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Painted Lady, 7-spot Ladybird, Cercopis vulnerata +73 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Broom, Wood Vetch, Broom Fork-moss +38 more · last seen 2026

Free

Cycling

Good match

Named cycling route nearby: NCN 1 Humber to Tees

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Cleveland WayWalking route

Named routePoint-to-pointNational walking route

Lyke Wake WalkWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Filey Brigg to North GareWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

Coast to Coast Walk (Richmond to Robin Hood’s Bay)Walking route

Named routeRef C2CRegional walking route

North Sea Trail, EnglandWalking route

Named routeRef NSInternational walking route

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Cycling

20 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 3Cycling route

Lincoln - Whitby

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

NCN 1 Humber to TeesCycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route2.3 km

Named routeRef 1Length 2.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route63 m

Named routeRef 1Length 63 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.1 km

Named routeRef 1Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.8 km

Named routeRef 1Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Moors to SeaMountain bike route

Named route

🐴

Horse riding

7 public paths nearby

Public paths

Robin Hood Roadbridleway · 561 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 561 mPath type: unclassified

Robin Hood Roadbridleway · 171 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 171 mSurface gravelPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

5,038 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,038 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

spring

2025

Carrion Crow · Swallow · Goldfinch · Herring Gull · Chaffinch +50

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
SwallowHirundo rustica
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Herring GullLarus argentatus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
BlackbirdTurdus merula
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
GannetMorus bassanus
DunnockPrunella modularis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
MagpiePica pica
LinnetLinaria cannabina
WhitethroatCurruca communis
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Common GuillemotUria aalge
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
CurlewNumenius arquata
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Rock DoveColumba livia
JackdawColoeus monedula
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
RazorbillAlca torda
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
RavenCorvus corax
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
RookCorvus frugilegus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Great TitParus major
Stock DoveColumba oenas
White WagtailMotacilla alba alba
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus

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Mammals5 species

autumn

2025

Grey Seal · Minke Whale · Bottle-nosed Dolphin · Rabbit · Common Porpoise

Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Minke WhaleBalaenoptera acutorostrata
Bottle-nosed DolphinTursiops truncatus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena

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Reptiles1 species

summer

2025

Slow-worm

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis

🐸

Amphibians2 species

spring

2025

Palmate Newt · Common Toad

Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects16 species

summer

2025

Southern Hawker · 7-spot Ladybird · Kite-tailed Robberfly · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Taphropeltus contractus +11

Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Kite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillus
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Taphropeltus contractusTaphropeltus contractus
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
House-fly

🌿

Plants13 species

spring

2026

Broom Fork-moss · Heath Plait-moss · Little Shaggy-moss · Dilated Scalewort · Common Pincushion +8

Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium
Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum
Little Shaggy-mossRhytidiadelphus loreus
Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
Common PincushionDicranoweisia cirrata
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Pellucid Four-tooth Moss

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,038 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

spring

2025

Carrion Crow · Swallow · Goldfinch · Herring Gull · Chaffinch +50

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
SwallowHirundo rustica
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Herring GullLarus argentatus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
BlackbirdTurdus merula
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
GannetMorus bassanus
DunnockPrunella modularis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
MagpiePica pica
LinnetLinaria cannabina
WhitethroatCurruca communis
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Common GuillemotUria aalge
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
CurlewNumenius arquata
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Rock DoveColumba livia
JackdawColoeus monedula
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
RazorbillAlca torda
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
RavenCorvus corax
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
RookCorvus frugilegus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Great TitParus major
Stock DoveColumba oenas
White WagtailMotacilla alba alba
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus

🦌

Mammals5 species

autumn

2025

Grey Seal · Minke Whale · Bottle-nosed Dolphin · Rabbit · Common Porpoise

Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Minke WhaleBalaenoptera acutorostrata
Bottle-nosed DolphinTursiops truncatus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2025

Slow-worm

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis

🐸

Amphibians2 species

spring

2025

Palmate Newt · Common Toad

Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects16 species

summer

2025

Southern Hawker · 7-spot Ladybird · Kite-tailed Robberfly · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Taphropeltus contractus +11

Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Kite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillus
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Taphropeltus contractusTaphropeltus contractus
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
House-fly

🌿

Plants13 species

spring

2026

Broom Fork-moss · Heath Plait-moss · Little Shaggy-moss · Dilated Scalewort · Common Pincushion +8

Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium
Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum
Little Shaggy-mossRhytidiadelphus loreus
Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
Common PincushionDicranoweisia cirrata
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Pellucid Four-tooth Moss

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Christopher Hall · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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