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54.01855, -1.00838
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🐕 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 🐕 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🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Wren +64 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Wren +64 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Darter, Azure Damselfly, Four-spotted Chaser +68 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Darter, Azure Damselfly, Four-spotted Chaser +68 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Smoothcap, Spiky Bog-moss, Marsh Thistle +53 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Common Smoothcap, Spiky Bog-moss, Marsh Thistle +53 more · last seen 2025
Free
Plants — Raspberry, Bulrush, Bilberry
Varies
🌲 Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Centenary Way Walking route 134 km ▾
Named route Length 134 km Regional walking route
Show on map Ebor Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Foss Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Millennium Way Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Jorvic Way Walking route 104 km ▾
Named route Length 104 km Regional walking route
Show on map 6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 66 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 66 National Cycle Network
Show on map Way of the Roses Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref WoR National Cycle Network
Show on map Orbital Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Orbital Round trip Local cycle route
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 1.4 km ▾
Named route Ref 66 Length 1.4 km National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 1.4 km ▾
Named route Ref 66 Length 1.4 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 1.1 km ▾
Named route Ref 66 Length 1.1 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
7,587 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 7,587 records · National Biodiversity Network Carrion Crow · Wren · Blackbird · Stonechat · Woodpigeon +29
Carrion Crow Corvus corone Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blackbird Turdus merula Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Goldcrest Regulus regulus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Jay Garrulus glandarius Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Swift Apus apus Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Dunnock Prunella modularis Teal Anas crecca Skylark Alauda arvensis Coal Tit Periparus ater Great Tit Parus major Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Greenfinch Chloris chloris Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 🦌 Mammals 6 species
winter spring summer
2026 ▾
Mole · Rabbit · Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Red Fox +1
Mole Talpa europaea Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2025 Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2025 Brown Hare Lepus europaeus2025 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2025 🐝 Insects 27 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Four-spotted Chaser · Azure Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly · Common Darter +22
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans Acid Frillwort · Cross-leaved Heath · Marsh Willowherb · Heather · Marsh Thistle +3
Acid Frillwort Fossombronia wondraczekii Cross-leaved Heath Erica tetralix Marsh Willowherb Epilobium palustre Heather Calluna vulgaris Marsh Thistle Cirsium palustre Heath Spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza maculata Lesser Water-plantain Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 7,587 records · National Biodiversity Network Carrion Crow · Wren · Blackbird · Stonechat · Woodpigeon +29
Carrion Crow Corvus corone Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blackbird Turdus merula Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Goldcrest Regulus regulus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Jay Garrulus glandarius Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Swift Apus apus Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Dunnock Prunella modularis Teal Anas crecca Skylark Alauda arvensis Coal Tit Periparus ater Great Tit Parus major Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Greenfinch Chloris chloris Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 🦌 Mammals 6 species
winter spring summer
2026 ▾
Mole · Rabbit · Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Red Fox +1
Mole Talpa europaea Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2025 Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2025 Brown Hare Lepus europaeus2025 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2025 🐝 Insects 27 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Four-spotted Chaser · Azure Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly · Common Darter +22
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans Acid Frillwort · Cross-leaved Heath · Marsh Willowherb · Heather · Marsh Thistle +3
Acid Frillwort Fossombronia wondraczekii Cross-leaved Heath Erica tetralix Marsh Willowherb Epilobium palustre Heather Calluna vulgaris Marsh Thistle Cirsium palustre Heath Spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza maculata Lesser Water-plantain Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Badger
Badger
Meles meles2025
Meles meles2025
Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma najas
Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma najas
Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum
Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis
Common Green Grasshopper Omocestus viridulus
Common Green Grasshopper Omocestus viridulus
Hairy Dragonfly Brachytron pratense
Hairy Dragonfly Brachytron pratense
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta
Spiked Shieldbug Picromerus bidens
Spiked Shieldbug Picromerus bidens
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Small Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma viridulum
Small Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma viridulum
Bog Bush-cricket Metrioptera brachyptera
Bog Bush-cricket Metrioptera brachyptera
Hairy-legged Horsefly Hybomitra bimaculata
Hairy-legged Horsefly Hybomitra bimaculata
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa
Cantharis rustica Cantharis rustica
Cantharis rustica Cantharis rustica
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
Rhagonycha lignosa Rhagonycha lignosa
Rhagonycha lignosa Rhagonycha lignosa Baldellia ranunculoides
Baldellia ranunculoides
Bog Pimpernel Lysimachia tenella
Bog Pimpernel Lysimachia tenella 