Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.72662, -0.55700
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦91+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦91+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Black-headed Gull +88 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Black-headed Gull +88 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Hawthorn Shieldbug, Green Shieldbug +73 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Viking Way (Barton-upon-Humber to Barnetby)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Selby to Hull)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Nev Cole WayWalking route93 km▾
Named routeLength 93 kmRegional walking route
Yorkshire Wolds WayWalking route127 km▾
Named routeLength 127 kmNational walking route
High Hunsley CircuitWalking route39 km▾
Named routeLength 39 kmLocal walking route
34 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Yorkshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
The White Rose Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 65National Cycle Network
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef TPTNational Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route102 m▾
Named routeRef 65Length 102 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route140 m▾
Named routeRef 65Length 140 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route87 m▾
Named routeRef 65Length 87 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
The new Welton Primary School
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
24,637 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
24,637 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlack-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Gadwall · Curlew +45
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GadwallMareca strepera
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- TealAnas crecca
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Bearded TitPanurus biarmicus
- Common GullLarus canus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Roe Deer · Mole
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MoleTalpa europaea
🐝Insects14 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · Pea-leaf Weevil · Eristalis pertinax +9
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Varied Carpet Beetle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
24,637 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlack-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Gadwall · Curlew +45
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GadwallMareca strepera
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- TealAnas crecca
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Bearded TitPanurus biarmicus
- Common GullLarus canus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Roe Deer · Mole
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MoleTalpa europaea
🐝Insects14 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · Pea-leaf Weevil · Eristalis pertinax +9
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Varied Carpet Beetle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Anthrenus verbasci
Anthrenus verbasci
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata202510-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025European CinchbugIschnodemus sabuleti2025European CinchbugIschnodemus sabuleti2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Events & activities nearby
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