Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessDogs welcome
Getting here
53.91105, -1.26204
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- ✦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
- 🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Chaffinch +73 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Mammals — Rabbit, Hedgehog, Common Pipistrelle +11 more · last seen 2021; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access; Grade II* listed building: HEALAUGH PRIORY
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small Tortoiseshell, Large White, Peacock +80 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ebor WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Jorvic WayWalking route104 km▾
Named routeLength 104 kmRegional walking route
12 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 665Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 665National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route421 m▾
Named routeRef 66Length 421 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route147 m▾
Named routeRef 66Length 147 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route457 m▾
Named routeRef 66Length 457 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route4.6 km▾
Named routeRef 66Length 4.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
The StarlingMountain bike route▾
7 public paths nearby
Public paths
Manor Lanebridleway · 368 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 368 mSurface gravelPath type: service
Manor Lanebridleway · 133 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 133 mSurface gravelPath type: service
Manor Lanebridleway · 503 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 503 mSurface gravelPath type: service
Manor Lanebridleway · 1.9 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 1.9 kmSurface gravelPath type: service
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
1,067 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,067 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLong-tailed Tit · Swallow · Lapwing · Jackdaw · Kestrel +38
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2020
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2020
- CurlewNumenius arquata2020
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2022
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2020
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2020
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2020
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2020
- MagpiePica pica2020
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2020
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2020
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2020
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2020
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2020
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2020
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2020
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2020
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2020
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2020
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2020
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2020
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2020
- NuthatchSitta europaea2020
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2020
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2020
🦌Mammals7 species
springsummer
2021▾
Hedgehog · Myotis Bat species · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Rabbit +2
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Myotis Bat speciesMyotis2020
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2020
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2020
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2020
Small Tortoiseshell · Green-veined White · Peacock · Painted Lady · Large White +42
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- CommaPolygonia c-album
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,067 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLong-tailed Tit · Swallow · Lapwing · Jackdaw · Kestrel +38
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2020
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2020
- CurlewNumenius arquata2020
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2022
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2020
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2020
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2020
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2020
- MagpiePica pica2020
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2020
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2020
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2020
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2020
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2020
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2020
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2020
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2020
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2020
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2020
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2020
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2020
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2020
- NuthatchSitta europaea2020
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2020
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2020
🦌Mammals7 species
springsummer
2021▾
Hedgehog · Myotis Bat species · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Rabbit +2
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Myotis Bat speciesMyotis2020
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2020
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2020
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2020
Small Tortoiseshell · Green-veined White · Peacock · Painted Lady · Large White +42
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- CommaPolygonia c-album
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Brown Hare
Brown Hare
Lepus europaeus2020
Lepus europaeus2020
StoatMustela erminea2020StoatMustela erminea20202019
2019
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019Small WhitePieris rapae2019Small WhitePieris rapae2019Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensRuddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2021Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2021Pebble ProminentNotodonta ziczac2019Pebble ProminentNotodonta ziczac2019Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2019Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2019Mouse MothAmphipyra tragopoginis2019Mouse MothAmphipyra tragopoginis2019Poplar GreySubacronicta megacephala2019Poplar GreySubacronicta megacephala2019Swallow ProminentPheosia tremula2019Swallow ProminentPheosia tremula2019Grey/Dark DaggerAcronicta psi/tridens2019Grey/Dark DaggerAcronicta psi/tridens2019Straw DotRivula sericealis2019Straw DotRivula sericealis2019Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria2019Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria2019Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2019Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2019Uncertain/RusticHoplodrina octogenaria/blanda2019Uncertain/RusticHoplodrina octogenaria/blanda2019Maiden's BlushCyclophora punctaria2019Maiden's BlushCyclophora punctaria2019Smoky WainscotMythimna impura2019Smoky WainscotMythimna impura2019Coxcomb ProminentPtilodon capucina2019Coxcomb ProminentPtilodon capucina2019Shuttle-shaped DartAgrotis puta2019Shuttle-shaped DartAgrotis puta2019Marbled BeautyBryophila domestica2019Marbled BeautyBryophila domestica2019Dingy FootmanEilema griseola2019Dingy FootmanEilema griseola2019Silver YAutographa gamma2019Silver YAutographa gamma2019Six-striped RusticXestia sexstrigata2019Six-striped RusticXestia sexstrigata2019Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe2019Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe2019Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2019Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2019Pale EggarTrichiura crataegi2019Pale EggarTrichiura crataegi2019Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.2019Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.2019Blood-veinTimandra comae2019Blood-veinTimandra comae2019Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2019Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2019Common FootmanEilema lurideola2019Common FootmanEilema lurideola2019Gold SpotPlusia festucae2019Gold SpotPlusia festucae2019Riband WaveIdaea aversata2019Riband WaveIdaea aversata2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019CrescentHelotropha leucostigma2019CrescentHelotropha leucostigma2019Lesser Treble-barAplocera efformata2019Lesser Treble-barAplocera efformata2019Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2019Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2019Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa2019Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa2019Dusky ThornEnnomos fuscantaria2019Dusky ThornEnnomos fuscantaria2019Oak Hook-tipWatsonalla binaria2019Oak Hook-tipWatsonalla binaria2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2019Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2019Events & activities nearby
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