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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessDogs welcome45 ha
Getting here
54.05716, -0.87960
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Wren
- ✦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
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Wren
- ✦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 — Blue Tit, Wren, Chiffchaff +66 more · last seen 2025; Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: HOWSHAM HALL; Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Wren, Chiffchaff +66 more · last seen 2025; Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh priority habitat
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Giant Hogweed, Himalayan Balsam, Bluebell +39 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Banded Demoiselle, Caenis pseudorivulorum, Comma +14 more · last seen 2025
Free
〰Waterside walks
Good match
Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 25 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Centenary WayWalking route134 km▾
Named routeLength 134 kmRegional walking route
Chalkland WayWalking route59 km▾
Named routeRef N28Length 59 kmRegional walking route
White Rose WayWalking route▾
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 166Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 166National Cycle Network
National Byway (Yorkshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Yorkshire Wolds Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripNational Cycle Network
NCN National Route 167Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 167National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.7 km▾
Named routeRef 167Length 1.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route619 m▾
Named routeRef 167Length 619 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
2,675 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,675 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
springsummer
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Reed Bunting · Dunnock +44
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
Bat · Daubenton's Bat · Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Badger +2
- BatChiroptera2024
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2024
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- BadgerMeles meles
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2023▾
Common Toad
Banded Demoiselle
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Greater Snowdrop · Arum italicum subsp. italicum · Cuckooflower · Bluebell · Reed Sweet-grass +6
- Greater SnowdropGalanthus elwesii
- Arum italicum subsp. italicumArum italicum subsp. italicum
- CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- Reed Sweet-grassGlyceria maxima2024
- Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,675 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
springsummer
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Reed Bunting · Dunnock +44
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
Bat · Daubenton's Bat · Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Badger +2
- BatChiroptera2024
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2024
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- BadgerMeles meles
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2023▾
Common Toad
Banded Demoiselle
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Greater Snowdrop · Arum italicum subsp. italicum · Cuckooflower · Bluebell · Reed Sweet-grass +6
- Greater SnowdropGalanthus elwesii
- Arum italicum subsp. italicumArum italicum subsp. italicum
- CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- Reed Sweet-grassGlyceria maxima2024
- Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Marsh-bedstraw
Marsh-bedstraw
Galium palustre2024
Galium palustre2024
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2024MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2024Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2024Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2024Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2024Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2024Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2023Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2023Events & activities nearby
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