HUTTON-IN-THE-FOREST
171 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Dogs welcome171 ha
Getting here
54.71624, -2.83440
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦83+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Barn Owl and Swallow
- ✦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
- 🐦83+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Barn Owl and Swallow
- ✦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 — Barn Owl, Swallow, House Martin +80 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: HUTTON IN THE FOREST HALL; Historic site
Free
Birds — Barn Owl, Swallow, House Martin +80 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Small White, Peacock +140 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km25 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Lakes & Dales LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef LDLRegional cycle route
Route 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 7National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route2.7 km▾
Named routeRef 6Length 2.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.1 km▾
Named routeRef 7Length 2.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route366 m▾
Named routeRef 7Length 366 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
3,856 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,856 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Peregrine · Swallow · Little Owl · Swift · Reed Bunting +45
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- Little OwlAthene noctua2022
- SwiftApus apus2022
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2022
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2022
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2022
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- GoosanderMergus merganser2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- QuailCoturnix coturnix2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
- Common GullLarus canus2022
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2022
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2022
- CurlewNumenius arquata2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2021
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2021
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2021
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle · Badger
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2023
- BadgerMeles meles2021
🐝Insects27 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Small White · Large White · Peacock · Eristalis pertinax · Red Admiral +22
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- PeacockAglais io2024
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
🌿Plants1 species
winterspring
2025▾
Snowdrop
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,856 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Peregrine · Swallow · Little Owl · Swift · Reed Bunting +45
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- Little OwlAthene noctua2022
- SwiftApus apus2022
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2022
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2022
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2022
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- GoosanderMergus merganser2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- QuailCoturnix coturnix2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
- Common GullLarus canus2022
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2022
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2022
- CurlewNumenius arquata2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2021
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2021
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2021
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle · Badger
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2023
- BadgerMeles meles2021
🐝Insects27 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Small White · Large White · Peacock · Eristalis pertinax · Red Admiral +22
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- PeacockAglais io2024
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
🌿Plants1 species
winterspring
2025▾
Snowdrop
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
