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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessDogs welcome
Getting here
53.98414, -1.89037
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦51+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Dipper
- ✦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
- 🐦51+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Dipper
- ✦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, Dipper, Long-tailed Tit +48 more · last seen 2026
Free
Historic site with public access; Grade II* listed building: BOLTON ABBEY HALL
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Dipper, Long-tailed Tit +48 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named hiking route nearby: Dales Way; Named hiking route nearby: Dales Way
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Good match
Historic site with public access
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Dales WayWalking route129 km▾
Named routeLength 129 kmRegional walking route
Bradford Millennium WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Strid Wood Natural Trail - Red TrailWalking route▾
Dales High WayWalking route145 km▾
Runs from Saltaire (West Yorkshire) to Appleby-in-Westmorland (Cumbria) roughly following route of Settle and Carlisle railway
Named routeLength 145 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Dales Way - Harrogate Link PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Yorkshire Dales CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef YDCRegional cycle route
10 public paths nearby
Public paths
Priory Trail (Dales Way)bridleway · 33 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 33 mSurface fine_gravelPath type: bridleway
Priory Trail (Dales Way)bridleway · 98 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 98 mSurface fine_gravelPath type: bridleway
Waterfall Bridgebridleway · 55 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 55 mSurface woodPath type: bridleway
Photos
Bolton Hall chimneys and roofs
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
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Wildlife to spot
20,299 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
20,299 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Blackbird · Dipper · Long-tailed Tit · Grey Heron · Black-headed Gull +46
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Heath Star Moss · Great Scented Liverwort · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Rambling Tail-moss · Fox-tail Feather-moss +8
- Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus
- Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
- Rambling Tail-mossAnomodon viticulosus
- Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum
- Frizzled PincushionPlenogemma phyllantha
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,299 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Blackbird · Dipper · Long-tailed Tit · Grey Heron · Black-headed Gull +46
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Heath Star Moss · Great Scented Liverwort · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Rambling Tail-moss · Fox-tail Feather-moss +8
- Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus
- Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
- Rambling Tail-mossAnomodon viticulosus
- Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum
- Frizzled PincushionPlenogemma phyllantha
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Silky Wall Feather-moss
Silky Wall Feather-moss
Homalothecium sericeum
Homalothecium sericeum
Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromallaLateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromallaBlunt Feather-mossHomalia trichomanoidesBlunt Feather-mossHomalia trichomanoidesCape Thread-mossOrthodontium lineareCape Thread-mossOrthodontium lineareMamillate Plait-mossHypnum andoiMamillate Plait-mossHypnum andoiForked VeilwortMetzgeria furcataForked VeilwortMetzgeria furcataBroom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium2025Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium2025Events & activities nearby
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