Iron Age barrow group NE of Middleton on the Wolds
7 ha
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
53.93639, -0.55657
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Great Tit
- ✦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
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Great Tit
- ✦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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Great Tit, Chaffinch +59 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Great Tit, Chaffinch +59 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Humming-bird Hawk-moth, Marmalade Hoverfly, Cuckoo-Spit Insect +29 more · last seen 2023
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Hyacinthoides, Bramble, Hawthorn +176 more · last seen 2023
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Minster WayWalking route80 km▾
Named routeLength 80 kmRegional walking route
15 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 3Cycling route▾
Lincoln - Whitby
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Yorkshire Wolds Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripNational Cycle Network
Way of the Roses Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WoRNational Cycle Network
NCN 1 Humber to TeesCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 164Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 164National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.7 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 1.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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A614, Middleton on the Wolds
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
1,159 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,159 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRook · Blackbird · Swift · Tawny Owl · Great Tit +38
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
- Great TitParus major
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2022
- Corvus frugilegus frugilegusCorvus frugilegus frugilegus2021
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2020
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2019
- Barn OwlTyto alba2019
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2018
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2018
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Mole · Brown Hare · Rabbit · Roe Deer
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Lesser Marsh Grasshopper · Lily Beetle · Rosemary Beetle · Eristalis tenax · Scaeva pyrastri +5
- Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus
- Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2020
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2020
- Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2020
- EupeodesEupeodes
Yew · Greater Plantain · Herb-Robert · Ivy · Cleavers +57
- YewTaxus baccata2019
- Greater PlantainPlantago major2019
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2019
- IvyHedera helix2019
- CleaversGalium aparine2019
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,159 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRook · Blackbird · Swift · Tawny Owl · Great Tit +38
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
- Great TitParus major
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2022
- Corvus frugilegus frugilegusCorvus frugilegus frugilegus2021
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2020
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2019
- Barn OwlTyto alba2019
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2018
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2018
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Mole · Brown Hare · Rabbit · Roe Deer
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Lesser Marsh Grasshopper · Lily Beetle · Rosemary Beetle · Eristalis tenax · Scaeva pyrastri +5
- Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus
- Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2020
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2020
- Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2020
- EupeodesEupeodes
Yew · Greater Plantain · Herb-Robert · Ivy · Cleavers +57
- YewTaxus baccata2019
- Greater PlantainPlantago major2019
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2019
- IvyHedera helix2019
- CleaversGalium aparine2019
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2020
2020
Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2020Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2020Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2020Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2020Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2019Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2019Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2018Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum20182019
2019
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