Lilla Cross on Lilla Howe, Fylingdales Moor
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
54.37594, -0.63258
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Meadow Pipit and Mistle Thrush
- ✦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
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Meadow Pipit and Mistle Thrush
- ✦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 — Meadow Pipit, Mistle Thrush, Wren +52 more · last seen 2025; Upland heathland — red grouse, merlin and short-eared owl
Free
Birds — Meadow Pipit, Mistle Thrush, Wren +52 more · last seen 2025; Upland heathland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Black Darter, Common Hawker +34 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Heather, Heath Plait-moss, Bilberry +187 more · last seen 2025
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lyke Wake WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Tabular Hills WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Coast to Coast Walk (Richmond to Robin Hood’s Bay)Walking route▾
Named routeRef C2CRegional walking route
The Inn WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Moors to SeaMountain bike route▾
8 public paths nearby
Public paths
Robin Hood's Bay Roadbridleway · 2.2 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 2.2 kmSurface dirtPath type: bridleway
Robin Hood's Bay Roadbridleway · 727 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 727 mPath type: bridleway
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Lilla Cross on Fylingdales Moor
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Wildlife to spot
1,237 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,237 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springsummer
2025▾
Skylark · Mistle Thrush · Wren · Meadow Pipit · Woodpigeon +40
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SwiftApus apus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Roe Deer · Red Fox
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Common Lizard · Adder
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- AdderVipera berus
Emperor Dragonfly · Common Darter · Four-spotted Chaser · Sicus ferrugineus · Golden-ringed Dragonfly +1
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
- Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2024
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
Blunt-leaved Bog-moss · Marsh Orchid · Common Spotted-orchid · Stag's-horn Clubmoss · Crowberry agg. +4
- Blunt-leaved Bog-mossSphagnum palustre
- Marsh OrchidDactylorhiza
- Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii
- Stag's-horn ClubmossLycopodium clavatum
- Crowberry agg.Empetrum nigrum2023
- BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,237 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springsummer
2025▾
Skylark · Mistle Thrush · Wren · Meadow Pipit · Woodpigeon +40
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SwiftApus apus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Roe Deer · Red Fox
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Common Lizard · Adder
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- AdderVipera berus
Emperor Dragonfly · Common Darter · Four-spotted Chaser · Sicus ferrugineus · Golden-ringed Dragonfly +1
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
- Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2024
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
Blunt-leaved Bog-moss · Marsh Orchid · Common Spotted-orchid · Stag's-horn Clubmoss · Crowberry agg. +4
- Blunt-leaved Bog-mossSphagnum palustre
- Marsh OrchidDactylorhiza
- Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii
- Stag's-horn ClubmossLycopodium clavatum
- Crowberry agg.Empetrum nigrum2023
- BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Heather
Heather
Calluna vulgaris2023
Calluna vulgaris2023
Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata2023Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata2023Common HaircapPolytrichum commune s.l.2023Common HaircapPolytrichum commune s.l.2023