Linear earthwork to the NW of the junction of the A171 and the road leading to Fylingthorpe
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Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
54.42879, -0.58027
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackbird
- ✦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
- 🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackbird
- ✦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 — Robin, Blackbird, Blue Tit +56 more · last seen 2025; Upland heathland — red grouse, merlin and short-eared owl
Free
Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Blue Tit +56 more · last seen 2025; Upland heathland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red Admiral, Small White, Large White +29 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Holly, Ash, Common Nettle +324 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Cleveland WayWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointNational walking route
Lyke Wake WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Esk Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef EVRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Filey Brigg to North GareWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Coast to Coast Walk (Richmond to Robin Hood’s Bay)Walking route▾
Named routeRef C2CRegional walking route
33 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 3Cycling route▾
Lincoln - Whitby
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
National Cycle Route 165Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 165National Cycle Network
NCN 1 Humber to TeesCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 4Cycling route▾
Alternative route of EV12 between Whitby and Brotton following national routes 165 and 168.
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route105 m▾
Named routeRef 165Length 105 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.5 km▾
Named routeRef 165Length 1.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Moors to SeaMountain bike route▾
Photos
Road junction on the A171 road
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
1,753 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,753 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Wren · Robin · Chiffchaff · Tawny Owl +33
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- CurlewNumenius arquata2023
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2021
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Mole · Red Fox · Roe Deer · Brown Hare
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2021
🦎Reptiles2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Adder · Slow-worm
- AdderVipera berus
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2024▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects12 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Agapanthia villosoviridescens · Bog Bush-cricket · Field Grasshopper · Green Shieldbug · Volucella bombylans +7
- Agapanthia villosoviridescensAgapanthia villosoviridescens
- Bog Bush-cricketMetrioptera brachyptera
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans
- Green Hairstreak
Holly · Ash · Common Nettle · Hogweed · Knotgrass +37
- HollyIlex aquifolium2021
- AshFraxinus excelsior2021
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2021
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024
- KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2021
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,753 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Wren · Robin · Chiffchaff · Tawny Owl +33
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- CurlewNumenius arquata2023
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2021
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Mole · Red Fox · Roe Deer · Brown Hare
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2021
🦎Reptiles2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Adder · Slow-worm
- AdderVipera berus
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2024▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects12 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Agapanthia villosoviridescens · Bog Bush-cricket · Field Grasshopper · Green Shieldbug · Volucella bombylans +7
- Agapanthia villosoviridescensAgapanthia villosoviridescens
- Bog Bush-cricketMetrioptera brachyptera
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans
- Green Hairstreak
Holly · Ash · Common Nettle · Hogweed · Knotgrass +37
- HollyIlex aquifolium2021
- AshFraxinus excelsior2021
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2021
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024
- KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2021
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Callophrys rubi
Callophrys rubi
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2024Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2024Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus2024Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus2024Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024Hill Cuckoo BeeBombus rupestris2023Hill Cuckoo BeeBombus rupestris2023Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2023Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major20232021
2021
IvyHedera helix2021IvyHedera helix2021HawthornCrataegus monogyna2021HawthornCrataegus monogyna2021ElderSambucus nigra2021ElderSambucus nigra2021BlackthornPrunus spinosa2021BlackthornPrunus spinosa2021Heath BedstrawGalium saxatileHeath BedstrawGalium saxatileTormentilPotentilla erectaTormentilPotentilla erectaBell HeatherErica cinereaBell HeatherErica cinereaHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2024Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2024CrosswortCruciata laevipes2024CrosswortCruciata laevipes2024Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix2024Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix2024RedshankPersicaria maculosa2021RedshankPersicaria maculosa2021DandelionTaraxacum2021DandelionTaraxacum2021Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2021Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2021CleaversGalium aparine2021CleaversGalium aparine2021PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2021PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2021Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2021Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2021BrambleRubus fruticosus2021BrambleRubus fruticosus2021FoxgloveDigitalis purpureaFoxgloveDigitalis purpureaHarebellCampanula rotundifolia2024HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2024Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2024Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2024Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024GorseUlex europaeus2024GorseUlex europaeus2024Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2024Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2024Wood DockRumex sanguineus2024Wood DockRumex sanguineus2024Crowberry agg.Empetrum nigrum2024Crowberry agg.Empetrum nigrum2024YarrowAchillea millefolium2024YarrowAchillea millefolium2024Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica2024Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica2024White CloverTrifolium repens2021White CloverTrifolium repens2021SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2021SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2021Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2021Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2021RoseRosa2021RoseRosa2021Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2021Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2021Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense var. incanum2021Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense var. incanum2021Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2021Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2021Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2021Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2021Red FescueFestuca rubra2021Red FescueFestuca rubra2021