Manor Drive Park and recreation area
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
54.24749, -0.79345
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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 Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦83+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Swift +80 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Swift +80 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, 18-spot Ladybird +59 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Tabular Hills WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
The Inn WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Malton to PickeringCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Byway (Malton Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Moors to SeaMountain bike route▾
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Gateway National Recreation Area
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Wildlife to spot
18,853 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
18,853 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Herring Gull · Swift · Jackdaw +35
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- SwiftApus apus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Great TitParus major
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
🦌Mammals6 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Mole · American Mink · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Brown Hare +1
- MoleTalpa europaea
- American MinkNeovison vison2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
- Bat
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
18-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Larch Ladybird · Pine Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird +28
- 18-spot LadybirdMyrrha octodecimguttata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata
- Cream-streaked Ladybird
Bluebell · Dandelion · Cherry · Daisy · Monk's-Hood +2
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana
- DandelionTaraxacum
- CherryPrunus2024
- DaisyBellis perennis2024
- Monk's-HoodAconitum2024
- PrimrosePrimula2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
18,853 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Herring Gull · Swift · Jackdaw +35
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- SwiftApus apus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Great TitParus major
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
🦌Mammals6 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Mole · American Mink · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Brown Hare +1
- MoleTalpa europaea
- American MinkNeovison vison2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
- Bat
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
18-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Larch Ladybird · Pine Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird +28
- 18-spot LadybirdMyrrha octodecimguttata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata
- Cream-streaked Ladybird
Bluebell · Dandelion · Cherry · Daisy · Monk's-Hood +2
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana
- DandelionTaraxacum
- CherryPrunus2024
- DaisyBellis perennis2024
- Monk's-HoodAconitum2024
- PrimrosePrimula2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Chiroptera2025
Chiroptera2025
Harmonia quadripunctata
Harmonia quadripunctata
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaMarginal Sycamore Disc-minerHeterarthrus fioraMarginal Sycamore Disc-minerHeterarthrus fioraHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleScymnus suturalisScymnus suturalisScymnus suturalisScymnus suturalis10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctataKidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatusKidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatusBronze ShieldbugTroilus luridusBronze ShieldbugTroilus luridusOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiFalse Acacia SawflyEuura tibialisFalse Acacia SawflyEuura tibialisElm Mining SawflyFenusa ulmiElm Mining SawflyFenusa ulmiFig GallTetraneura (Tetraneura) ulmiFig GallTetraneura (Tetraneura) ulmiElm-currant AphidEriosoma ulmiElm-currant AphidEriosoma ulmiRed-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornisRed-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornisBirch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctusBirch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctusRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesCommon WaspVespula vulgarisCommon WaspVespula vulgarisEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxHairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipesHairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipesMelinopterus prodromusMelinopterus prodromus2024Melinopterus prodromusMelinopterus prodromus2024Lamprotettix nitidulusLamprotettix nitidulus2024Lamprotettix nitidulusLamprotettix nitidulus2024Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024Limonia nubeculosaLimonia nubeculosa2024Limonia nubeculosaLimonia nubeculosa2024Pavid Willow NematineEuura pavida2024Pavid Willow NematineEuura pavida2024Willow Bean-gallerEuura proxima2024Willow Bean-gallerEuura proxima2024Greater Periwinkle
Greater Periwinkle
Vinca major2024
Vinca major2024