Moated site W of Paget Hall
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.98001, -2.10728
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Mallard
- ✦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
- 🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Mallard
- ✦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 — Mute Swan, Mallard, Grey Heron +77 more · last seen 2025
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Mute Swan, Mallard, Grey Heron +77 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Phyllobius glaucus, Banded Demoiselle +31 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Cow Parsley, Common Nettle, Meadow Vetchling +147 more · last seen 2026
Free
Named hiking route nearby: Pennine Way (Ickornshaw to Malham); Named hiking route nearby: Pennine Way (Ickornshaw to Malham)
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 13 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Pennine Way (Ickornshaw to Malham)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Airedale WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking 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
Mosber Lanepublic footpath · 159 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 159 mSurface concretePath type: track
Riversidepublic footpath · 50 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 50 mPath type: residential
Mosber Lanepublic footpath · 277 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 277 mPath type: track
20 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Yorkshire Dales CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef YDCRegional cycle route
Way of the Roses Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WoRNational Cycle Network
NCN Cycle Route 688Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 688National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 68Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route158 m▾
Named routeRef 68Length 158 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
4,211 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,211 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Mute Swan · Grey Heron · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow +40
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Common GullLarus canus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- SwiftApus apus
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
Brown Hare · Roe Deer
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Rhagium mordax · Dasysyrphus albostriatus · Eupeodes · Cheilosia illustrata · Black Snipefly +2
- Rhagium mordaxRhagium mordax
- Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2025
- EupeodesEupeodes2025
- Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2025
- Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2025
- Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi
Common Nettle · Cow Parsley · Meadow Vetchling · Creeping Buttercup · Creeping Thistle +31
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025
- Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
- Curled Dock / Broad-leaved Dock
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,211 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Mute Swan · Grey Heron · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow +40
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Common GullLarus canus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- SwiftApus apus
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
Brown Hare · Roe Deer
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Rhagium mordax · Dasysyrphus albostriatus · Eupeodes · Cheilosia illustrata · Black Snipefly +2
- Rhagium mordaxRhagium mordax
- Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2025
- EupeodesEupeodes2025
- Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2025
- Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2025
- Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi
Common Nettle · Cow Parsley · Meadow Vetchling · Creeping Buttercup · Creeping Thistle +31
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025
- Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
- Curled Dock / Broad-leaved Dock
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Tipula maximaTipula maxima2025Tipula maximaTipula maxima2025Rumex crispus/obtusifolius2025
Rumex crispus/obtusifolius2025
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2025Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2025Common SorrelRumex acetosa2025Common SorrelRumex acetosa2025Bush VetchVicia sepium2025Bush VetchVicia sepium2025Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025Pea BryumBryum ruderalePea BryumBryum ruderaleFallacious Beard-mossDidymodon fallaxFallacious Beard-mossDidymodon fallaxPalmate GermanderwortRiccardia palmataPalmate GermanderwortRiccardia palmataMany-flowered LeskeaPylaisia polyanthaMany-flowered LeskeaPylaisia polyanthaHeath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicumHeath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicumWood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2025Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2025Green Pocket-mossFissidens viridulus2025Green Pocket-mossFissidens viridulus2025Curly Crisp-mossTrichostomum crispulum2025Curly Crisp-mossTrichostomum crispulum2025Common Aloe-mossAloina aloides2025Common Aloe-mossAloina aloides2025Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum2025Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum2025White-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanum2025White-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanum2025Reed Sweet-grassGlyceria maxima2025Reed Sweet-grassGlyceria maxima2025Hard Rush / Soft Rush / Compact RushJuncus inflexus/effusus/conglomeratus2025Hard Rush / Soft Rush / Compact RushJuncus inflexus/effusus/conglomeratus2025Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare2025Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera2025Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera2025MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025CleaversGalium aparine2025CleaversGalium aparine2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025SilverweedPotentilla anserina2025SilverweedPotentilla anserina2025Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum2025Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum2025Events & activities nearby
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