Moot Hill motte and bailey castle, and site of a medieval moated manor
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
54.01051, -0.43936
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦99+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and House Martin
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 154m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦99+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and House Martin
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 154m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, House Martin, Jackdaw +96 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, House Martin, Jackdaw +96 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Migrant Hawker, Long-winged Cone-head, Common Green Grasshopper +24 more · last seen 2025
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km34 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 route115 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 115 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Long Lanebridleway · 1.3 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 1.3 kmPath type: track
Photos
Remembrance Gardens, Driffield
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
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Wildlife to spot
28,923 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
28,923 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Dunnock · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Robin · Little Grebe +44
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
🦌Mammals4 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Mole · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Hedgehog
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Horse Chestnut Scale Insect · Chionaspis salicis · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Viburnum Scale · Polyphagous Tree Mealybug +3
- Horse Chestnut Scale InsectPulvinaria regalis
- Chionaspis salicisChionaspis salicis
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Viburnum ScaleLichtensia viburni
- Polyphagous Tree MealybugPhenacoccus aceris
- Mussel ScaleLepidosaphes ulmi
- Lindbergina aurovittata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
28,923 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Dunnock · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Robin · Little Grebe +44
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
🦌Mammals4 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Mole · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Hedgehog
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Horse Chestnut Scale Insect · Chionaspis salicis · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Viburnum Scale · Polyphagous Tree Mealybug +3
- Horse Chestnut Scale InsectPulvinaria regalis
- Chionaspis salicisChionaspis salicis
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Viburnum ScaleLichtensia viburni
- Polyphagous Tree MealybugPhenacoccus aceris
- Mussel ScaleLepidosaphes ulmi
- Lindbergina aurovittata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Lindbergina aurovittata
Lindbergina aurovittata
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