Nine round barrows SE of Arras Cottages
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Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
53.86118, -0.58955
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦50+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Barn Owl and Wren
- ✦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
- 🐦50+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Barn Owl and Wren
- ✦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 — Barn Owl, Wren, Woodpigeon +47 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Barn Owl, Wren, Woodpigeon +47 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Ringlet, Meadow Brown, Green-veined White +32 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Moderate match
Plants — Danish Scurvygrass, Snowdrop · last seen 2015
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Yorkshire Wolds WayWalking route127 km▾
Named routeLength 127 kmNational walking route
Wilberforce WayWalking route97 km▾
Named routeLength 97 kmRegional walking route
High Hunsley CircuitWalking route39 km▾
Named routeLength 39 kmLocal walking route
25 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network
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
NCN National Route 164 (south)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 164National Cycle Network
NCN 1 Humber to TeesCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Hudson WayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
798 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
798 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
springsummer
2026▾
Barn Owl · Robin · Woodpigeon · Chaffinch · Yellowhammer +33
- Barn OwlTyto alba2022
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2021
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
- JackdawColoeus monedula2021
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2021
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2021
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2021
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2020
- Great TitParus major2020
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2020
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2020
- MagpiePica pica2020
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2020
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2020
- DunnockPrunella modularis2020
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2020
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2019
Mole · Weasel · Roe Deer · Badger · Rabbit +1
- MoleTalpa europaea2019
- WeaselMustela nivalis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2019
- BadgerMeles meles2019
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2019
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2019
🐝Insects3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Limnephilus auricula · Sphaerophoria scripta · Cinnabar
- Limnephilus auriculaLimnephilus auricula
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2023
- CinnabarTyria jacobaeae2019
Sweet-flag · Welted Thistle · Early Goldenrod · Beech · Norway Spruce +103
- Sweet-flagAcorus calamus
- Welted ThistleCarduus crispus2023
- Early GoldenrodSolidago gigantea2023
- BeechFagus sylvatica2019
- Norway SprucePicea abies2019
- PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2019
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
798 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
springsummer
2026▾
Barn Owl · Robin · Woodpigeon · Chaffinch · Yellowhammer +33
- Barn OwlTyto alba2022
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2021
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
- JackdawColoeus monedula2021
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2021
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2021
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2021
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2020
- Great TitParus major2020
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2020
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2020
- MagpiePica pica2020
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2020
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2020
- DunnockPrunella modularis2020
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2020
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2019
Mole · Weasel · Roe Deer · Badger · Rabbit +1
- MoleTalpa europaea2019
- WeaselMustela nivalis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2019
- BadgerMeles meles2019
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2019
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2019
🐝Insects3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Limnephilus auricula · Sphaerophoria scripta · Cinnabar
- Limnephilus auriculaLimnephilus auricula
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2023
- CinnabarTyria jacobaeae2019
Sweet-flag · Welted Thistle · Early Goldenrod · Beech · Norway Spruce +103
- Sweet-flagAcorus calamus
- Welted ThistleCarduus crispus2023
- Early GoldenrodSolidago gigantea2023
- BeechFagus sylvatica2019
- Norway SprucePicea abies2019
- PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2019
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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