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North Ormsby Abbey

📷 Steve Fareham · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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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 Woodpigeon 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

🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon 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

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Wren, Pheasant +56 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Wren, Pheasant +56 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Small White, Large White, Peacock +25 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Small White, Large White, Peacock +25 more · last seen 2024

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Moderate match

Plants — Hedge Woundwort · last seen 2013; Plants — Hedge Woundwort · last seen 2013

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Greenwich Meridian TrailWalking route440 km

A long-distance walk that follows the line of the Prime Meridian. Inaugurated in 2009, to coincide with the 125th anniversary of the Greenwich Meridian.

Named routeRef GMTLength 440 kmRegional walking route

Silver Lincs WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Wanderlust WayWalking route32 km

Named routeLength 32 kmRound tripLocal walking route

Wildlife to spot

724 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

724 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds42 species

springsummer

2025

Buzzard · Goldfinch · Chaffinch · Wren · Dunnock +37

BuzzardButeo buteo
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
RavenCorvus corax2024
MagpiePica pica2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
SwiftApus apus2023
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
Common GullLarus canus
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
Great TitParus major2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
Rock DoveColumba livia2023

🐝

Insects13 species

summer

2024

Small White · Large White · Red Admiral · Green-veined White · Painted Lady +8

Small WhitePieris rapae2018
Large WhitePieris brassicae2018
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2018
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2018
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2017
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2017
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2017
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2017
PeacockAglais io2017
Portevinia maculataPortevinia maculata
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2017
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2017
CommaPolygonia c-album2017

🌿

Plants89 species

spring

2019

Slender Speedwell · Lesser Celandine · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Giant Lombardy-Poplar · Good King Henry +84

Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2017
Giant Lombardy-PoplarPopulus nigra 'Gigantea'
Good King HenryBlitum bonus-henricus2018
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2017
Rosa caninaRosa canina2017
DaisyBellis perennis2017
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2017
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2017
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2017
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2017
AlderAlnus glutinosa2017
AppleMalus domestica2017
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2017
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2017
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2017
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2017
RamsonsAllium ursinum2017
Upright BromeBromopsis erecta2017
Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2017
Hybrid Black-poplarPopulus deltoides x nigra = P. x canadensis2017
Common NettleUrtica dioica2017
White CloverTrifolium repens2017
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2017
Red CampionSilene dioica2017
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2017
HemlockConium maculatum2017
ColtsfootTussilago farfara2017
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2017
Greater PlantainPlantago major2017
Grey WillowSalix cinerea subsp. cinerea2017
Red FescueFestuca rubra2017
Wood DockRumex sanguineus2017
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2017
RowanSorbus aucuparia2017
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2017
Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides2017
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2017
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2017
Norway MapleAcer platanoides2017
CowslipPrimula veris2017
AshFraxinus excelsior2017
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2017
Square-stalked WillowherbEpilobium tetragonum2017
Lesser / Wood BurdockArctium minus2017
BugleAjuga reptans2017
Oil-seed RapeBrassica napus subsp. oleifera2017
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2017
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2017
Field Penny-cressThlaspi arvense2017
Black-poplarPopulus nigra subsp. betulifolia2017
Salix fragilisSalix fragilis2017
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2017
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2017
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus2017
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2017
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2017
White Dead-nettleLamium album2017
Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana2017
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2017
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2017
WeldReseda luteola2017
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2017
Swedish WhitebeamSorbus intermedia2017
Curled DockRumex crispus2017
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2017
Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum2017
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2017
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2017
Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata2017
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2017
Wild CherryPrunus avium2017
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2017
Scots PinePinus sylvestris2017
Lodgepole PinePinus contorta2017
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2017
Bird CherryPrunus padus2017
ElderSambucus nigra2017
CleaversGalium aparine2017
Heath False-bromeBrachypodium pinnatum2017
CharlockSinapis arvensis2017
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2017
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2017
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2017
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2017
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2017
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2017
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2017

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

724 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds42 species

springsummer

2025

Buzzard · Goldfinch · Chaffinch · Wren · Dunnock +37

BuzzardButeo buteo
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
RavenCorvus corax2024
MagpiePica pica2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
SwiftApus apus2023
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
Common GullLarus canus
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
Great TitParus major2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
Rock DoveColumba livia2023

🐝

Insects13 species

summer

2024

Small White · Large White · Red Admiral · Green-veined White · Painted Lady +8

Small WhitePieris rapae2018
Large WhitePieris brassicae2018
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2018
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2018
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2017
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2017
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2017
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2017
PeacockAglais io2017
Portevinia maculataPortevinia maculata
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2017
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2017
CommaPolygonia c-album2017

🌿

Plants89 species

spring

2019

Slender Speedwell · Lesser Celandine · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Giant Lombardy-Poplar · Good King Henry +84

Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2017
Giant Lombardy-PoplarPopulus nigra 'Gigantea'
Good King HenryBlitum bonus-henricus2018
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2017
Rosa caninaRosa canina2017
DaisyBellis perennis2017
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2017
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2017
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2017
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2017
AlderAlnus glutinosa2017
AppleMalus domestica2017
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2017
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2017
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2017
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2017
RamsonsAllium ursinum2017
Upright BromeBromopsis erecta2017
Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2017
Hybrid Black-poplarPopulus deltoides x nigra = P. x canadensis2017
Common NettleUrtica dioica2017
White CloverTrifolium repens2017
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2017
Red CampionSilene dioica2017
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2017
HemlockConium maculatum2017
ColtsfootTussilago farfara2017
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2017
Greater PlantainPlantago major2017
Grey WillowSalix cinerea subsp. cinerea2017
Red FescueFestuca rubra2017
Wood DockRumex sanguineus2017
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2017
RowanSorbus aucuparia2017
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2017
Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides2017
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2017
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2017
Norway MapleAcer platanoides2017
CowslipPrimula veris2017
AshFraxinus excelsior2017
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2017
Square-stalked WillowherbEpilobium tetragonum2017
Lesser / Wood BurdockArctium minus2017
BugleAjuga reptans2017
Oil-seed RapeBrassica napus subsp. oleifera2017
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2017
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2017
Field Penny-cressThlaspi arvense2017
Black-poplarPopulus nigra subsp. betulifolia2017
Salix fragilisSalix fragilis2017
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2017
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2017
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus2017
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2017
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2017
White Dead-nettleLamium album2017
Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana2017
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2017
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2017
WeldReseda luteola2017
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2017
Swedish WhitebeamSorbus intermedia2017
Curled DockRumex crispus2017
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2017
Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum2017
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2017
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2017
Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata2017
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2017
Wild CherryPrunus avium2017
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2017
Scots PinePinus sylvestris2017
Lodgepole PinePinus contorta2017
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2017
Bird CherryPrunus padus2017
ElderSambucus nigra2017
CleaversGalium aparine2017
Heath False-bromeBrachypodium pinnatum2017
CharlockSinapis arvensis2017
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2017
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2017
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2017
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2017
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2017
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2017
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2017

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Steve Fareham · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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