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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessDogs welcome
Getting here
54.03485, -2.20016
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Skylark
- ✦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
- 🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Skylark
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Carrion Crow, Skylark, Meadow Pipit +53 more · last seen 2025
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Carrion Crow, Skylark, Meadow Pipit +53 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small Heath, Meadow Brown, Ringlet +12 more · last seen 2019
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Good match
Historic site with public access
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Ribble WayWalking route114 km▾
The Ribble Way follows the valley of the River Ribble from the mouth to the source near to the Pennine Way National Trail on Gayle Moor.
Named routeLength 114 kmRegional walking route
Settle LoopWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Pennine Way (Ickornshaw to Malham)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Pennine Way (Malham to Horton in Ribblesdale)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Airedale WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Orms Gill Green Lanepublic footpath · 297 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 297 mPath type: service
19 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
National Byway Trans-Pennine SpurCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Yorkshire Dales CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef YDCRegional cycle route
Way of the Roses Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WoRNational Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route240 m▾
Named routeRef 68Length 240 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route64 m▾
Named routeRef 68Length 64 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Great North Trail (Yorkshire Dales)Mountain bike route172.2 km▾
Named routeLength 172.2 km
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
1,077 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,077 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBarn Owl · Carrion Crow · Skylark · Snipe · Kestrel +24
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2021
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
- CurlewNumenius arquata2021
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2021
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2021
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2023
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2022
- RavenCorvus corax2022
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2021
- MagpiePica pica2021
- SwallowHirundo rustica2021
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2020
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2020
- RookCorvus frugilegus2020
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2020
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2020
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2020
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2019
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2021▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Small Heath · Meadow Brown · Ringlet · Painted Lady · Small Skipper +6
- Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui
- Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
Rubus pruinosus · Betony · Welsh Poppy · Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum · Silver Birch +26
- Rubus pruinosusRubus pruinosus2017
- BetonyBetonica officinalis
- Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum
- Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum
- Silver BirchBetula pendula2018
- Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,077 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBarn Owl · Carrion Crow · Skylark · Snipe · Kestrel +24
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2021
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
- CurlewNumenius arquata2021
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2021
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2021
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2023
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2022
- RavenCorvus corax2022
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2021
- MagpiePica pica2021
- SwallowHirundo rustica2021
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2020
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2020
- RookCorvus frugilegus2020
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2020
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2020
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2020
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2019
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2021▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Small Heath · Meadow Brown · Ringlet · Painted Lady · Small Skipper +6
- Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui
- Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
Rubus pruinosus · Betony · Welsh Poppy · Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum · Silver Birch +26
- Rubus pruinosusRubus pruinosus2017
- BetonyBetonica officinalis
- Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum
- Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum
- Silver BirchBetula pendula2018
- Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2018
2018
Common Water-starwortCallitriche stagnalis2018Common Water-starwortCallitriche stagnalis2018Sessile OakQuercus petraea2018Sessile OakQuercus petraea2018PolypodyPolypodium vulgare2018PolypodyPolypodium vulgare2018Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2017Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2017Zigzag CloverTrifolium medium2017Zigzag CloverTrifolium medium2017Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2017Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2017Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis2017Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis2017Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2017Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2017CrosswortCruciata laevipes2017CrosswortCruciata laevipes2017Amphibious BistortPersicaria amphibia2017Amphibious BistortPersicaria amphibia2017SilverweedPotentilla anserina2017SilverweedPotentilla anserina2017Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2017Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2017Early GoldenrodSolidago gigantea2017Early GoldenrodSolidago gigantea2017Rubus eboracensisRubus eboracensis2017Rubus eboracensisRubus eboracensis2017BlackthornPrunus spinosa2017BlackthornPrunus spinosa2017TormentilPotentilla erecta2017TormentilPotentilla erecta2017Water AvensGeum rivale2017Water AvensGeum rivale2017Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2017Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2017Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2017Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2017Soft-rushJuncus effusus2017Soft-rushJuncus effusus2017HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2017HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2017Common Yellow-sedgeCarex demissa2017Common Yellow-sedgeCarex demissa2017Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata2017Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata2017Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2017Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2017Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2017Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2017