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🧺Picnic🦅Birds🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
54.24649, -0.78159
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦81+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Swift
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Mulberries — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦81+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Swift
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Mulberries — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🧺Picnic spot🚻Toilets
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Swift, Blackbird +78 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Swift, Blackbird +78 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, 18-spot Ladybird +72 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Giant Hogweed, Japanese Knotweed +25 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Tabular Hills WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
The Inn WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Malton to PickeringCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Byway (Malton Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Moors to SeaMountain bike route▾
6 public paths nearby
Public paths
Wells Walkbyway open to all traffic · 88 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 88 mSurface groundPath type: track
Wells Walkbyway open to all traffic · 52 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 52 mPath type: service
Photos
Potter Hill, Pickering, from Bridge Street
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Wildlife to spot
19,658 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
19,658 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Herring Gull · Swift · Rock Dove +34
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- SwiftApus apus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great TitParus major
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
🦌Mammals6 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Mole · American Mink · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Bat +1
- MoleTalpa europaea
- American MinkNeovison vison2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
- BatChiroptera2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects37 species
springautumn
2025▾
18-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Larch Ladybird · Pine Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird +32
- 18-spot LadybirdMyrrha octodecimguttata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata
Dewberry · Bluebell · Dandelion · Monk's-Hood · Primrose +2
- DewberryRubus caesius
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Monk's-HoodAconitum2024
- PrimrosePrimula2024
- CherryPrunus2024
- Daisy
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
19,658 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Herring Gull · Swift · Rock Dove +34
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- SwiftApus apus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great TitParus major
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
🦌Mammals6 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Mole · American Mink · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Bat +1
- MoleTalpa europaea
- American MinkNeovison vison2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
- BatChiroptera2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects37 species
springautumn
2025▾
18-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Larch Ladybird · Pine Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird +32
- 18-spot LadybirdMyrrha octodecimguttata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata
Dewberry · Bluebell · Dandelion · Monk's-Hood · Primrose +2
- DewberryRubus caesius
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Monk's-HoodAconitum2024
- PrimrosePrimula2024
- CherryPrunus2024
- Daisy
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisCream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctataCream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctataGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaMarginal Sycamore Disc-minerHeterarthrus fioraMarginal Sycamore Disc-minerHeterarthrus fioraOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleScymnus suturalisScymnus suturalisScymnus suturalisScymnus suturalis10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctataKidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatusKidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatusBronze ShieldbugTroilus luridusBronze ShieldbugTroilus luridusCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiFerdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cupreaHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusElm-currant AphidEriosoma ulmiElm-currant AphidEriosoma ulmiFalse Acacia SawflyEuura tibialisFalse Acacia SawflyEuura tibialisElm Mining SawflyFenusa ulmiElm Mining SawflyFenusa ulmiFig GallTetraneura (Tetraneura) ulmiFig GallTetraneura (Tetraneura) ulmiRed-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornisRed-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornisLeucozona lucorumLeucozona lucorumLeucozona lucorumLeucozona lucorumPlatycheirusPlatycheirusPlatycheirusPlatycheirusHairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipesHairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipesBirch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctusBirch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctusRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesCommon WaspVespula vulgarisCommon WaspVespula vulgarisEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxLamprotettix nitidulusLamprotettix nitidulus2024Lamprotettix nitidulusLamprotettix nitidulus2024Melinopterus prodromusMelinopterus prodromus2024Melinopterus prodromusMelinopterus prodromus2024Apple Fruit-borerHoplocampa testudinea2024Apple Fruit-borerHoplocampa testudinea2024Willow Flea BeetleCrepidodera aurata2024Willow Flea BeetleCrepidodera aurata2024Bellis perennis2024
Bellis perennis2024