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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out

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🐕Dogs welcome

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5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

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Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Greylag Goose +65 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Greylag Goose +65 more · last seen 2025

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Small White, Holly Blue, Large White +43 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small White, Holly Blue, Large White +43 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Moderate match

Plants — Japanese Knotweed · last seen 2023; Plants — Japanese Knotweed · last seen 2023

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

King Charles III England Coast Path: Humber Bridge to EasingtonWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

Trans-Pennine Trail (Hull to HornseaWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

European long distance path E8 - part NetherlandsWalking route

Named routeRef E8International walking route

🚴

Cycling

12 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Byway (Yorkshire)Cycling route

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

The White Rose Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef 65National Cycle Network

National Byway (Holderness Loop)Cycling route

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Trans Pennine TrailCycling route

Named routeRef TPTNational Cycle Network

South Holderness Rail TrailCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Hornsea Rail TrailCycling route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

4,441 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,441 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds71 species

springautumnwinter

2025

Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Greylag Goose · Robin · Magpie +66

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Greylag GooseAnser anser
RobinErithacus rubecula
MagpiePica pica
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
DunnockPrunella modularis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
JackdawColoeus monedula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Great TitParus major
Herring GullLarus argentatus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Common GullLarus canus
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
SwiftApus apus2022
GreenfinchChloris chloris
CurlewNumenius arquata
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Rock DoveColumba livia
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Coal TitPeriparus ater
RookCorvus frugilegus
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2023
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
TealAnas crecca2023
Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2022
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Water RailRallus aquaticus2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
Barn OwlTyto alba2023
CuckooCuculus canorus2023
Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2022
DunlinCalidris alpina2022
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
RedshankTringa totanus2022
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2022
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2020
House MartinDelichon urbicum2020
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2019
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2019
SwallowHirundo rustica2019

🦌

Mammals6 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Hedgehog · Roe Deer · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Mole +1

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
MoleTalpa europaea
Brown HareLepus europaeus2023

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2020

Grass Snake

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica

🐸

Amphibians2 species

summer

2023

Common Frog · Common Toad

Common FrogRana temporaria
Common ToadBufo bufo2022

🐝

Insects46 species

summerautumn

2025

Small White · Holly Blue · Large White · Peacock · Small Tortoiseshell +41

Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
PeacockAglais io2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2018
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2024
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Back-SwimmerNotonecta2023
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2023
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2020
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2019
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2019
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2018
Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2018
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus2024
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2024
Endomychus coccineusEndomychus coccineus2024
Black-horned GemMicrochrysa polita2024
Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2023
Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2023
HornetVespa crabro2023
PondskaterGerris2023
Xylota sylvarumXylota sylvarum2023
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2023
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2022
AnthomyiaAnthomyia2021
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2021
Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae2020
Twin-lobed DeerflyChrysops relictus2020
Metoecus paradoxusMetoecus paradoxus2020
Parent BugElasmucha grisea2020
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2020
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2020
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2019
Red UnderwingCatocala nupta2018
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2018

🌿

Plants4 species

summer

2023

Japanese Knotweed · Knotgrass · Guernsey Fleabane · Black Mustard

Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2019
Guernsey FleabaneErigeron sumatrensis2019
Black MustardBrassica nigra2019

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,441 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds71 species

springautumnwinter

2025

Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Greylag Goose · Robin · Magpie +66

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Greylag GooseAnser anser
RobinErithacus rubecula
MagpiePica pica
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
DunnockPrunella modularis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
JackdawColoeus monedula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Great TitParus major
Herring GullLarus argentatus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Common GullLarus canus
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
SwiftApus apus2022
GreenfinchChloris chloris
CurlewNumenius arquata
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Rock DoveColumba livia
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Coal TitPeriparus ater
RookCorvus frugilegus
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2023
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
TealAnas crecca2023
Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2022
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Water RailRallus aquaticus2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
Barn OwlTyto alba2023
CuckooCuculus canorus2023
Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2022
DunlinCalidris alpina2022
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
RedshankTringa totanus2022
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2022
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2020
House MartinDelichon urbicum2020
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2019
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2019
SwallowHirundo rustica2019

🦌

Mammals6 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Hedgehog · Roe Deer · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Mole +1

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
MoleTalpa europaea
Brown HareLepus europaeus2023

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2020

Grass Snake

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica

🐸

Amphibians2 species

summer

2023

Common Frog · Common Toad

Common FrogRana temporaria
Common ToadBufo bufo2022

🐝

Insects46 species

summerautumn

2025

Small White · Holly Blue · Large White · Peacock · Small Tortoiseshell +41

Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
PeacockAglais io2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2018
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2024
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Back-SwimmerNotonecta2023
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2023
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2020
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2019
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2019
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2018
Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2018
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus2024
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2024
Endomychus coccineusEndomychus coccineus2024
Black-horned GemMicrochrysa polita2024
Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2023
Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2023
HornetVespa crabro2023
PondskaterGerris2023
Xylota sylvarumXylota sylvarum2023
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2023
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2022
AnthomyiaAnthomyia2021
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2021
Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae2020
Twin-lobed DeerflyChrysops relictus2020
Metoecus paradoxusMetoecus paradoxus2020
Parent BugElasmucha grisea2020
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2020
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2020
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2019
Red UnderwingCatocala nupta2018
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2018

🌿

Plants4 species

summer

2023

Japanese Knotweed · Knotgrass · Guernsey Fleabane · Black Mustard

Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2019
Guernsey FleabaneErigeron sumatrensis2019
Black MustardBrassica nigra2019

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 JThomas · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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