Plan your visit
🦅Birds🐄Farms🦉Wildlife
Public accessPaid entryDogs welcome
Getting here
54.11750, -0.92373
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Redwing and Gadwall
- 🐄Summer visits here combine well with a walk along nearby trails — the animals are most active in the morning.
- ☕The Arboretum Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Redwing and Gadwall
- 🐄Summer visits here combine well with a walk along nearby trails — the animals are most active in the morning.
- ☕The Arboretum Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
☕Café🅿️Parking🚻Toilets🐄Farm visit
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Redwing, Gadwall, Mallard +72 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🐄Farm visits
Very strong match
Farm attraction
Varies
Birds — Redwing, Gadwall, Mallard +72 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Cape Thread-moss, Elegant Bristle-moss, Blunt-fruited Pottia +22 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Centenary WayWalking route134 km▾
Named routeLength 134 kmRegional walking route
Ebor WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 166Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 166National Cycle Network
National Byway (Yorkshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Yorkshire Wolds Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripNational Cycle Network
NCN National Route 167Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 167National Cycle Network
National Byway (Malton Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.7 km▾
Named routeRef 167Length 1.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
Red squirrel, Yorkshire Arboretum
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
25,125 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
25,125 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGadwall · Siskin · Great Tit · Carrion Crow · Tufted Duck +48
- GadwallMareca strepera
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Roe Deer · Mole
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MoleTalpa europaea
🐸Amphibians1 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Toad
Willow Emerald Damselfly
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
Cape Thread-moss · Elegant Bristle-moss · Common Crystalwort · Blunt-fruited Pottia · Lesser Screw-moss +20
- Cape Thread-mossOrthodontium lineare
- Elegant Bristle-mossOrthotrichum pulchellum
- Common CrystalwortRiccia sorocarpa
- Blunt-fruited PottiaTortula caucasica
- Lesser Screw-mossSyntrichia virescens
- Awl-leaved Earth-mossPleuridium subulatum
- Frizzled Pincushion
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
25,125 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGadwall · Siskin · Great Tit · Carrion Crow · Tufted Duck +48
- GadwallMareca strepera
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Roe Deer · Mole
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MoleTalpa europaea
🐸Amphibians1 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Toad
Willow Emerald Damselfly
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
Cape Thread-moss · Elegant Bristle-moss · Common Crystalwort · Blunt-fruited Pottia · Lesser Screw-moss +20
- Cape Thread-mossOrthodontium lineare
- Elegant Bristle-mossOrthotrichum pulchellum
- Common CrystalwortRiccia sorocarpa
- Blunt-fruited PottiaTortula caucasica
- Lesser Screw-mossSyntrichia virescens
- Awl-leaved Earth-mossPleuridium subulatum
- Frizzled Pincushion
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Plenogemma phyllantha
Plenogemma phyllantha
Marble Screw-mossSyntrichia papillosaMarble Screw-mossSyntrichia papillosaBruch's PincushionUlota bruchiiBruch's PincushionUlota bruchiiSwan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornumSwan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornumDune Thread-mossBryum dichotomumDune Thread-mossBryum dichotomumJuniper HaircapPolytrichum juniperinumJuniper HaircapPolytrichum juniperinumGreen Yoke-mossZygodon viridissimusGreen Yoke-mossZygodon viridissimusSilver-mossBryum argenteumSilver-mossBryum argenteumHooded Bristle-mossOrthotrichum cupulatumHooded Bristle-mossOrthotrichum cupulatumGreat Hairy Screw-mossSyntrichia ruralisGreat Hairy Screw-mossSyntrichia ruralisSand-hill Screw-mossSyntrichia ruraliformisSand-hill Screw-mossSyntrichia ruraliformisSilky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromallaSilky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromallaGreen Pocket-mossFissidens viridulusGreen Pocket-mossFissidens viridulusNeat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purumNeat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purumSmall Hairy Screw-mossSyntrichia laevipilaSmall Hairy Screw-mossSyntrichia laevipilaFragile Fork-mossDicranum tauricumFragile Fork-mossDicranum tauricumShaw's Bristle-mossLewinskya striataShaw's Bristle-mossLewinskya striataWhite-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanumWhite-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanumRevolute Beard-mossPseudocrossidium revolutumRevolute Beard-mossPseudocrossidium revolutumEvents & activities nearby
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