Round barrow 490m north of North Ings
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
54.49550, -1.00037
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Curlew and Lapwing
- ✦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
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Curlew and Lapwing
- ✦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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Curlew, Lapwing, Red Grouse (scotica) +59 more · last seen 2025; Upland heathland — red grouse, merlin and short-eared owl
Free
Birds — Curlew, Lapwing, Red Grouse (scotica) +59 more · last seen 2025; Upland heathland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Common Jelly Spot, Turkeytail, Yellow Brain +117 more · last seen 2016
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small Copper, Small Heath, Peacock +47 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Cleveland StreetWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Tees LinkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Cleveland WayWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointNational walking route
Cleveland WayWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointNational walking route
Esk Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef EVRegional walking route
42 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 165Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 165National Cycle Network
RCN Regional Route 54Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 54Regional cycle route
NCN National Route 168Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 168National Cycle Network
Guisborough LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef GuisboroughLocal cycle route
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 4Cycling route▾
Alternative route of EV12 between Whitby and Brotton following national routes 165 and 168.
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route647 m▾
Named routeRef 168Length 647 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Moors to SeaMountain bike route▾
Guisborough Forest Red RouteMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Red
Guisborough Forest Blue RouteMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Blue
Photos
War Memorial by North Ings Slack
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Wildlife to spot
1,754 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,754 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
springsummer
2025▾
Red Grouse (scotica) · Curlew · Meadow Pipit · Skylark · Woodpigeon +31
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- SwiftApus apus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2021
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2021
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2022▾
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2021
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2021▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Common Hawker · Agapanthia villosoviridescens · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Small Heath · Red Admiral +12
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea2021
- Agapanthia villosoviridescensAgapanthia villosoviridescens
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2021
- Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui
Marsh Thistle · Wavy Hair-Grass · Heather · Bilberry · Bluebell +29
- Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
- Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa2021
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris2021
- BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2021
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2019
- Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,754 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
springsummer
2025▾
Red Grouse (scotica) · Curlew · Meadow Pipit · Skylark · Woodpigeon +31
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- SwiftApus apus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2021
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2021
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2022▾
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2021
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2021▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Common Hawker · Agapanthia villosoviridescens · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Small Heath · Red Admiral +12
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea2021
- Agapanthia villosoviridescensAgapanthia villosoviridescens
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2021
- Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui
Marsh Thistle · Wavy Hair-Grass · Heather · Bilberry · Bluebell +29
- Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
- Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa2021
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris2021
- BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2021
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2019
- Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2019
2019
PeacockAglais io2019PeacockAglais io2019Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019Carabus nitensCarabus nitensCarabus nitensCarabus nitensMarsh Click BeetleActenicerus sjaelandicus2023Marsh Click BeetleActenicerus sjaelandicus2023Plateumaris discolorPlateumaris discolor2023Plateumaris discolorPlateumaris discolor2023Halesus digitatusHalesus digitatus2021Halesus digitatusHalesus digitatus2021Alder ClubhornCimbex connatus2020Alder ClubhornCimbex connatus2020Tachina grossaTachina grossa2020Tachina grossaTachina grossa2020CommaPolygonia c-album2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae20192019
2019
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2019Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2019Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula2019Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula2019Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2019Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2019BeechFagus sylvatica2019BeechFagus sylvatica2019Heath MilkwortPolygala serpyllifolia2019Heath MilkwortPolygala serpyllifolia2019Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2019Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2019False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2019False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2019Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea2019Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea2019GoldenrodSolidago virgaurea2019GoldenrodSolidago virgaurea2019Mat-grassNardus stricta2019Mat-grassNardus stricta2019Marsh VioletViola palustris2019Marsh VioletViola palustris2019Bulbous RushJuncus bulbosus2019Bulbous RushJuncus bulbosus2019ElderSambucus nigra2019ElderSambucus nigra2019BugleAjuga reptans2019BugleAjuga reptans2019YarrowAchillea millefolium2019YarrowAchillea millefolium2019Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis2019Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis2019Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre2019Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre2019Marsh RagwortJacobaea aquatica2019Marsh RagwortJacobaea aquatica2019Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2019Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2019Soft-rushJuncus effusus2019Soft-rushJuncus effusus2019Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2019Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2019Chickweed WintergreenLysimachia europaea2019Chickweed WintergreenLysimachia europaea2019Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2019Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2019Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2019Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2019Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus2019Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus2019Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2019Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2019Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2019Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2019Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2019Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2019