Round barrow known as Burn Howe
0 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
54.37972, -0.59716
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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 Meadow Pipit 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 Meadow Pipit 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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Meadow Pipit, Skylark, Woodpigeon +53 more · last seen 2025; Upland heathland — red grouse, merlin and short-eared owl
Free
Birds — Meadow Pipit, Skylark, Woodpigeon +53 more · last seen 2025; Upland heathland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Keeled Skimmer, Small Heath +108 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bog Asphodel, Round-leaved Sundew, Bog-myrtle +178 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Cleveland WayWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointNational walking route
Lyke Wake WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Filey Brigg to North GareWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Coast to Coast Walk (Richmond to Robin Hood’s Bay)Walking route▾
Named routeRef C2CRegional walking route
North Sea Trail, EnglandWalking route▾
Named routeRef NSInternational walking route
6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 3Cycling route▾
Lincoln - Whitby
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
NCN 1 Humber to TeesCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.9 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 1.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route2.3 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 2.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route1.7 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 1.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Moors to SeaMountain bike route▾
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
1,111 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,111 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
springsummer
2025▾
Skylark · Mistle Thrush · Meadow Pipit · Wren · Woodpigeon +32
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- SwiftApus apus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Roe Deer · Red Fox
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🦎Reptiles3 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Common Lizard · Slow-worm · Adder
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- AdderVipera berus2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Bog Bush-cricket · Common Green Grasshopper · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Keeled Skimmer · Meadow Grasshopper +5
- Bog Bush-cricketMetrioptera brachyptera
- Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2024
- Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2024
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2024
- Mottled GrasshopperMyrmeleotettix maculatus
Bog-myrtle · Bog Asphodel · Wild Angelica · Round-leaved Sundew · Heath Speedwell +20
- Bog-myrtleMyrica gale
- Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum
- Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
- Round-leaved SundewDrosera rotundifolia
- Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis
- Blunt-leaved Bog-mossSphagnum palustre
- SneezewortAchillea ptarmica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,111 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
springsummer
2025▾
Skylark · Mistle Thrush · Meadow Pipit · Wren · Woodpigeon +32
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- SwiftApus apus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Roe Deer · Red Fox
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🦎Reptiles3 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Common Lizard · Slow-worm · Adder
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- AdderVipera berus2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Bog Bush-cricket · Common Green Grasshopper · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Keeled Skimmer · Meadow Grasshopper +5
- Bog Bush-cricketMetrioptera brachyptera
- Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2024
- Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2024
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2024
- Mottled GrasshopperMyrmeleotettix maculatus
Bog-myrtle · Bog Asphodel · Wild Angelica · Round-leaved Sundew · Heath Speedwell +20
- Bog-myrtleMyrica gale
- Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum
- Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
- Round-leaved SundewDrosera rotundifolia
- Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis
- Blunt-leaved Bog-mossSphagnum palustre
- SneezewortAchillea ptarmica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
