Ruined Church of St Andrew
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
Dogs welcome
Places › England › Yorkshire and the Humber › York Getting here
53.92234, -1.09123
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting ☕ Café on site — a good base for a longer summer day out 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting ☕ Café on site — a good base for a longer summer day out 🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Free
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +71 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +71 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Syrphus, Tansy Beetle, 7-spot Ladybird +91 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Syrphus, Tansy Beetle, 7-spot Ladybird +91 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Pointed Spear-moss, Rough-stalked Feather-moss, Common Feather-moss +15 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Pointed Spear-moss, Rough-stalked Feather-moss, Common Feather-moss +15 more · last seen 2026
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 11 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Centenary Way Walking route 134 km ▾
Named route Length 134 km Regional walking route
Show on map Ebor Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Foss Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Millennium Way Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Jorvic Way Walking route 104 km ▾
Named route Length 104 km Regional walking route
Show on map 122 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 66 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 66 National Cycle Network
Show on map The White Rose Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 65 National Cycle Network
Show on map Way of the Roses Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref WoR National Cycle Network
Show on map NCN National Route 665 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 665 National Cycle Network
Show on map NCN National Route 658 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 658 National Cycle Network
Show on map Solar System Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
36,268 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 36,268 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 50 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Robin · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Jackdaw +45
Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Great Tit Parus major Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 🦌 Mammals 3 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Otter · Mole · Roe Deer
Otter Lutra lutra Mole Talpa europaea Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Trioza centranthi · Harlequin Ladybird · Red-tailed Bumblebee · 7-spot Ladybird · Southern Oak Bush-cricket +1
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi2025 Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025 Hornet Vespa crabro Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Common Feather-moss · Crescent-cup Liverwort · Springy Turf-moss · Wood Bristle-moss +5
Rough-stalked Feather-moss Brachythecium rutabulum Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata2025 Springy Turf-moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus2025 Wood Bristle-moss Lewinskya affinis Water Screw-moss Syntrichia latifolia Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 36,268 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 50 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Robin · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Jackdaw +45
Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Great Tit Parus major Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 🦌 Mammals 3 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Otter · Mole · Roe Deer
Otter Lutra lutra Mole Talpa europaea Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Trioza centranthi · Harlequin Ladybird · Red-tailed Bumblebee · 7-spot Ladybird · Southern Oak Bush-cricket +1
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi2025 Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025 Hornet Vespa crabro Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Common Feather-moss · Crescent-cup Liverwort · Springy Turf-moss · Wood Bristle-moss +5
Rough-stalked Feather-moss Brachythecium rutabulum Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata2025 Springy Turf-moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus2025 Wood Bristle-moss Lewinskya affinis Water Screw-moss Syntrichia latifolia Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Anomalous Bristle-moss Orthotrichum anomalum2025
Anomalous Bristle-moss Orthotrichum anomalum2025
Neat Feather-moss Pseudoscleropodium purum2025
Neat Feather-moss Pseudoscleropodium purum2025
Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata2025
Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata2025
Pointed Spear-moss Calliergonella cuspidata2025
Pointed Spear-moss Calliergonella cuspidata2025 