Sections of linear boundary dyke in Harper Dale and Holm Dale, north east of Horsedale Plantation
11 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome11 ha
Getting here
54.00933, -0.65575
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon 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
- 🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon 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 — Woodpigeon, Skylark, Carrion Crow +56 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Skylark, Carrion Crow +56 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Small Heath, Ringlet, Marbled White +31 more · last seen 2022
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Mouse-ear, Common Nettle, Rough Meadow-grass +161 more · last seen 2026
Free
Named hiking route nearby: Yorkshire Wolds Way; Named hiking route nearby: Yorkshire Wolds Way
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Centenary WayWalking route134 km▾
Named routeLength 134 kmRegional walking route
Yorkshire Wolds WayWalking route127 km▾
Named routeLength 127 kmNational walking route
Minster WayWalking route80 km▾
Named routeLength 80 kmRegional walking route
Chalkland WayWalking route59 km▾
Named routeRef N28Length 59 kmRegional walking route
16 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Yorkshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Yorkshire Wolds Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripNational Cycle Network
Way of the Roses Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WoRNational Cycle Network
NCN National Route 167Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 167National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 164Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 164National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.4 km▾
Named routeRef 164Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
Green Lanebridleway · 1.9 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 1.9 kmSurface dirtPath type: track
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Holm Dale, East Yorks, southern end
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
1,176 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
1,176 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
springsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Chaffinch · Pheasant +44
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- Great TitParus major2022
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2022
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2020
- JackdawColoeus monedula2019
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2022
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2020
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2020
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2019
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2019
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2023
- CurlewNumenius arquata2022
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2022
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2021
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2020
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2020
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2020
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2022▾
Brown Hare · Hedgehog · Roe Deer
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2019
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2019
Small Heath · Green-veined White · Brown Argus · Wall · Peacock +16
- Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2018
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2018
- Brown ArgusAricia agestis2018
- WallLasiommata megera2018
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
Swartz's Feather-moss · Germander Speedwell · Lesser Celandine · Dandelion
- Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians
- Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2019
- DandelionTaraxacum2019
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,176 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
springsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Chaffinch · Pheasant +44
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- Great TitParus major2022
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2022
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2020
- JackdawColoeus monedula2019
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2022
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2020
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2020
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2019
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2019
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2023
- CurlewNumenius arquata2022
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2022
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2021
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2020
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2020
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2020
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2022▾
Brown Hare · Hedgehog · Roe Deer
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2019
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2019
Small Heath · Green-veined White · Brown Argus · Wall · Peacock +16
- Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2018
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2018
- Brown ArgusAricia agestis2018
- WallLasiommata megera2018
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
Swartz's Feather-moss · Germander Speedwell · Lesser Celandine · Dandelion
- Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians
- Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2019
- DandelionTaraxacum2019
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2018
2018
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2018Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2018Dingy SkipperErynnis tages2018Dingy SkipperErynnis tages2018Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulusCommon Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulusEristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2021Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2021Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2019Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2019Common QuakerOrthosia cerasi2019Common QuakerOrthosia cerasi2019Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2019Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2019Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2019Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2019Common WaspVespula vulgaris2019Common WaspVespula vulgaris2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2018Painted LadyVanessa cardui2018Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2018Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2018Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2018Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2018Large WhitePieris brassicae2018Large WhitePieris brassicae2018Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2018Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2018Events & activities nearby
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