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🦅 Birds✦ Heritage🦉 Wildlife
Public access Dogs welcome 300 ha
Getting here
54.06694, -0.56662
Open directionsv Sledmere House is a Grade I listed Georgian country house, containing Chippendale, Sheraton and French furnishings and many fine pictures, set within a park designed by Capability Brown. It is the ancestral home of the Sykes family and is located in the village of Sledmere, between Driffield and Malton, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The present house was begun in 1751, extended in the 1790s, and rebuilt after a fire in 1911.
Read more on Wikipedia → Historic house museum Grade I listed building
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Barn Owl and Swallow ✦ 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
🐦 79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Barn Owl and Swallow ✦ 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 🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Barn Owl, Swallow, Pied Wagtail +76 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
✦ Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: SLEDMERE HOUSE; Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Barn Owl, Swallow, Pied Wagtail +76 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Darter, Small White, Small Tortoiseshell +38 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Bird's-foot-trefoil, Upright Brome, Wild Thyme +49 more · last seen 2020
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 1 signed route nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Chalkland Way Walking route 59 km ▾
Named route Ref N28 Length 59 km Regional walking route
Show on map 11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 166 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 166 National Cycle Network
Show on map National Byway (Yorkshire) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref NB Regional cycle route
Show on map Yorkshire Wolds Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Round trip National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 2 km ▾
Named route Ref 166 Length 2 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 1 km ▾
Named route Ref 166 Length 1 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 3.9 km ▾
Named route Ref 166 Length 3.9 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
3,285 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 3,285 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 51 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Wren · Blackbird · Pheasant · Jackdaw · Robin +46
Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Barn Owl Tyto alba2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 American Wigeon Mareca americana2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Peregrine Falco peregrinus2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2024 Jay Garrulus glandarius2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 🦌 Mammals 4 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Badger
Brown Hare Lepus europaeus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Badger Meles meles2024 Eristalis tenax · Eristalis pertinax · Syrphus torvus · Egle minuta · Meliscaeva auricollis +5
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Syrphus torvus Syrphus torvus2025 Egle minuta Egle minuta2025 Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis2025 Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 3,285 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 51 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Wren · Blackbird · Pheasant · Jackdaw · Robin +46
Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Barn Owl Tyto alba2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 American Wigeon Mareca americana2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Peregrine Falco peregrinus2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2024 Jay Garrulus glandarius2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 🦌 Mammals 4 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Badger
Brown Hare Lepus europaeus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Badger Meles meles2024 Eristalis tenax · Eristalis pertinax · Syrphus torvus · Egle minuta · Meliscaeva auricollis +5
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Syrphus torvus Syrphus torvus2025 Egle minuta Egle minuta2025 Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis2025 Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Phaonia signata Phaonia signata2025
Phaonia signata Phaonia signata2025
Stag Knucklehorn Cladius pectinicornis2024
Stag Knucklehorn Cladius pectinicornis2024
Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma najas2024
Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma najas2024
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens2024
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens2024 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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