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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.84685, -0.18724
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🐦53+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Kestrel and Woodpigeon
- ⛪Churchyard walks is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦53+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Kestrel and Woodpigeon
- ⛪Churchyard walks is at its best in summer here
- 🐕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 — Kestrel, Woodpigeon, Robin +50 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Kestrel, Woodpigeon, Robin +50 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Small Tortoiseshell, Ringlet +20 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Arrowhead, Bramble, Fat Duckweed +68 more · last seen 2016
Free
⛪Churchyard walks
Good match
Churchyard or religious grounds — wildlife sanctuary and quiet reflection
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
King Charles III England Coast Path: Easington to Filey BriggWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Hull to HornseaWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Straits Roadpublic footpath · 569 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 569 mPath type: track
10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Yorkshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
The White Rose Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 65National Cycle Network
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef TPTNational Cycle Network
Hornsea Rail TrailCycling route▾
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 65Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route61 m▾
Named routeRef 65Length 61 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos

St Alban's Church and part of its burial ground, Withernwick
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
437 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
437 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Kestrel · Woodpigeon · House Sparrow · Blackbird · Robin +44
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- SwiftApus apus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Barn OwlTyto alba2021
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Common GullLarus canus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2020
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2020
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2011
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2020
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2020
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2020
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2020
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2020
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2020
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2020
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2011
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2011
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2010
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2010
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2010
Hedgehog · Roe Deer · Mole
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MoleTalpa europaea
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2020▾
Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects23 species
springsummer
2025▾
Small White · Small Tortoiseshell · Ringlet · Large White · Green-veined White +18
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2017
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2017
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2013
🌿Plants14 species
springsummer
2016▾
Arrowhead · Fat Duckweed · Curled Pondweed · Lesser Pondweed · Common Duckweed +9
- ArrowheadSagittaria sagittifolia
- Fat DuckweedLemna gibba
- Curled PondweedPotamogeton crispus
- Lesser PondweedPotamogeton pusillus
- Common DuckweedLemna minor2015
- Common Meadow-rueThalictrum flavum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
437 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Kestrel · Woodpigeon · House Sparrow · Blackbird · Robin +44
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- SwiftApus apus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Barn OwlTyto alba2021
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Common GullLarus canus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2020
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2020
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2011
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2020
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2020
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2020
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2020
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2020
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2020
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2020
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2011
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2011
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2010
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2010
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2010
Hedgehog · Roe Deer · Mole
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MoleTalpa europaea
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2020▾
Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects23 species
springsummer
2025▾
Small White · Small Tortoiseshell · Ringlet · Large White · Green-veined White +18
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2017
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2017
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2013
🌿Plants14 species
springsummer
2016▾
Arrowhead · Fat Duckweed · Curled Pondweed · Lesser Pondweed · Common Duckweed +9
- ArrowheadSagittaria sagittifolia
- Fat DuckweedLemna gibba
- Curled PondweedPotamogeton crispus
- Lesser PondweedPotamogeton pusillus
- Common DuckweedLemna minor2015
- Common Meadow-rueThalictrum flavum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Helophorus obscurus
Helophorus obscurus
Helophorus obscurus2012
Helophorus obscurus2012
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaHumming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2019Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Purple HairstreakFavonius quercus2019Purple HairstreakFavonius quercus2019PeacockAglais io2017PeacockAglais io2017Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2015Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2015BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2014BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2014Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2014Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2014Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2012Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2012Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2012Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2012Haliplus sibiricusHaliplus sibiricus2012Haliplus sibiricusHaliplus sibiricus2012Agabus bipustulatusAgabus bipustulatus2012Agabus bipustulatusAgabus bipustulatus2012Haliplus lineatocollisHaliplus lineatocollis2012Haliplus lineatocollisHaliplus lineatocollis2012Hydraena ripariaHydraena riparia2012Hydraena ripariaHydraena riparia2012Hydrobius fuscipes/rottenbergii/subrotundusHydrobius fuscipes/rottenbergii/subrotundus2012Hydrobius fuscipes/rottenbergii/subrotundusHydrobius fuscipes/rottenbergii/subrotundus2012Anacaena globulusAnacaena globulus2012Anacaena globulusAnacaena globulus2012Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2011Speckled WoodPararge aegeria20112015
2015
Fine-leaved Water-dropwortOenanthe aquatica2015Fine-leaved Water-dropwortOenanthe aquatica2015Rubus halsteadensisRubus halsteadensis2012Rubus halsteadensisRubus halsteadensis2012BrambleRubus fruticosus2012BrambleRubus fruticosus2012Wych ElmUlmus glabra2010Wych ElmUlmus glabra2010Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2010Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2010FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2010FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2010False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2010False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2010IvyHedera helix2010IvyHedera helix2010Events & activities nearby
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