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🦅 Birds🦉 Wildlife🧺 Picnic
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Getting here
54.29224, -1.98324
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 51+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Robin 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦 51+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Robin 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Paid 🚻 Toilets
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Dipper +48 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Dipper +48 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Eristalis pertinax, 7-spot Ladybird, Volucella pellucens +21 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 2 signed routes nearby · 30 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Herriot Way Walking route 79.3 km ▾
Named route Ref HW Length 79.3 km Round trip Regional walking route
Show on map Lady Anne's Way Walking route 160 km ▾
The route was inspired by the indomitable Lady Anne Clifford, who owned vast estates in the old county of Westmorland during the seventeenth century. The route is in the area she traveled and highlights a several castles she renovated.
Named route Length 160 km Regional walking route
Show on map Church Lane public footpath · 12 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 12 m Surface asphalt Path type: service
Show on map 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway Trans-Pennine Spur Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref NB Regional cycle route
Show on map Yorkshire Dales Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref YDC Regional cycle route
Show on map Photos St Andrew's Church, Aysgarth
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Wildlife to spot
6,360 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 6,360 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 51 species
spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Blue Tit · Robin · Dipper · Chiffchaff · Woodpigeon +46
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Dipper Cinclus cinclus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Sand Martin Riparia riparia2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2025 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Merlin Falco columbarius2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Curlew Numenius arquata2025 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 🦌 Mammals 3 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Hazel Dormouse · Pine Marten · Roe Deer
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius Pine Marten Martes martes Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Eristalis pertinax · 7-spot Ladybird · Volucella pellucens · Red-legged Shieldbug · Sericomyia silentis +19
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis Eristalis intricaria Eristalis intricaria Helophilus pendulus Silky Wall Feather-moss
Silky Wall Feather-moss Homalothecium sericeum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 6,360 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 51 species
spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Blue Tit · Robin · Dipper · Chiffchaff · Woodpigeon +46
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Dipper Cinclus cinclus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Sand Martin Riparia riparia2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2025 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Merlin Falco columbarius2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Curlew Numenius arquata2025 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 🦌 Mammals 3 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Hazel Dormouse · Pine Marten · Roe Deer
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius Pine Marten Martes martes Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Eristalis pertinax · 7-spot Ladybird · Volucella pellucens · Red-legged Shieldbug · Sericomyia silentis +19
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis Eristalis intricaria Eristalis intricaria Helophilus pendulus Silky Wall Feather-moss
Silky Wall Feather-moss Homalothecium sericeum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Helophilus pendulus
Helophilus pendulus
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Eristalis horticola Eristalis horticola
Eristalis horticola Eristalis horticola
Ferdinandea cuprea Ferdinandea cuprea
Ferdinandea cuprea Ferdinandea cuprea
Xylota segnis Xylota segnis
Xylota segnis Xylota segnis
Scaeva pyrastri Scaeva pyrastri
Scaeva pyrastri Scaeva pyrastri
Common Hawker Aeshna juncea
Common Hawker Aeshna juncea
Grammoptera ruficornis Grammoptera ruficornis
Grammoptera ruficornis Grammoptera ruficornis
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva
Neoascia podagrica Neoascia podagrica
Neoascia podagrica Neoascia podagrica
Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens
Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens
Platycheirus rosarum Platycheirus rosarum
Platycheirus rosarum Platycheirus rosarum
Orthonevra nobilis Orthonevra nobilis
Orthonevra nobilis Orthonevra nobilis
Epiphragma ocellare Epiphragma ocellare
Epiphragma ocellare Epiphragma ocellare
St Marks Fly Bibio marci
St Marks Fly Bibio marci
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Melanostoma mellinum Melanostoma mellinum
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