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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
54.47116, -1.69169
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for House Sparrow and Jackdaw
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 245m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for House Sparrow and Jackdaw
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 245m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — House Sparrow, Jackdaw, Blue Tit +59 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — House Sparrow, Jackdaw, Blue Tit +59 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small Tortoiseshell, Red Admiral, Green-veined White +46 more · last seen 2025
Free
Grade II* listed building: CHURCH OF ST JAMES; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Silky Wall Feather-moss, Common Knapweed +38 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Teesdale Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Middlesbrough)Walking route▾
UK long distance footpath from Dufton to Warrenby.
Named routeRegional walking route
18 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Yorkshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Cycle Route 165Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 165National Cycle Network
A66 Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef A66Regional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route189 m▾
Named routeRef 165Length 189 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route512 m▾
Named routeRef 165Length 512 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.6 km▾
Named routeRef 165Length 1.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
Graveyard at St James the Great Church, Melsonby
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
1,457 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,457 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds24 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Woodcock · Swift · Whitethroat +19
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2020
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- SwiftApus apus2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2021
- MagpiePica pica2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2021
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2021
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2020
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2020
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2020
- DunnockPrunella modularis2020
- PigeonColumba2019
- JackdawColoeus monedula2018
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2018
🦌Mammals7 species
springautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Rabbit · Field Vole · Brown Rat · Badger +2
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2020
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2022
- BadgerMeles meles2020
- Grey Squirrel
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2024▾
Common Frog · Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- FrogRana2021
Small Tortoiseshell · Red Admiral · Green-veined White · Small White · Large White +34
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- PeacockAglais io
Himalayan Balsam · Dandelion · Silky Wall Feather-moss · Coltsfoot · Horse-chestnut +26
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2021
- DandelionTaraxacum2021
- Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara2021
- Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2021
- Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,457 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds24 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Woodcock · Swift · Whitethroat +19
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2020
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- SwiftApus apus2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2021
- MagpiePica pica2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2021
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2021
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2020
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2020
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2020
- DunnockPrunella modularis2020
- PigeonColumba2019
- JackdawColoeus monedula2018
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2018
🦌Mammals7 species
springautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Rabbit · Field Vole · Brown Rat · Badger +2
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2020
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2022
- BadgerMeles meles2020
- Grey Squirrel
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2024▾
Common Frog · Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- FrogRana2021
Small Tortoiseshell · Red Admiral · Green-veined White · Small White · Large White +34
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- PeacockAglais io
Himalayan Balsam · Dandelion · Silky Wall Feather-moss · Coltsfoot · Horse-chestnut +26
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2021
- DandelionTaraxacum2021
- Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara2021
- Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2021
- Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Sciurus carolinensis2020
Sciurus carolinensis2020
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2019Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus20192019
2019
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