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St Leonard's Church

📷 Jonathan Thacker · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🚴Start cycling visits early on summer days — trails are best before the heat builds via NCN 1 Humber to Tees
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🚴Start cycling visits early on summer days — trails are best before the heat builds via NCN 1 Humber to Tees
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Wren, Woodpigeon, Robin +95 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Wren, Woodpigeon, Robin +95 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 22-spot Ladybird, Slender Ground-hopper, Green Shieldbug +27 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 22-spot Ladybird, Slender Ground-hopper, Green Shieldbug +27 more · last seen 2026

Free

Cycling

Good match

Named cycling route nearby: NCN 1 Humber to Tees

Varies

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Heritage

Moderate match

Religious grounds — local heritage

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚴

Cycling

36 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 3Cycling route

Lincoln - Whitby

Named routeRef EV12International 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 1 Humber to TeesCycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route115 m

Named routeRef 1Length 115 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route646 m

Named routeRef 1Length 646 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

18,454 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

18,454 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

winter

2026

Wren · Kestrel · Magpie · Blue Tit · Mute Swan +57

WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
MagpiePica pica2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Great TitParus major2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
CootFulica atra2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

winter

2025

Roe Deer · Rabbit

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2026

Dark-edged Bee-fly

Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

18,454 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

winter

2026

Wren · Kestrel · Magpie · Blue Tit · Mute Swan +57

WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
MagpiePica pica2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Great TitParus major2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
CootFulica atra2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

winter

2025

Roe Deer · Rabbit

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2026

Dark-edged Bee-fly

Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Jonathan Thacker · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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