Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
54.08154, -1.24496
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦46+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and House Sparrow
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Whiteley's at Home Farm — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦46+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and House Sparrow
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Whiteley's at Home Farm — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, House Sparrow, Blue Tit +43 more · last seen 2025
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ST MARY; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Birds — Blackbird, House Sparrow, Blue Tit +43 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large Yellow Underwing, Shuttle-shaped Dart, Flame Shoulder +197 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
café
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Foss WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
YorevisionWalking route▾
YorevisionWalking route▾
27 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
White Rose Route - Thirsk VariantCycling route▾
Named routeRef 657National Cycle Network
National Byway (Easingwold Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway (Yorkshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
The White Rose Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 65National Cycle Network
Way of the Roses Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WoRNational Cycle Network
NCN Cycle Route 688Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 688National Cycle Network
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
2,604 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,604 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Blackbird · House Sparrow · Robin · Blue Tit · Great Tit +31
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2022
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2020
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2020
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MagpiePica pica2023
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2022
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
- Little OwlAthene noctua2022
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2022
- NuthatchSitta europaea2022
- SwiftApus apus2020
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2020
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2020
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2019
Hedgehog · American Mink · Mole · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare +5
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- American MinkNeovison vison2022
- MoleTalpa europaea2023
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2022
- OtterLutra lutra2022
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2021▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria2020
Common Wainscot · Large Yellow Underwing · Marmalade Hoverfly · Volucella pellucens · Willow Emerald Damselfly +45
- Common WainscotMythimna pallens2019
- Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2019
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024
- Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023
- Silver Y
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,604 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Blackbird · House Sparrow · Robin · Blue Tit · Great Tit +31
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2022
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2020
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2020
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MagpiePica pica2023
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2022
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
- Little OwlAthene noctua2022
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2022
- NuthatchSitta europaea2022
- SwiftApus apus2020
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2020
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2020
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2019
Hedgehog · American Mink · Mole · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare +5
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- American MinkNeovison vison2022
- MoleTalpa europaea2023
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2022
- OtterLutra lutra2022
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2021▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria2020
Common Wainscot · Large Yellow Underwing · Marmalade Hoverfly · Volucella pellucens · Willow Emerald Damselfly +45
- Common WainscotMythimna pallens2019
- Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2019
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024
- Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023
- Silver Y
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Autographa gamma2019
Autographa gamma2019
Mottled UmberErannis defoliaria2019Mottled UmberErannis defoliaria2019Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2019Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2019Beaded ChestnutAgrochola lychnidis2019Beaded ChestnutAgrochola lychnidis2019Lunar UnderwingAnchoscelis lunosa2019Lunar UnderwingAnchoscelis lunosa2019Pale Mottled WillowCaradrina clavipalpis2019Pale Mottled WillowCaradrina clavipalpis2019Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2019Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2019Black RusticAporophyla nigra2019Black RusticAporophyla nigra2019Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua fimbriata2019Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua fimbriata2019XylotaXylotaXylotaXylotaCommon Green SawflyTenthredo mesomelaCommon Green SawflyTenthredo mesomelaHorse Chestnut Scale InsectPulvinaria regalisHorse Chestnut Scale InsectPulvinaria regalisSuillia pallidaSuillia pallida2024Suillia pallidaSuillia pallida2024Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2023Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2023SyrphusSyrphus2023SyrphusSyrphus2023Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2023Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2023Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2023Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2023Willow SwordtailXiphydria prolongata2023Willow SwordtailXiphydria prolongata2023Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2023Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2023Cantharis lividaCantharis livida2023Cantharis lividaCantharis livida2023Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2022Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2022Leucozona lucorumLeucozona lucorum2022Leucozona lucorumLeucozona lucorum2022Tanbark BorerPhymatodes testaceus2022Tanbark BorerPhymatodes testaceus2022Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2020Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2020Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2020Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2020Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2020Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2020Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2020Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2020Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2020Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2020Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2020Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2020Scarce UmberAgriopis aurantiaria2019Scarce UmberAgriopis aurantiaria2019Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta2019Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta2019November Moth agg.Epirrita dilutata agg.2019November Moth agg.Epirrita dilutata agg.2019December MothPoecilocampa populi2019December MothPoecilocampa populi2019Merveille du JourGriposia aprilina2019Merveille du JourGriposia aprilina2019SatelliteEupsilia transversa2019SatelliteEupsilia transversa2019Canary-shouldered ThornEnnomos alniaria2019Canary-shouldered ThornEnnomos alniaria2019Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa2019Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa2019Blood-veinTimandra comae2019Blood-veinTimandra comae2019Green-brindled CrescentAllophyes oxyacanthae2019Green-brindled CrescentAllophyes oxyacanthae2019Red-Line QuakerLeptologia lota2019Red-Line QuakerLeptologia lota2019Blair's Shoulder-knotLithophane leautieri2019Blair's Shoulder-knotLithophane leautieri2019Copper Underwing agg.Amphipyra pyramidea agg.2019Copper Underwing agg.Amphipyra pyramidea agg.2019Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria2019Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria2019Brown-Spot PinionAnchoscelis litura2019Brown-Spot PinionAnchoscelis litura2019Pink-barred SallowXanthia togata2019Pink-barred SallowXanthia togata2019Events & activities nearby
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