Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.83313, -1.05997
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Yellowhammer
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Pickled @ Riccal — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Yellowhammer
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Pickled @ Riccal — 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 — Woodpigeon, Yellowhammer, Blackbird +62 more · last seen 2025
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ST MARY; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Yellowhammer, Blackbird +62 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Small White +53 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
café
Free
Named cycling route nearby: The White Rose Cycle Route
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Jorvic WayWalking route104 km▾
Named routeLength 104 kmRegional walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Selby to York)Walking route▾
Trans-Pennine Trail (Selby to York spur)
Named routeRegional walking route
Camino Ingles to SantiagoWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Riccall Round Walk 2Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Carr Lanepublic footpath · 148 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 148 mPath type: footway
13 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The White Rose Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 65National Cycle Network
Solar System RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route2.4 km▾
Named routeRef 65Length 2.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route193 m▾
Named routeRef 65Length 193 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route36 m▾
Named routeRef 65Length 36 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route865 m▾
Named routeRef 65Length 865 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
St Mary's Church, Riccall
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
13,314 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,314 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Robin · Blue Tit +43
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great TitParus major
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- SwiftApus apus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspring
2025▾
Rabbit · Roe Deer · Red Fox
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
🐝Insects25 species
springautumn
2025▾
Small White · Large White · Alder Leaf Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird · Comma +20
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- CommaPolygonia c-album2024
- Cuckoo-Spit Insect
Common Cord-moss · Thickpoint Grimmia · Water Screw-moss · Great Hairy Screw-moss
- Common Cord-mossFunaria hygrometrica
- Thickpoint GrimmiaSchistidium crassipilum
- Water Screw-mossSyntrichia latifolia
- Great Hairy Screw-mossSyntrichia ruralis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,314 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Robin · Blue Tit +43
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great TitParus major
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- SwiftApus apus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspring
2025▾
Rabbit · Roe Deer · Red Fox
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
🐝Insects25 species
springautumn
2025▾
Small White · Large White · Alder Leaf Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird · Comma +20
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- CommaPolygonia c-album2024
- Cuckoo-Spit Insect
Common Cord-moss · Thickpoint Grimmia · Water Screw-moss · Great Hairy Screw-moss
- Common Cord-mossFunaria hygrometrica
- Thickpoint GrimmiaSchistidium crassipilum
- Water Screw-mossSyntrichia latifolia
- Great Hairy Screw-mossSyntrichia ruralis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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Philaenus spumarius
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