Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.74199, -0.57003
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦48+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Black-headed Gull
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Village Paint Pot — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦48+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Black-headed Gull
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Village Paint Pot — 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, Black-headed Gull, Curlew +45 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Black-headed Gull, Curlew +45 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Hawthorn Shieldbug +29 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
café
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named cycling route nearby: The White Rose Cycle Route
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Trans-Pennine Trail (Selby to Hull)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Nev Cole WayWalking route93 km▾
Named routeLength 93 kmRegional walking route
Yorkshire Wolds WayWalking route127 km▾
Named routeLength 127 kmNational walking route
High Hunsley CircuitWalking route39 km▾
Named routeLength 39 kmLocal walking route
33 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Yorkshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
The White Rose Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 65National Cycle Network
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef TPTNational Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route102 m▾
Named routeRef 65Length 102 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route140 m▾
Named routeRef 65Length 140 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route87 m▾
Named routeRef 65Length 87 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
5 public paths nearby
Public paths
Peggy Farrow Lanebridleway · 564 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 564 mSurface groundPath type: track
Sands Lanebyway open to all traffic · 74 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 74 mPath type: track
Mill Lanebyway open to all traffic · 308 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 308 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Sands Lanebyway open to all traffic · 264 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 264 mPath type: residential
Photos
R38 Airship Disaster Memorial - St. Mary's Church
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
16,246 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
16,246 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Curlew · Mallard · Teal +43
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- TealAnas crecca
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Bearded TitPanurus biarmicus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- British Lesser Black-Backed GullLarus fuscus graellsii
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Common GullLarus canus
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- MagpiePica pica
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus
Wood Mouse
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects32 species
springsummer
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Red-legged Shieldbug · Migrant Hawker +27
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Turnip Tigress
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,246 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Curlew · Mallard · Teal +43
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- TealAnas crecca
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Bearded TitPanurus biarmicus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- British Lesser Black-Backed GullLarus fuscus graellsii
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Common GullLarus canus
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- MagpiePica pica
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus
Wood Mouse
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects32 species
springsummer
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Red-legged Shieldbug · Migrant Hawker +27
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Turnip Tigress
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Athalia rosae2025
Athalia rosae2025
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttataCream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttataPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025Barberry FusehornArge berberidis2025Barberry FusehornArge berberidis2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxVaried Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasciVaried Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasciDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata202510-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025European CinchbugIschnodemus sabuleti2025European CinchbugIschnodemus sabuleti2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Cherry SlugwormCaliroa cerasi2025Cherry SlugwormCaliroa cerasi2025PlatycheirusPlatycheirus2025PlatycheirusPlatycheirus2025Pavid Willow NematineEuura pavida2025Pavid Willow NematineEuura pavida2025BruchusBruchus2025BruchusBruchus2025AnthomyiaAnthomyia2025AnthomyiaAnthomyia2025Marginal Sycamore Disc-minerHeterarthrus fiora2025Marginal Sycamore Disc-minerHeterarthrus fiora2025Opomyza florumOpomyza florum2025Opomyza florumOpomyza florum2025Little SnipeflyChrysopilus asiliformis2025Little SnipeflyChrysopilus asiliformis202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025Scaeva seleniticaScaeva selenitica2025Scaeva seleniticaScaeva selenitica2025Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025Four-barred MajorOxycera rara2025Four-barred MajorOxycera rara2025Events & activities nearby
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