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St Michael's Church

📷 JThomas · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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53.89730, -0.84490

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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
🥾Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat
🐕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
🥾Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat
🐕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

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Fieldfare, Wren +72 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Fieldfare, Wren +72 more · last seen 2026

Free

Waterside walks

Good match

Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking

Varies

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, Palloptera scutellata, Cheilosia pagana +1 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, Palloptera scutellata, Cheilosia pagana +1 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Moderate match

Plants — Neat Feather-moss · last seen 2025; Plants — Neat Feather-moss · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Wilberforce WayWalking route97 km

Named routeLength 97 kmRegional walking route

Chalkland WayWalking route59 km

Named routeRef N28Length 59 kmRegional walking route

Pilgrimage of GraceWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

15 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 66Cycling route

Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network

Yorkshire Wolds Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRound tripNational Cycle Network

Way of the Roses Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef WoRNational Cycle Network

NCN National Route 164Cycling route

Named routeRef 164National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route124 m

Named routeRef 66Length 124 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route82 m

Named routeRef 66Length 82 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

59,919 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

59,919 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds52 species

winter

2026

Black-headed Gull · Mallard · Fieldfare · Moorhen · Wren +47

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great TitParus major2025
MagpiePica pica2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025

🐝

Insects3 species

spring

2026

Dark-edged Bee-fly · Palloptera scutellata · Cheilosia pagana

Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Palloptera scutellataPalloptera scutellata
Cheilosia paganaCheilosia pagana

🌿

Plants1 species

winter

2025

Neat Feather-moss

Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

59,919 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds52 species

winter

2026

Black-headed Gull · Mallard · Fieldfare · Moorhen · Wren +47

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great TitParus major2025
MagpiePica pica2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025

🐝

Insects3 species

spring

2026

Dark-edged Bee-fly · Palloptera scutellata · Cheilosia pagana

Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Palloptera scutellataPalloptera scutellata
Cheilosia paganaCheilosia pagana

🌿

Plants1 species

winter

2025

Neat Feather-moss

Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 JThomas · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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