Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.79211, -0.18773
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wigeon and Mediterranean Gull
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wigeon and Mediterranean Gull
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Wigeon, Mediterranean Gull, Merlin +76 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Wigeon, Mediterranean Gull, Merlin +76 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Large White, Blue-tailed Damselfly +58 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Nettle, Hogweed, Cow Parsley +31 more · last seen 2019
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
⛪Churchyard walks
Good match
Churchyard or religious grounds — wildlife sanctuary and quiet reflection
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Trans-Pennine Trail (Hull to HornseaWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Humber Bridge to EasingtonWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
10 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
National Byway (Holderness Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef TPTNational Cycle Network
South Holderness Rail TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Hornsea Rail TrailCycling route▾
Photos
St Swithin's Church, Sproatley
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
1,801 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,801 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springautumn
2025▾
Wigeon · Merlin · Mediterranean Gull · Short-eared Owl · Pintail +38
- WigeonMareca penelope
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- PintailAnas acuta
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Roseate TernSterna dougallii2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- DotterelEudromias morinellus
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- PochardAythya ferina
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
Bottle-nosed Dolphin
- Bottle-nosed DolphinTursiops truncatus
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Small Red-eyed Damselfly · Willow Emerald Damselfly +7
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024
- Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum2023
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Willow Bean-gallerEuura proxima
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,801 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springautumn
2025▾
Wigeon · Merlin · Mediterranean Gull · Short-eared Owl · Pintail +38
- WigeonMareca penelope
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- PintailAnas acuta
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Roseate TernSterna dougallii2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- DotterelEudromias morinellus
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- PochardAythya ferina
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
Bottle-nosed Dolphin
- Bottle-nosed DolphinTursiops truncatus
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Small Red-eyed Damselfly · Willow Emerald Damselfly +7
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024
- Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum2023
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Willow Bean-gallerEuura proxima
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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