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Stanghow Firs

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📷 Darren Haddock · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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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
🐕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
🐕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

4 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mallard, Moorhen, Greylag Goose +90 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Mallard, Moorhen, Greylag Goose +90 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Common Darter, Black-tailed Skimmer, Emperor Dragonfly +12 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Darter, Black-tailed Skimmer, Emperor Dragonfly +12 more · last seen 2025

Free

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Cleveland StreetWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Cleveland WayWalking route

Named routePoint-to-pointNational walking route

Samaritan WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Three Ridings on FootWalking route

Named routeRef 3RRegional walking route

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Cycling

50 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 5Cycling route

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

National Cycle Route 165Cycling route

Named routeRef 165National Cycle Network

RCN Regional Route 54Cycling route

Named routeRef 54Regional cycle route

NCN National Route 168Cycling route

Named routeRef 168National Cycle Network

Guisborough LoopCycling route

Named routeRef GuisboroughLocal cycle route

NCN 1 Humber to TeesCycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

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Mountain biking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Moors to SeaMountain bike route

Named route

Guisborough Forest Red RouteMountain bike route

Named routeRef Red

Skelton BMX TrackMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

12,115 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

12,115 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

winter

2025

Mallard · Chaffinch · Robin · Moorhen · Great Tit +48

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RobinErithacus rubecula
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Great TitParus major
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
DunnockPrunella modularis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Herring GullLarus argentatus
SiskinSpinus spinus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
JackdawColoeus monedula
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
TealAnas crecca
Water RailRallus aquaticus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
MagpiePica pica
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Common GullLarus canus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Barn OwlTyto alba
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
CootFulica atra
Willow TitPoecile montanus
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
European White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons albifrons
GoosanderMergus merganser
RookCorvus frugilegus
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
GadwallMareca strepera
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus

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Insects3 species

autumn

2025

Common Darter · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Migrant Hawker

Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

12,115 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

winter

2025

Mallard · Chaffinch · Robin · Moorhen · Great Tit +48

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RobinErithacus rubecula
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Great TitParus major
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
DunnockPrunella modularis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Herring GullLarus argentatus
SiskinSpinus spinus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
JackdawColoeus monedula
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
TealAnas crecca
Water RailRallus aquaticus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
MagpiePica pica
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Common GullLarus canus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Barn OwlTyto alba
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
CootFulica atra
Willow TitPoecile montanus
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
European White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons albifrons
GoosanderMergus merganser
RookCorvus frugilegus
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
GadwallMareca strepera
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus

🐝

Insects3 species

autumn

2025

Common Darter · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Migrant Hawker

Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Darren Haddock · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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