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Places › England › Yorkshire and the Humber › York Getting here
53.96720, -1.04746
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here ☕ Explore Reading — a good base for a longer summer day out 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here ☕ Explore Reading — a good base for a longer summer day out 🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Magpie, Woodpigeon +54 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Magpie, Woodpigeon +54 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Grey-cushioned Grimmia, Common Feather-moss, Broad-leaved Dock +98 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Grey-cushioned Grimmia, Common Feather-moss, Broad-leaved Dock +98 more · last seen 2026
Free
Plants — Common Nettle, Raspberry, White Dead-nettle +9 more foraging species
Varies
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Hawthorn Shieldbug, 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird +26 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Hawthorn Shieldbug, 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird +26 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Centenary Way Walking route 134 km ▾
Named route Length 134 km Regional walking route
Show on map Ebor Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Foss Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Millennium Way Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Jorvic Way Walking route 104 km ▾
Named route Length 104 km Regional walking route
Show on map 116 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 66 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 66 National Cycle Network
Show on map The White Rose Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 65 National Cycle Network
Show on map Way of the Roses Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref WoR National Cycle Network
Show on map NCN National Route 665 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 665 National Cycle Network
Show on map NCN National Route 658 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 658 National Cycle Network
Show on map Solar System Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map 1 public path nearby
Public paths
Bad Bargain Lane bridleway · 465 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 465 m Surface asphalt Path type: service
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Wildlife to spot
36,247 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 36,247 records · National Biodiversity Network Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Robin · Long-tailed Tit +29
Blackbird Turdus merula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Robin Erithacus rubecula Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Great Tit Parus major Dunnock Prunella modularis Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Redwing Turdus iliacus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser Coot Fulica atra2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Rabbit · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Hedgehog +4
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Brown Hare Lepus europaeus Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Mole Talpa europaea Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris 🐝 Insects 9 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Trioza centranthi · Black Clock · Harlequin Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird +4
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi Black Clock Pterostichus madidus Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis 2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata 10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata Leistus spinibarbis Leistus spinibarbis Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Crescent-cup Liverwort · Common Feather-moss · Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Thickpoint Grimmia +33
Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga Rough-stalked Feather-moss Brachythecium rutabulum Thickpoint Grimmia Schistidium crassipilum Common Liverwort Marchantia polymorpha Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 36,247 records · National Biodiversity Network Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Robin · Long-tailed Tit +29
Blackbird Turdus merula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Robin Erithacus rubecula Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Great Tit Parus major Dunnock Prunella modularis Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Redwing Turdus iliacus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser Coot Fulica atra2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Rabbit · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Hedgehog +4
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Brown Hare Lepus europaeus Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Mole Talpa europaea Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris 🐝 Insects 9 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Trioza centranthi · Black Clock · Harlequin Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird +4
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi Black Clock Pterostichus madidus Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis 2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata 10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata Leistus spinibarbis Leistus spinibarbis Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Crescent-cup Liverwort · Common Feather-moss · Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Thickpoint Grimmia +33
Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga Rough-stalked Feather-moss Brachythecium rutabulum Thickpoint Grimmia Schistidium crassipilum Common Liverwort Marchantia polymorpha Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus
Feral Sheep Ovis aries2025
Feral Sheep Ovis aries2025 Hawthorn Shieldbug
Hawthorn Shieldbug
Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis
Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis Cleavers
Cleavers
Galium aparine
Galium aparine
Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris
Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris
Raspberry Rubus idaeus
Raspberry Rubus idaeus
Wood Bristle-moss Lewinskya affinis
Wood Bristle-moss Lewinskya affinis
Silver-moss Bryum argenteum
Silver-moss Bryum argenteum
Common Pocket-moss Fissidens taxifolius
Common Pocket-moss Fissidens taxifolius
Swartz's Feather-moss Oxyrrhynchium hians
Swartz's Feather-moss Oxyrrhynchium hians
Bird's-claw Beard-moss Barbula unguiculata
Bird's-claw Beard-moss Barbula unguiculata
Springy Turf-moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Springy Turf-moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Wall Screw-moss Tortula muralis
Wall Screw-moss Tortula muralis
Hart's-Tongue Asplenium scolopendrium
Hart's-Tongue Asplenium scolopendrium
Wall-rue Asplenium ruta-muraria
Wall-rue Asplenium ruta-muraria
Mind-your-own-business Soleirolia soleirolii
Mind-your-own-business Soleirolia soleirolii
Common Whitlowgrass Erophila verna
Common Whitlowgrass Erophila verna
Butterfly-bush Buddleja davidii
Butterfly-bush Buddleja davidii
White Dead-nettle Lamium album
White Dead-nettle Lamium album
Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare
Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare
Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius
Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius
Salad Burnet Poterium sanguisorba
Salad Burnet Poterium sanguisorba
Persian Ivy Hedera colchica
Persian Ivy Hedera colchica
Winter Heliotrope Petasites pyrenaicus2025
Winter Heliotrope Petasites pyrenaicus2025
Black Spleenwort Asplenium adiantum-nigrum2025
Black Spleenwort Asplenium adiantum-nigrum2025
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus2025
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus2025
Wild Teasel Dipsacus fullonum2025
Wild Teasel Dipsacus fullonum2025
Ivy Hedera helix2025
Ivy Hedera helix2025
Common Knapweed Centaurea nigra2025
Common Knapweed Centaurea nigra2025
Black Horehound Ballota nigra2025
Black Horehound Ballota nigra2025
Yew Taxus baccata2025
Yew Taxus baccata2025
Selfheal Prunella vulgaris2025
Selfheal Prunella vulgaris2025
Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata2025
Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata2025
Shining Crane's-bill Geranium lucidum2025
Shining Crane's-bill Geranium lucidum2025
Ivy-leaved Toadflax Cymbalaria muralis2025
Ivy-leaved Toadflax Cymbalaria muralis2025 