Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
54.02140, -1.04284
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 220m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 220m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Magpie +70 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Magpie +70 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Azure Damselfly, Common Darter, Four-spotted Chaser +68 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Common Feather-moss, Raspberry +26 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Centenary WayWalking route134 km▾
Named routeLength 134 kmRegional walking route
Ebor WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Foss WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Millennium WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Jorvic WayWalking route104 km▾
Named routeLength 104 kmRegional walking route
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The White Rose Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 65National Cycle Network
Way of the Roses Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WoRNational Cycle Network
Orbital RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef OrbitalRound tripLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route2 km▾
Named routeRef 65Length 2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Strensall Park, Strensall
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
51,225 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
51,225 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Kingfisher · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow · Blackbird +37
- MagpiePica pica
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Rabbit · Mole · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Azure Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Four-spotted Chaser · 7-spot Ladybird · Gorse Weevil +42
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Gorse WeevilExapion ulicis
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
- Adonis' Ladybird
Raspberry · Common Smoothcap · Common Feather-moss · Gorse · Heath Star Moss +15
- RaspberryRubus idaeus
- Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- GorseUlex europaeus
- Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus
- Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum
- Overleaf PelliaPellia epiphylla
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
51,225 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Kingfisher · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow · Blackbird +37
- MagpiePica pica
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Rabbit · Mole · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Azure Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Four-spotted Chaser · 7-spot Ladybird · Gorse Weevil +42
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Gorse WeevilExapion ulicis
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
- Adonis' Ladybird
Raspberry · Common Smoothcap · Common Feather-moss · Gorse · Heath Star Moss +15
- RaspberryRubus idaeus
- Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- GorseUlex europaeus
- Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus
- Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum
- Overleaf PelliaPellia epiphylla
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Hippodamia variegata
Hippodamia variegata
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctataBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxPhaonia subventaPhaonia subventaPhaonia subventaPhaonia subventaHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaWillow Bean-gallerEuura proximaWillow Bean-gallerEuura proximaBibio pomonaeBibio pomonaeBibio pomonaeBibio pomonaeSpiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidensSpiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidensRoesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeseliiRoesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeseliiScaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastriNeophilaenus lineatusNeophilaenus lineatusNeophilaenus lineatusNeophilaenus lineatusRosemary BeetleChrysolina americanaRosemary BeetleChrysolina americanaHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumCommon Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulusCommon Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulusBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesPhyllaphis fagiPhyllaphis fagiPhyllaphis fagiPhyllaphis fagiCantharis rusticaCantharis rusticaCantharis rusticaCantharis rusticaRhagonycha lignosaRhagonycha lignosaRhagonycha lignosaRhagonycha lignosaCantharis nigricansCantharis nigricansCantharis nigricansCantharis nigricansCercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerataMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareCommon Leaf WeevilPhyllobius pyriCommon Leaf WeevilPhyllobius pyriSlender Ground-hopperTetrix subulataSlender Ground-hopperTetrix subulataHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusSmall Nettle WeevilNedyus quadrimaculatusSmall Nettle WeevilNedyus quadrimaculatusSilver-Green Leaf WeevilPhyllobius argentatusSilver-Green Leaf WeevilPhyllobius argentatusSmall Heather WeevilMicrelus ericaeSmall Heather WeevilMicrelus ericaeAsaphidion flavipesAsaphidion flavipesAsaphidion flavipesAsaphidion flavipesClusiodesClusiodesClusiodesClusiodesCommon ShorebugSaldula saltatoriaCommon ShorebugSaldula saltatoriaUlopa reticulataUlopa reticulataUlopa reticulataUlopa reticulataMeliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctellaGreen Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceusGreen Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceusElateroides dermestoidesElateroides dermestoidesElateroides dermestoidesElateroides dermestoidesFace FlyMusca autumnalisFace FlyMusca autumnalisYellow-bellied Rush-cutterEutomostethus luteiventrisYellow-bellied Rush-cutterEutomostethus luteiventrisSphaerophoriaSphaerophoriaSphaerophoriaSphaerophoriaRough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulumRough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulumCommon Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatusCommon Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatusCommon PouchwortCalypogeia fissaCommon PouchwortCalypogeia fissaRed-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberiRed-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberiField Wood-rushLuzula campestrisField Wood-rushLuzula campestrisTormentilPotentilla erectaTormentilPotentilla erectaSpringy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosusSpringy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosusCommon Cord-mossFunaria hygrometricaCommon Cord-mossFunaria hygrometricaMamillate Plait-mossHypnum andoiMamillate Plait-mossHypnum andoiHoneysuckleLonicera periclymenumHoneysuckleLonicera periclymenumBroomCytisus scopariusBroomCytisus scopariusGrey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinataGrey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinataSilky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromallaSilky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromallaEvents & activities nearby
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