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The Blade

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦47+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Goldfinch and Mallard
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦47+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Goldfinch and Mallard
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

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🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

4 activities

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Goldfinch, Mallard, Blue Tit +44 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Goldfinch, Mallard, Blue Tit +44 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Birds — Goldfinch, Mallard, Blue Tit +44 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Goldfinch, Mallard, Blue Tit +44 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Orange Ladybird · last seen 2025; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Orange Ladybird · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

8 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Trans-Pennine Trail (Selby to Hull)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Nev Cole WayWalking route93 km

Named routeLength 93 kmRegional walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Humber Bridge to EasingtonWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

Wilberforce WayWalking route97 km

Named routeLength 97 kmRegional walking route

Hull Fish TrailWalking route

Fish Trail: Find the fish and explore the beautiful streets of Hull Old Town in the process.

Named routeRef ftRound tripLocal walking route

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Cycling

115 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

The White Rose Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef 65National Cycle Network

Trans Pennine TrailCycling route

Named routeRef TPTNational Cycle Network

South Holderness Rail TrailCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Hornsea Rail TrailCycling route

Named route

Route 66Cycling route

Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 3Cycling route

Lincoln - Whitby

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

Wildlife to spot

17,060 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

17,060 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds33 species

winter

2026

Mallard · Black-headed Gull · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Moorhen +28

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
CootFulica atra
DunnockPrunella modularis
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris
MagpiePica pica
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Great TitParus major
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Greylag GooseAnser anser
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025

🐝

Insects1 species

winter

2025

7-spot Ladybird

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

17,060 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds33 species

winter

2026

Mallard · Black-headed Gull · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Moorhen +28

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
CootFulica atra
DunnockPrunella modularis
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris
MagpiePica pica
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Great TitParus major
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Greylag GooseAnser anser
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025

🐝

Insects1 species

winter

2025

7-spot Ladybird

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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