Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
54.17418, -0.36946
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦36+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Yellowhammer and Goldfinch
- ✦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
- 🐦36+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Yellowhammer and Goldfinch
- ✦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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Yellowhammer, Goldfinch, Corn Bunting +33 more · last seen 2025; Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
Birds — Yellowhammer, Goldfinch, Corn Bunting +33 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Small Heath, Marbled White, Ringlet +27 more · last seen 2025
Free
Named hiking route nearby: Yorkshire Wolds Way; Named hiking route nearby: Yorkshire Wolds Way
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Common Bird's-foot-trefoil, Cowslip, Wild Mignonette +16 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Centenary WayWalking route134 km▾
Named routeLength 134 kmRegional walking route
Yorkshire Wolds WayWalking route127 km▾
Named routeLength 127 kmNational walking route
21 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 166Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 166National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 3Cycling route▾
Lincoln - Whitby
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
National Byway (Yorkshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway (Bridlington Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Yorkshire Wolds Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripNational Cycle Network
NCN 1 Humber to TeesCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
4,083 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,083 records · National Biodiversity NetworkYellowhammer · Goldfinch · Corn Bunting · Linnet · Blue Tit +31
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- MagpiePica pica
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Roe Deer · Rabbit
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Small Heath · Marbled White · Ringlet · Meadow Brown · Brown Argus +25
- Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024
- Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2024
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Brown ArgusAricia agestis2024
- Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus
Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Cowslip · Wild Mignonette · Field Scabious · Common Rock-rose +14
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- CowslipPrimula veris
- Wild MignonetteReseda lutea
- Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis
- Common Rock-roseHelianthemum nummularium
- Brachypodium pinnatumBrachypodium pinnatum
- Centaurea nigra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,083 records · National Biodiversity NetworkYellowhammer · Goldfinch · Corn Bunting · Linnet · Blue Tit +31
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- MagpiePica pica
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Roe Deer · Rabbit
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Small Heath · Marbled White · Ringlet · Meadow Brown · Brown Argus +25
- Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024
- Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2024
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Brown ArgusAricia agestis2024
- Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus
Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Cowslip · Wild Mignonette · Field Scabious · Common Rock-rose +14
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- CowslipPrimula veris
- Wild MignonetteReseda lutea
- Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis
- Common Rock-roseHelianthemum nummularium
- Brachypodium pinnatumBrachypodium pinnatum
- Centaurea nigra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataLarge WhitePieris brassicae2024Large WhitePieris brassicae2024Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaMeadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelusMeadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelusSt Marks FlyBibio marciSt Marks FlyBibio marciCommon Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulusCommon Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulusRed-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornisRed-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornisBronze FusehornArge ustulataBronze FusehornArge ustulataSaldulaSaldulaSaldulaSaldulaPrasocuris glabraPrasocuris glabraPrasocuris glabraPrasocuris glabraSlender Ground-hopperTetrix subulataSlender Ground-hopperTetrix subulataCramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosusCramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosusEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxSmall Nettle WeevilNedyus quadrimaculatusSmall Nettle WeevilNedyus quadrimaculatusPied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolorPied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolorPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusSooty GrieverDolerus anthracinusSooty GrieverDolerus anthracinusSalad Burnet ClaremontClaremontia brevicornisSalad Burnet ClaremontClaremontia brevicornisLoricera pilicornisLoricera pilicornis2024Loricera pilicornisLoricera pilicornis2024Dingy SkipperErynnis tages2024Dingy SkipperErynnis tages2024Centaurea nigra
Centaurea nigra
Clustered BellflowerCampanula glomerataClustered BellflowerCampanula glomerataSalad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba subsp. sanguisorbaSalad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba subsp. sanguisorbaHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumGlaucous SedgeCarex flaccaGlaucous SedgeCarex flaccaRed CampionSilene dioicaRed CampionSilene dioicaAgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoriaAgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoriaCrosswortCruciata laevipesCrosswortCruciata laevipesLady's BedstrawGalium verumLady's BedstrawGalium verumMouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarumMouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarumBig Shaggy-mossHylocomiadelphus triquetrusBig Shaggy-mossHylocomiadelphus triquetrusSmooth BromeBromus racemosus2024Smooth BromeBromus racemosus2024Saw-wortSerratula tinctoria2024Saw-wortSerratula tinctoria2024Events & activities nearby
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