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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
Dogs welcome
Places › England › Yorkshire and the Humber › East Riding of Yorkshire Getting here
53.77768, -0.42387
Open directionsv 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 🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Carrion Crow, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +55 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Carrion Crow, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +55 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Nettle Groundbug, Harlequin Ladybird +9 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Nettle Groundbug, Harlequin Ladybird +9 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 4 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Trans-Pennine Trail (Selby to Hull) Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map King Charles III England Coast Path: Humber Bridge to Easington Walking route ▾
Named route Ref ECP National walking route
Show on map Wilberforce Way Walking route 97 km ▾
Named route Length 97 km Regional walking route
Show on map High Hunsley Circuit Walking route 39 km ▾
Named route Length 39 km Local walking route
Show on map Abbots' Walk public footpath · 67 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 67 m Surface asphalt Path type: residential
Show on map Bacon Garth Lane public footpath · 223 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 223 m Surface asphalt Path type: cycleway
Show on map Bacon Garth Lane public footpath · 76 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 76 m Surface asphalt Path type: track
Show on map 109 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Yorkshire) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref NB Regional cycle route
Show on map The White Rose Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 65 National Cycle Network
Show on map Yorkshire Wolds Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Round trip National Cycle Network
Show on map Trans Pennine Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref TPT National Cycle Network
Show on map NCN National Route 164 (south) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 164 National Cycle Network
Show on map NCN 1 Humber to Tees Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 1 National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
173,427 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 173,427 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Robin · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Magpie +40
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Magpie Pica pica Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Larus argentatus argenteus Larus argentatus argenteus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Great Tit Parus major2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Teal Anas crecca Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Greenfinch Chloris chloris Canada Goose Branta canadensis Gadwall Mareca strepera Redwing Turdus iliacus Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Periparus ater britannicus Periparus ater britannicus2025 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2025 Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Mole · Rabbit
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2025 Mole Talpa europaea2025 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 12 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Nettle Groundbug · Harlequin Ladybird · Norellia spinipes · Dark-edged Bee-fly +7
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Nettle Groundbug Heterogaster urticae Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Norellia spinipes Norellia spinipes Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 173,427 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Robin · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Magpie +40
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Magpie Pica pica Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Larus argentatus argenteus Larus argentatus argenteus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Great Tit Parus major2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Teal Anas crecca Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Greenfinch Chloris chloris Canada Goose Branta canadensis Gadwall Mareca strepera Redwing Turdus iliacus Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Periparus ater britannicus Periparus ater britannicus2025 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2025 Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Mole · Rabbit
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2025 Mole Talpa europaea2025 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 12 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Nettle Groundbug · Harlequin Ladybird · Norellia spinipes · Dark-edged Bee-fly +7
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Nettle Groundbug Heterogaster urticae Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Norellia spinipes Norellia spinipes Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis
Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Psychoda sigma Psychoda sigma
Psychoda sigma Psychoda sigma
Box Bug Gonocerus acuteangulatus
Box Bug Gonocerus acuteangulatus
Silver Fish Lepisma saccharinum
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