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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
54.06056, -0.91146
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Yellowhammer +64 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Yellowhammer +64 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Ringlet, Small White, Meadow Brown +21 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Urban park — open green space
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Centenary WayWalking route134 km▾
Named routeLength 134 kmRegional walking route
Ebor WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
White Rose WayWalking route▾
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 166Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 166National Cycle Network
National Byway (Yorkshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Yorkshire Wolds Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripNational Cycle Network
NCN National Route 167Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 167National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.7 km▾
Named routeRef 167Length 1.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route619 m▾
Named routeRef 167Length 619 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Cottages across the green
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
3,420 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
3,420 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Collared Dove +44
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Common GullLarus canus
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
🦌Mammals6 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Badger · Mole · Roe Deer · Red Fox · Brown Hare +1
- BadgerMeles meles
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- Rabbit
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2024▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Small White · Green-veined White · Large White · Ringlet · Red Admiral +6
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
🌿Plants3 species
springwinter
2025▾
Arum italicum subsp. italicum · Greater Snowdrop · Bluebell
- Arum italicum subsp. italicumArum italicum subsp. italicum
- Greater SnowdropGalanthus elwesii
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,420 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Collared Dove +44
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Common GullLarus canus
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
🦌Mammals6 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Badger · Mole · Roe Deer · Red Fox · Brown Hare +1
- BadgerMeles meles
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- Rabbit
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2024▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Small White · Green-veined White · Large White · Ringlet · Red Admiral +6
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
🌿Plants3 species
springwinter
2025▾
Arum italicum subsp. italicum · Greater Snowdrop · Bluebell
- Arum italicum subsp. italicumArum italicum subsp. italicum
- Greater SnowdropGalanthus elwesii
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Oryctolagus cuniculus2024
Oryctolagus cuniculus2024
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2023Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2023GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2023GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2023Events & activities nearby
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