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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
54.07407, -1.11209
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Blackbird
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- ☕Miss Daisy’s Tearoom — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Blackbird
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- ☕Miss Daisy’s Tearoom — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Great Tit +64 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Great Tit +64 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Large White, Peacock +23 more · last seen 2026; Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Danish Scurvygrass, Lady-fern +67 more · last seen 2017
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Centenary WayWalking route134 km▾
Named routeLength 134 kmRegional walking route
Ebor WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Foss WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Photos
Sutton on the Forest, Part of Main Street
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
4,106 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,106 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
springsummer
2026▾
Blackbird · Swift · Robin · Blue Tit · Swallow +46
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2018
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2020
- Barn OwlTyto alba2018
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2018
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2018
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2018
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2018
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2018
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2018
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2018
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2018
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2018
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2018
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2018
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2018
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2018
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2018
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2018
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2018
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2018
- MagpiePica pica2018
🦌Mammals5 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Mole · Rabbit · Hedgehog · Brown Hare · Red Fox
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2022
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2022
🐸Amphibians1 species
summerautumn
2021▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Small White · Marmalade Hoverfly · Large White · Peacock · Common Darter +20
- Small WhitePieris rapae2018
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2018
- PeacockAglais io2018
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
- Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,106 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
springsummer
2026▾
Blackbird · Swift · Robin · Blue Tit · Swallow +46
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2018
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2020
- Barn OwlTyto alba2018
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2018
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2018
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2018
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2018
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2018
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2018
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2018
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2018
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2018
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2018
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2018
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2018
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2018
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2018
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2018
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2018
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2018
- MagpiePica pica2018
🦌Mammals5 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Mole · Rabbit · Hedgehog · Brown Hare · Red Fox
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2022
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2022
🐸Amphibians1 species
summerautumn
2021▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Small White · Marmalade Hoverfly · Large White · Peacock · Common Darter +20
- Small WhitePieris rapae2018
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2018
- PeacockAglais io2018
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
- Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2020
2020
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2018Green-veined WhitePieris napi2018Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2017Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2017Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2019Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2019BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2018Common BluePolyommatus icarus2018Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2018Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2018Viburnum ScaleLichtensia viburniViburnum ScaleLichtensia viburniSouthern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2018Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2018GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2018GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2018CommaPolygonia c-album2017CommaPolygonia c-album2017Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2017Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2017Riband WaveIdaea aversata2017Riband WaveIdaea aversata2017RingletAphantopus hyperantus2017RingletAphantopus hyperantus2017Events & activities nearby
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