Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
54.25413, -1.59467
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦106+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Little Ringed Plover and Peregrine
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦106+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Little Ringed Plover and Peregrine
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Little Ringed Plover, Peregrine, Hobby +103 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Little Ringed Plover, Peregrine, Hobby +103 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Common Darter, Azure Damselfly +15 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Ripon Rowel WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Camino Ingles to SantiagoWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
17 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 71Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 71National Cycle Network
National Byway (Yorkshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway (Bedale Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route415 m▾
Named routeRef 71Length 415 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route78 m▾
Named routeRef 71Length 78 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route62 m▾
Named routeRef 71Length 62 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
10,027 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,027 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds28 species
springsummer
2025▾
Little Ringed Plover · Peregrine · Hobby · Bittern · Mediterranean Gull +23
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
Rabbit · American Mink · Grey Squirrel · Mole · Red Fox
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- American MinkNeovison vison
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Azure Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Four-spotted Chaser · 7-spot Ladybird +3
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Eristalis tenax
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,027 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds28 species
springsummer
2025▾
Little Ringed Plover · Peregrine · Hobby · Bittern · Mediterranean Gull +23
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
Rabbit · American Mink · Grey Squirrel · Mole · Red Fox
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- American MinkNeovison vison
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Azure Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Four-spotted Chaser · 7-spot Ladybird +3
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Eristalis tenax
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Eristalis tenax
Eristalis tenax
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaEvents & activities nearby
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