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54.03593, -1.00567
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🐕 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
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🐕 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🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Carrion Crow, Wren +73 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Robin, Carrion Crow, Wren +73 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies; Insects — Large Red Damselfly, Azure Damselfly, Four-spotted Chaser +122 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Cross-leaved Heath, Tormentil, Round-leaved Sundew +80 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Cross-leaved Heath, Tormentil, Round-leaved Sundew +80 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Sheep's Sorrel, Raspberry, Bulrush +3 more foraging species
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Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Centenary Way Walking route 134 km ▾
Named route Length 134 km Regional walking route
Show on map Ebor Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Foss Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Millennium Way Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Jorvic Way Walking route 104 km ▾
Named route Length 104 km Regional walking route
Show on map 3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 66 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 66 National Cycle Network
Show on map Way of the Roses Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref WoR National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 1.4 km ▾
Named route Ref 66 Length 1.4 km National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
24,963 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 24,963 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 49 species
summer autumn winter
2025 ▾
Carrion Crow · Robin · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Wren +44
Carrion Crow Corvus corone Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Magpie Pica pica Blackbird Turdus merula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Great Tit Parus major Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Coal Tit Periparus ater Tawny Owl Strix aluco Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Linnet Linaria cannabina Swallow Hirundo rustica Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Redwing Turdus iliacus Starling Sturnus vulgaris House Sparrow Passer domesticus Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea flammea/rostrata Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus Nuthatch Sitta europaea Stock Dove Columba oenas Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Herring Gull Larus argentatus Goldcrest Regulus regulus House Martin Delichon urbicum Jay Garrulus glandarius Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus Willow Tit Poecile montanus Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus Swift Apus apus Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 🦌 Mammals 5 species
summer winter
2025 ▾
American Mink · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Roe Deer · Brown Hare
American Mink Neovison vison Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Brown Hare Lepus europaeus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2025 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 27 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Common Darter · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Bog Bush-cricket · Ruddy Darter · Black Darter +22
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025 Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis2025 Bog Bush-cricket Metrioptera brachyptera2025 Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum2025 Black Darter Sympetrum danae2025 🌿 Plants 7 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Cross-leaved Heath · Even Scalewort · Common Pincushion · Upright Hedge-parsley · Tormentil +2
Cross-leaved Heath Erica tetralix2025 Even Scalewort Radula complanata Common Pincushion Dicranoweisia cirrata2025 Upright Hedge-parsley Torilis japonica2025 Tormentil Potentilla erecta2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 24,963 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 49 species
summer autumn winter
2025 ▾
Carrion Crow · Robin · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Wren +44
Carrion Crow Corvus corone Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Magpie Pica pica Blackbird Turdus merula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Great Tit Parus major Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Coal Tit Periparus ater Tawny Owl Strix aluco Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Linnet Linaria cannabina Swallow Hirundo rustica Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Redwing Turdus iliacus Starling Sturnus vulgaris House Sparrow Passer domesticus Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea flammea/rostrata Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus Nuthatch Sitta europaea Stock Dove Columba oenas Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Herring Gull Larus argentatus Goldcrest Regulus regulus House Martin Delichon urbicum Jay Garrulus glandarius Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus Willow Tit Poecile montanus Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus Swift Apus apus Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 🦌 Mammals 5 species
summer winter
2025 ▾
American Mink · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Roe Deer · Brown Hare
American Mink Neovison vison Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Brown Hare Lepus europaeus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2025 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 27 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Common Darter · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Bog Bush-cricket · Ruddy Darter · Black Darter +22
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025 Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis2025 Bog Bush-cricket Metrioptera brachyptera2025 Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum2025 Black Darter Sympetrum danae2025 🌿 Plants 7 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Cross-leaved Heath · Even Scalewort · Common Pincushion · Upright Hedge-parsley · Tormentil +2
Cross-leaved Heath Erica tetralix2025 Even Scalewort Radula complanata Common Pincushion Dicranoweisia cirrata2025 Upright Hedge-parsley Torilis japonica2025 Tormentil Potentilla erecta2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus2025
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus2025
Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa2025
Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa2025
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis2025
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2025
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2025
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025
Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis2025
Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis2025
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2025
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2025
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2025
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2025
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2025
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2025
Carabus problematicus Carabus problematicus2025
Carabus problematicus Carabus problematicus2025
Common Hawker Aeshna juncea2025
Common Hawker Aeshna juncea2025
Spiked Shieldbug Picromerus bidens2025
Spiked Shieldbug Picromerus bidens2025
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2025
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2025
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2025
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2025
Small Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma viridulum2025
Small Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma viridulum2025
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata2025
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata2025
Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus fuscus2025
Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus fuscus2025
Heath Pea-galler Euura collactanea2025
Heath Pea-galler Euura collactanea2025 Acid Frillwort
Acid Frillwort
Fossombronia wondraczekii2025
Fossombronia wondraczekii2025
Nees' Pellia Pellia neesiana2025
Nees' Pellia Pellia neesiana2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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