Thornholme Augustinian priory
14 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome14 ha
Getting here
53.60009, -0.54069
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Kestrel
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Kestrel
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Kestrel, Blackbird +57 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Kestrel, Blackbird +57 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Speckled Wood, Peacock, Gatekeeper +46 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Canadian Waterweed, Nuttall's Waterweed, Herb-Paris +61 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Ancholme Valley WayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Photos
Track through the site of Thornholme Priory
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
1,506 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,506 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
springautumn
2025▾
Kestrel · Wren · Woodpigeon · Song Thrush · Magpie +25
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
- CuckooCuculus canorus2019
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2018
Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · American Mink
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- American MinkNeovison vison2018
Red Admiral · Gatekeeper · Meadow Brown · Speckled Wood · Large White +20
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- PeacockAglais io
🌿Plants65 species
winterspring
2025▾
Herb-Paris · Red Campion · Canadian Waterweed · Clustered Feather-moss · Common Twayblade +60
- Herb-ParisParis quadrifolia2021
- Red CampionSilene dioica2024
- Canadian WaterweedElodea canadensis2019
- Clustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertum2024
- Common TwaybladeNeottia ovata2019
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,506 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
springautumn
2025▾
Kestrel · Wren · Woodpigeon · Song Thrush · Magpie +25
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
- CuckooCuculus canorus2019
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2018
Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · American Mink
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- American MinkNeovison vison2018
Red Admiral · Gatekeeper · Meadow Brown · Speckled Wood · Large White +20
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- PeacockAglais io
🌿Plants65 species
winterspring
2025▾
Herb-Paris · Red Campion · Canadian Waterweed · Clustered Feather-moss · Common Twayblade +60
- Herb-ParisParis quadrifolia2021
- Red CampionSilene dioica2024
- Canadian WaterweedElodea canadensis2019
- Clustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertum2024
- Common TwaybladeNeottia ovata2019
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2019
2019
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019Small WhitePieris rapae2019Small WhitePieris rapae2019Common DarterSympetrum striolatumCommon DarterSympetrum striolatumBrown HawkerAeshna grandisBrown HawkerAeshna grandisMigrant HawkerAeshna mixtaMigrant HawkerAeshna mixtaDock BugCoreus marginatusDock BugCoreus marginatusRed-Breasted Carrion BeetleOiceoptoma thoracicum2021Red-Breasted Carrion BeetleOiceoptoma thoracicum2021Bromius obscurusBromius obscurus2021Bromius obscurusBromius obscurus2021Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021Tachina ursinaTachina ursina2021Tachina ursinaTachina ursina2021Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigata2021Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigata2021Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2020Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2020Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2019Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2019Limnephilus marmoratusLimnephilus marmoratus2019Limnephilus marmoratusLimnephilus marmoratus2019Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis2018Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis2018Athripsodes aterrimusAthripsodes aterrimus2018Athripsodes aterrimusAthripsodes aterrimus2018Mystacides azureaMystacides azurea2018Mystacides azureaMystacides azurea2018Dyer's Greenweed
Dyer's Greenweed
Genista tinctoria2024
Genista tinctoria2024
Wall GermanderTeucrium chamaedrys2024Wall GermanderTeucrium chamaedrys2024Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2024Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2024Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare2024Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare2024Chalk Comb-mossCtenidium molluscum2024Chalk Comb-mossCtenidium molluscum2024Cypress-leaved Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme2024Cypress-leaved Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme2024Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius2024Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius2024Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians2024Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians2024WaterweedElodea2020WaterweedElodea2020BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2020BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2020PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2020PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2020Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysCreeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens2024Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens2024Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2024Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2024Marble Screw-mossSyntrichia papillosa2024Marble Screw-mossSyntrichia papillosa2024Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum2024Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum2024Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2024Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2024Rock Pocket-mossFissidens dubius2024Rock Pocket-mossFissidens dubius2024Many-fruited Thyme-mossPlagiomnium affine2024Many-fruited Thyme-mossPlagiomnium affine2024GreasewortAneura pinguis2024GreasewortAneura pinguis2024Variable-leaved CrestwortLophocolea heterophylla2024Variable-leaved CrestwortLophocolea heterophylla2024Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2024Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2024Spiral Extinguisher-mossEncalypta streptocarpa2024Spiral Extinguisher-mossEncalypta streptocarpa2024Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum2024Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum2024Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum2024Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum2024Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatumStreblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum2024Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatumStreblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum2024Common PincushionDicranoweisia cirrata2024Common PincushionDicranoweisia cirrata2024Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum2024Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum2024Flabby Thread-mossBryum moravicum2024Flabby Thread-mossBryum moravicum2024Crimson-tuber Thread-mossBryum rubens2024Crimson-tuber Thread-mossBryum rubens2024Black BryonyTamus communis2022Black BryonyTamus communis2022SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2022SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2022Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2022Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2022Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2021Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2021Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2021Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2021MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2020MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2020Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2020Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2020White Dead-nettleLamium album2020White Dead-nettleLamium album2020SpringbeautyClaytonia perfoliata2019SpringbeautyClaytonia perfoliata2019Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2019Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2019Common GromwellLithospermum officinale2018Common GromwellLithospermum officinale2018Common Rock-roseHelianthemum nummularium2018Common Rock-roseHelianthemum nummularium2018Black-bindweedFallopia convolvulus2018Black-bindweedFallopia convolvulus2018Hedge BedstrawGalium album2018Hedge BedstrawGalium album2018Nuttall's WaterweedElodea nuttallii2018Nuttall's WaterweedElodea nuttallii2018Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2017Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2017Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2017Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2017Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula2017Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula2017GooseberryRibes uva-crispa2017GooseberryRibes uva-crispa2017SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2017SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2017BrackenPteridium aquilinum2017BrackenPteridium aquilinum2017Schreberian Earth-mossTortula acaulon var. acaulon2016Schreberian Earth-mossTortula acaulon var. acaulon2016Supine Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatum2016Supine Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatum2016Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata2016Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata2016Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2016Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2016Green Yoke-mossZygodon viridissimus2016Green Yoke-mossZygodon viridissimus2016Great Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. lacunosum2016Great Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. lacunosum2016Cylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanus2016Cylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanus2016Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum2016Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum2016Syntrichia ruralis var. ruralisSyntrichia ruralis var. ruralis2016Syntrichia ruralis var. ruralisSyntrichia ruralis var. ruralis2016Events & activities nearby
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