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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessDogs welcome200 ha
Getting here
54.26217, -1.60172
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Thorp Perrow Arboretum is an 85-acre (34 ha) woodland garden arboretum near Bedale in North Yorkshire, England.
Read more on Wikipedia →Botanical gardenGrade II listed park and garden
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦110+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Little Ringed Plover and Peregrine
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦110+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Little Ringed Plover and Peregrine
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Little Ringed Plover, Peregrine, Hobby +107 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: SNAPE CASTLE; Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Little Ringed Plover, Peregrine, Hobby +107 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Common Darter, Azure Damselfly +15 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Camino Ingles to SantiagoWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
24 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
Photos
Tree stump in Spring Wood, Thorp Perrow Arboretum
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
12,278 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,278 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
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- 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
12,278 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
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- 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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