Three round barrows on Cold Moor known as Three Howes
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
54.40868, -1.15086
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pheasant and Chaffinch
- ✦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
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pheasant and Chaffinch
- ✦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 — Pheasant, Chaffinch, Red Grouse (scotica) +61 more · last seen 2025; Upland heathland — red grouse, merlin and short-eared owl
Free
Birds — Pheasant, Chaffinch, Red Grouse (scotica) +61 more · last seen 2025; Upland heathland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Orange-tip, Small White, Green-veined White +33 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Good match
Historic site with public access
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Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lyke Wake WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Cleveland WayWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointNational walking route
Coast to Coast Walk (Richmond to Robin Hood’s Bay)Walking route▾
Named routeRef C2CRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Moors to SeaMountain bike route▾
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Round barrows on Cold Moor
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Wildlife to spot
383 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
383 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRed Grouse (scotica) · Pheasant · Meadow Pipit · Tawny Owl · Swallow +39
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- CurlewNumenius arquata2021
- Alectoris rufa rufaAlectoris rufa rufa
- Phasianus colchicus torquatusPhasianus colchicus torquatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2020
- RobinErithacus rubecula2020
- Eurasian Eagle-OwlBubo bubo2018
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2014
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Perdix perdix perdixPerdix perdix perdix
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2023
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2020
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2020
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2020
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2020
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2020
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2020
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2020
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2018
- JackdawColoeus monedula2014
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2014
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2014
- Great TitParus major2014
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2013
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2013
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2013
- SiskinSpinus spinus2013
🦌Mammals11 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Common Pipistrelle · Brown Long-eared Bat · Hedgehog · Noctule · Soprano Pipistrelle +6
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects36 species
springsummer
2025▾
Orange-tip · Small White · Green-veined White · Green Hairstreak · Rhyacophila dorsalis +31
- Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2018
- Green HairstreakCallophrys rubi2018
- Rhyacophila dorsalisRhyacophila dorsalis2019
🌿Plants6 species
springsummer
2018▾
Bluebell · Rowan · Broom · Spruce · Pale Bramble +1
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2017
- RowanSorbus aucuparia
- BroomCytisus scoparius
- SprucePicea
- Pale BrambleRubus pallidus2012
- Rubus cinerosusRubus cinerosus2012
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
383 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRed Grouse (scotica) · Pheasant · Meadow Pipit · Tawny Owl · Swallow +39
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- CurlewNumenius arquata2021
- Alectoris rufa rufaAlectoris rufa rufa
- Phasianus colchicus torquatusPhasianus colchicus torquatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2020
- RobinErithacus rubecula2020
- Eurasian Eagle-OwlBubo bubo2018
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2014
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Perdix perdix perdixPerdix perdix perdix
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2023
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2020
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2020
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2020
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2020
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2020
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2020
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2020
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2018
- JackdawColoeus monedula2014
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2014
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2014
- Great TitParus major2014
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2013
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2013
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2013
- SiskinSpinus spinus2013
🦌Mammals11 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Common Pipistrelle · Brown Long-eared Bat · Hedgehog · Noctule · Soprano Pipistrelle +6
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects36 species
springsummer
2025▾
Orange-tip · Small White · Green-veined White · Green Hairstreak · Rhyacophila dorsalis +31
- Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2018
- Green HairstreakCallophrys rubi2018
- Rhyacophila dorsalisRhyacophila dorsalis2019
🌿Plants6 species
springsummer
2018▾
Bluebell · Rowan · Broom · Spruce · Pale Bramble +1
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2017
- RowanSorbus aucuparia
- BroomCytisus scoparius
- SprucePicea
- Pale BrambleRubus pallidus2012
- Rubus cinerosusRubus cinerosus2012
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Mole
Mole
Talpa europaea2023
Talpa europaea2023
StoatMustela erminea2020StoatMustela erminea2020RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2022RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2022Brown HareLepus europaeus2020Brown HareLepus europaeus2020Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2020Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2020Halesus radiatus
Halesus radiatus
Halesus radiatus2019
Halesus radiatus2019
Sericostoma personatumSericostoma personatum2019Sericostoma personatumSericostoma personatum2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2018Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2018PeacockAglais io2013PeacockAglais io20137-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2023Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2023Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris2023Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris2023Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculata2020Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculata2020PondskaterGerris2020PondskaterGerris2020LuciliaLucilia2020LuciliaLucilia2020Empis lividaEmpis livida2020Empis lividaEmpis livida2020Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2020Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2020Chaetopteryx villosaChaetopteryx villosa2019Chaetopteryx villosaChaetopteryx villosa2019Agapetus fuscipesAgapetus fuscipes2019Agapetus fuscipesAgapetus fuscipes2019Potamophylax latipennisPotamophylax latipennis2019Potamophylax latipennisPotamophylax latipennis2019Beraea maurusBeraea maurus2019Beraea maurusBeraea maurus2019Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2018Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2018Mystacides azureaMystacides azurea2016Mystacides azureaMystacides azurea2016Latticed HeathChiasmia clathrata2016Latticed HeathChiasmia clathrata2016Silo pallipesSilo pallipes2016Silo pallipesSilo pallipes2016Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2015Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2015Bradycellus harpalinusBradycellus harpalinus2013Bradycellus harpalinusBradycellus harpalinus2013Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2013Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2013Silver YAutographa gamma2013Silver YAutographa gamma2013CommaPolygonia c-album2013CommaPolygonia c-album2013RingletAphantopus hyperantus2013RingletAphantopus hyperantus2013Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2013Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2013Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2013Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2013Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2013Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2013Chimney SweepOdezia atrata2012Chimney SweepOdezia atrata2012Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa2012Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa2012