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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome12 ha
Getting here
54.03586, -1.28925
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- 🐕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
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- 🐕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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Blue Tit +67 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Blue Tit +67 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Red Admiral, Small Tortoiseshell +29 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Urban park — open green space
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Jorvic WayWalking route104 km▾
Named routeLength 104 kmRegional walking route
YorevisionWalking route▾
Ure Walks Through TimeWalking route▾
YorevisionWalking route▾
Camino Ingles to SantiagoWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
23 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Yorkshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
The White Rose Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 65National Cycle Network
Way of the Roses Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WoRNational Cycle Network
NCN Cycle Route 688Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 688National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route753 m▾
Named routeRef 688Length 753 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route7.7 km▾
Named routeRef 688Length 7.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
9 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
1,157 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
1,157 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
springsummer
2024▾
Moorhen · Grey Heron · Blue Tit · Greylag Goose · Mallard +29
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- Great TitParus major2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023
- CootFulica atra2022
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
- NuthatchSitta europaea2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
- SwiftApus apus2020
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2020
- MagpiePica pica2020
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2020
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2020
- SwallowHirundo rustica2020
- JackdawColoeus monedula2020
Mole · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer
- MoleTalpa europaea2019
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2021
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Small White · Painted Lady · Small Tortoiseshell · Peacock · Red Admiral +10
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
🌿Plants33 species
summerautumn
2023▾
Giant Hogweed · Himalayan Balsam · Bluebell · Tansy · Aspen +28
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2020
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2019
- TansyTanacetum vulgare2019
- AspenPopulus tremula2019
- Bristly Oxtongue
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,157 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
springsummer
2024▾
Moorhen · Grey Heron · Blue Tit · Greylag Goose · Mallard +29
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- Great TitParus major2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023
- CootFulica atra2022
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
- NuthatchSitta europaea2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
- SwiftApus apus2020
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2020
- MagpiePica pica2020
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2020
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2020
- SwallowHirundo rustica2020
- JackdawColoeus monedula2020
Mole · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer
- MoleTalpa europaea2019
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2021
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Small White · Painted Lady · Small Tortoiseshell · Peacock · Red Admiral +10
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
🌿Plants33 species
summerautumn
2023▾
Giant Hogweed · Himalayan Balsam · Bluebell · Tansy · Aspen +28
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2020
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2019
- TansyTanacetum vulgare2019
- AspenPopulus tremula2019
- Bristly Oxtongue
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataCommon CockchaferMelolontha melolonthaCommon CockchaferMelolontha melolonthaAlder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2022Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2022Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019Large WhitePieris brassicae2019Large WhitePieris brassicae2019Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019WallLasiommata megera2019WallLasiommata megera2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019Helminthotheca echioides2019
Helminthotheca echioides2019
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2019PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2019Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2019Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2019Common CouchElymus repens2019Common CouchElymus repens2019Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2019Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2019SanicleSanicula europaea2019SanicleSanicula europaea2019Remote SedgeCarex remota2019Remote SedgeCarex remota2019Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2019Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2019Common NettleUrtica dioica2019Common NettleUrtica dioica2019ColtsfootTussilago farfara2019ColtsfootTussilago farfara2019Rosa caninaRosa canina2019Rosa caninaRosa canina2019Wood AvensGeum urbanum2019Wood AvensGeum urbanum2019CleaversGalium aparine2019CleaversGalium aparine2019SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2019SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2019Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2019Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2019Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2019Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2019Wood DockRumex sanguineus2019Wood DockRumex sanguineus2019Wood MilletMilium effusum2019Wood MilletMilium effusum2019Three-nerved SandwortMoehringia trinervia2019Three-nerved SandwortMoehringia trinervia2019PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2019PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2019MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2019MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2019Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2019Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2019False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2019False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2019Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2019Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2019Common MallowMalva sylvestris2019Common MallowMalva sylvestris2019AshFraxinus excelsior2019AshFraxinus excelsior2019Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2019Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2019False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2019False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2019Events & activities nearby
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