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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦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

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Corn Bunting, Chaffinch, Yellowhammer +45 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Corn Bunting, Chaffinch, Yellowhammer +45 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Rubus polyanthemus, Cock's-foot, Meadow Vetchling +57 more · last seen 2012; Plants — Rubus polyanthemus, Cock's-foot, Meadow Vetchling +57 more · last seen 2012

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Small White, Small Tortoiseshell, Red Admiral +17 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Small White, Small Tortoiseshell, Red Admiral +17 more · last seen 2024

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Hazel, White Dead-nettle, Beech +4 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Cleveland WayWalking route

Named routePoint-to-pointNational walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Filey Brigg to North GareWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

Centenary WayWalking route134 km

Named routeLength 134 kmRegional walking route

Yorkshire Wolds WayWalking route127 km

Named routeLength 127 kmNational walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Easington to Filey BriggWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

31 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 166Cycling route

Named routeRef 166National Cycle Network

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 3Cycling route

Lincoln - Whitby

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

Yorkshire Wolds Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRound tripNational Cycle Network

NCN 1 Humber to TeesCycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route1.2 km

Named routeRef 1Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route20 m

Named routeRef 1Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

824 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

824 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds41 species

springsummer

2025

Corn Bunting · Chaffinch · Buzzard · Yellowhammer · Skylark +36

Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
BuzzardButeo buteo
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2023
Barn OwlTyto alba
MagpiePica pica
WhitethroatCurruca communis
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
LapwingVanellus vanellus2021
Great TitParus major2021
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
JackdawColoeus monedula2020
Stock DoveColumba oenas2020
LinnetLinaria cannabina2020
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2020
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2020
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2020
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2019
RobinErithacus rubecula2019
House SparrowPasser domesticus2019
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Coal TitPeriparus ater
GadwallMareca strepera
RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
Greylag GooseAnser anser2021
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2021
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2021
SwallowHirundo rustica2020
House MartinDelichon urbicum2020
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2019
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2019
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2019

🦌

Mammals7 species

spring

2021

Roe Deer · Badger · Grey Squirrel · Mole · Indet. Deer +2

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
BadgerMeles meles
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
MoleTalpa europaea
Indet. DeerCervidae
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020
Brown HareLepus europaeus2020

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2020

Great Crested Newt

Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus

🐝

Insects13 species

autumn

2024

Small Tortoiseshell · Painted Lady · Speckled Wood · Comma · Small White +8

Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2018
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
CommaPolygonia c-album2018
Small WhitePieris rapae2018
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2018
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
PeacockAglais io2019
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2019
Mottled UmberErannis defoliaria2018

🌿

Plants52 species

summer

2018

Creeping Cinquefoil · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Polygonum aviculare · Yellow Oat-grass · Hogweed +47

Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
Yellow Oat-grassTrisetum flavescens
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Common RestharrowOnonis repens
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Musk ThistleCarduus nutans
AshFraxinus excelsior
HemlockConium maculatum
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
CrosswortCruciata laevipes
Red FescueFestuca rubra
Greater PlantainPlantago major
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Wych ElmUlmus glabra
Wild MignonetteReseda lutea
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
EyebrightEuphrasia
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Tufted VetchVicia cracca
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
ChicoryCichorium intybus
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Smaller Cat's-tailPhleum bertolonii
Common CouchElymus repens
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
DropwortFilipendula vulgaris
Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis
SainfoinOnobrychis viciifolia
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Rosa caninaRosa canina
ElderSambucus nigra
SunflowerHelianthus annuus
DandelionTaraxacum
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Upright BromeBromopsis erecta
PignutConopodium majus
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
GorseUlex europaeus
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Red CampionSilene dioica
Field Penny-cressThlaspi arvense
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

824 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds41 species

springsummer

2025

Corn Bunting · Chaffinch · Buzzard · Yellowhammer · Skylark +36

Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
BuzzardButeo buteo
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2023
Barn OwlTyto alba
MagpiePica pica
WhitethroatCurruca communis
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
LapwingVanellus vanellus2021
Great TitParus major2021
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
JackdawColoeus monedula2020
Stock DoveColumba oenas2020
LinnetLinaria cannabina2020
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2020
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2020
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2020
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2019
RobinErithacus rubecula2019
House SparrowPasser domesticus2019
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Coal TitPeriparus ater
GadwallMareca strepera
RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
Greylag GooseAnser anser2021
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2021
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2021
SwallowHirundo rustica2020
House MartinDelichon urbicum2020
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2019
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2019
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2019

🦌

Mammals7 species

spring

2021

Roe Deer · Badger · Grey Squirrel · Mole · Indet. Deer +2

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
BadgerMeles meles
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
MoleTalpa europaea
Indet. DeerCervidae
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020
Brown HareLepus europaeus2020

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2020

Great Crested Newt

Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus

🐝

Insects13 species

autumn

2024

Small Tortoiseshell · Painted Lady · Speckled Wood · Comma · Small White +8

Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2018
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
CommaPolygonia c-album2018
Small WhitePieris rapae2018
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2018
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
PeacockAglais io2019
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2019
Mottled UmberErannis defoliaria2018

🌿

Plants52 species

summer

2018

Creeping Cinquefoil · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Polygonum aviculare · Yellow Oat-grass · Hogweed +47

Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
Yellow Oat-grassTrisetum flavescens
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Common RestharrowOnonis repens
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Musk ThistleCarduus nutans
AshFraxinus excelsior
HemlockConium maculatum
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
CrosswortCruciata laevipes
Red FescueFestuca rubra
Greater PlantainPlantago major
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Wych ElmUlmus glabra
Wild MignonetteReseda lutea
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
EyebrightEuphrasia
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Tufted VetchVicia cracca
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
ChicoryCichorium intybus
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Smaller Cat's-tailPhleum bertolonii
Common CouchElymus repens
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
DropwortFilipendula vulgaris
Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis
SainfoinOnobrychis viciifolia
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Rosa caninaRosa canina
ElderSambucus nigra
SunflowerHelianthus annuus
DandelionTaraxacum
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Upright BromeBromopsis erecta
PignutConopodium majus
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
GorseUlex europaeus
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Red CampionSilene dioica
Field Penny-cressThlaspi arvense
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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