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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕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
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕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

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Tree Sparrow, Fieldfare +59 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Tree Sparrow, Fieldfare +59 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Clustered Bellflower, Common Bird's-foot-trefoil, Meadow Buttercup +105 more · last seen 2013; Plants — Clustered Bellflower, Common Bird's-foot-trefoil, Meadow Buttercup +105 more · last seen 2013

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Common Nettle, Smooth Hawk's-beard, Hawthorn +12 more foraging species

Varies

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Red-legged Shieldbug, Bronze Fusehorn, Mesembrina meridiana +16 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Red-legged Shieldbug, Bronze Fusehorn, Mesembrina meridiana +16 more · last seen 2024

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Centenary WayWalking route134 km

Named routeLength 134 kmRegional walking route

Yorkshire Wolds WayWalking route127 km

Named routeLength 127 kmNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

21 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

National Byway (Yorkshire)Cycling route

Named routeRef NBRegional 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 route3.8 km

Named routeRef 166Length 3.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

1,047 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,047 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds34 species

springautumn

2025

Magpie · Blackbird · Collared Dove · Pied Wagtail · Jackdaw +29

MagpiePica pica
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
JackdawColoeus monedula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
RookCorvus frugilegus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Great TitParus major2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Rock DoveColumba livia
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Corvus frugilegus frugilegusCorvus frugilegus frugilegus
Coloeus monedula spermologusColoeus monedula spermologus
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2024
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
SanderlingCalidris alba2024

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Roe Deer

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐝

Insects5 species

spring

2024

Red-legged Shieldbug · Bronze Fusehorn · Mesembrina meridiana · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Liophloeus tessulatus

Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Bronze FusehornArge ustulata
Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Liophloeus tessulatusLiophloeus tessulatus

🌿

Plants110 species

springsummer

2025

Carline Thistle · Fairy Flax · Ribwort Plantain · Basil Thyme · Downy Oat +105

Carline ThistleCarlina vulgaris
Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Basil ThymeClinopodium acinos
Downy OatAvenula pubescens
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus
CrosswortCruciata laevipes
Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus
Crested Hair-grassKoeleria macrantha
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Meadow OatHelictochloa pratensis
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
Salad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
DaisyBellis perennis
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Hairy VioletViola hirta
Bloody Crane's-billGeranium sanguineum
Quaking-grassBriza media
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris
Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Common Rock-roseHelianthemum nummularium
AshFraxinus excelsior
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
White CloverTrifolium repens
Musk ThistleCarduus nutans
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Common RestharrowOnonis repens
Common MilkwortPolygala vulgaris
Small ScabiousScabiosa columbaria
Hoary PlantainPlantago media
Wild ThymeThymus drucei
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia
Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus
Burnet-saxifragePimpinella saxifraga
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Wild MignonetteReseda lutea
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Heath False-bromeBrachypodium pinnatum
Knotted Hedge-parsleyTorilis nodosa
Yellow Oat-grassTrisetum flavescens
European LarchLarix decidua
Heath-grassDanthonia decumbens
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Field PansyViola arvensis
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
GorseUlex europaeus
Swine-cressLepidium coronopus
EyebrightEuphrasia
BetonyBetonica officinalis
Fern-grassCatapodium rigidum
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Clustered BellflowerCampanula glomerata
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Common NettleUrtica dioica
DropwortFilipendula vulgaris
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2024
DandelionTaraxacum2024
Thyme-leaved SandwortArenaria serpyllifolia2024
CleaversGalium aparine2024
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2024
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2024
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2024
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2024
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana2024
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2024
Common CornsaladValerianella locusta2024
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2024
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2024
CowslipPrimula veris2024
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2024
Lesser / Wood BurdockArctium minus2024
White CampionSilene latifolia2024
Upright BromeBromopsis erecta2024
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2024
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024
Bladder CampionSilene vulgaris2024
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2024
SainfoinOnobrychis viciifolia2024
Smooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensis2024
Field MadderSherardia arvensis2024
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024
ElderSambucus nigra2024
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2024
Common DuckweedLemna minor2024
Field Mouse-earCerastium arvense2024
PignutConopodium majus2024
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2024
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2024
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024
Red FescueFestuca rubra2024
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2024
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024
White Dead-nettleLamium album2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,047 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds34 species

springautumn

2025

Magpie · Blackbird · Collared Dove · Pied Wagtail · Jackdaw +29

MagpiePica pica
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
JackdawColoeus monedula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
RookCorvus frugilegus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Great TitParus major2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Rock DoveColumba livia
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Corvus frugilegus frugilegusCorvus frugilegus frugilegus
Coloeus monedula spermologusColoeus monedula spermologus
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2024
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
SanderlingCalidris alba2024

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Roe Deer

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐝

Insects5 species

spring

2024

Red-legged Shieldbug · Bronze Fusehorn · Mesembrina meridiana · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Liophloeus tessulatus

Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Bronze FusehornArge ustulata
Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Liophloeus tessulatusLiophloeus tessulatus

🌿

Plants110 species

springsummer

2025

Carline Thistle · Fairy Flax · Ribwort Plantain · Basil Thyme · Downy Oat +105

Carline ThistleCarlina vulgaris
Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Basil ThymeClinopodium acinos
Downy OatAvenula pubescens
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus
CrosswortCruciata laevipes
Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus
Crested Hair-grassKoeleria macrantha
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Meadow OatHelictochloa pratensis
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
Salad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
DaisyBellis perennis
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Hairy VioletViola hirta
Bloody Crane's-billGeranium sanguineum
Quaking-grassBriza media
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris
Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Common Rock-roseHelianthemum nummularium
AshFraxinus excelsior
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
White CloverTrifolium repens
Musk ThistleCarduus nutans
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Common RestharrowOnonis repens
Common MilkwortPolygala vulgaris
Small ScabiousScabiosa columbaria
Hoary PlantainPlantago media
Wild ThymeThymus drucei
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia
Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus
Burnet-saxifragePimpinella saxifraga
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Wild MignonetteReseda lutea
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Heath False-bromeBrachypodium pinnatum
Knotted Hedge-parsleyTorilis nodosa
Yellow Oat-grassTrisetum flavescens
European LarchLarix decidua
Heath-grassDanthonia decumbens
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Field PansyViola arvensis
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
GorseUlex europaeus
Swine-cressLepidium coronopus
EyebrightEuphrasia
BetonyBetonica officinalis
Fern-grassCatapodium rigidum
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Clustered BellflowerCampanula glomerata
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Common NettleUrtica dioica
DropwortFilipendula vulgaris
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2024
DandelionTaraxacum2024
Thyme-leaved SandwortArenaria serpyllifolia2024
CleaversGalium aparine2024
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2024
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2024
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2024
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2024
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana2024
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2024
Common CornsaladValerianella locusta2024
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2024
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2024
CowslipPrimula veris2024
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2024
Lesser / Wood BurdockArctium minus2024
White CampionSilene latifolia2024
Upright BromeBromopsis erecta2024
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2024
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024
Bladder CampionSilene vulgaris2024
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2024
SainfoinOnobrychis viciifolia2024
Smooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensis2024
Field MadderSherardia arvensis2024
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024
ElderSambucus nigra2024
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2024
Common DuckweedLemna minor2024
Field Mouse-earCerastium arvense2024
PignutConopodium majus2024
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2024
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2024
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024
Red FescueFestuca rubra2024
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2024
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024
White Dead-nettleLamium album2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

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