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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

5 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, Robin, Woodpigeon +67 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Woodpigeon +67 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Common Cockchafer, Scathophaga stercoraria +14 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Common Cockchafer, Scathophaga stercoraria +14 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Great Scented Liverwort, Common Liverwort · last seen 2025; Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Great Scented Liverwort, Common Liverwort · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

8 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Nidderdale WayWalking route85 km

Named routeLength 85 kmRound tripRegional walking route

6 Dales TrailWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Dales Way - Harrogate Link PathWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Brimham Rocks to Pateley Bridge Circular Walk, Brimham RocksWalking route13.4 km

This circular walk takes you from dramatic moorland rock formations by the River Nidd to Pateley Bridge, returning via the Nidderdale Way, an area of outstanding natural beauty.

Named routeLength 13.4 kmDuration 04:00Round tripLocal walking route

Farmland, Big Skies and Birds of Prey Walk, Brimham RocksWalking route9.9 km

A gentle walk through farms, meadows and pastures, with wide open spaces & a great chance of spotting birds of prey like red kites, buzzards and kestrels. Mainly flat on paved, farm tracks & through fields. Includes muddy parts, stiles, steps and gates.

Named routeLength 9.9 kmDuration 04:00Round tripLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

10 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Way of the Roses Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef WoRNational Cycle Network

Route 67Cycling route

Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network

NCN Cycle Route 688Cycling route

Named routeRef 688National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route15.9 km

Named routeRef 688Length 15.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route792 m

Named routeRef 67Length 792 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route883 m

Named routeRef 67Length 883 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Swinsty Cycle routeMountain bike route

Named route

🐴

Horse riding

2 public paths nearby

Public paths

Langer Hill Lanebridleway · 632 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 632 mSurface dirtPath type: bridleway

Fringill Lanebridleway · 232 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 232 mPath type: bridleway

Wildlife to spot

6,535 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,535 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds59 species

spring

2025

Blackbird · Robin · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Curlew +54

BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
CurlewNumenius arquata
BuzzardButeo buteo
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
JackdawColoeus monedula
MagpiePica pica
DunnockPrunella modularis
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Common GullLarus canus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
Great TitParus major
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
SwallowHirundo rustica
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
GoosanderMergus merganser
DipperCinclus cinclus
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Red KiteMilvus milvus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
SwiftApus apus
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
NuthatchSitta europaea
Stock DoveColumba oenas
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Greylag GooseAnser anser
JayGarrulus glandarius
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
WhitethroatCurruca communis
LapwingVanellus vanellus
RookCorvus frugilegus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
TealAnas crecca
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
KestrelFalco tinnunculus

🦌

Mammals2 species

springautumn

2025

Brown Hare · Roe Deer

Brown HareLepus europaeus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects6 species

winterspringsummer

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Batman Hoverfly · Xylota segnis · Face Fly · Common Cockchafer +1

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025
Face FlyMusca autumnalis2025
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025
Common WaspVespula vulgaris2025

🌿

Plants1 species

summer

2025

Great Scented Liverwort

Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,535 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds59 species

spring

2025

Blackbird · Robin · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Curlew +54

BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
CurlewNumenius arquata
BuzzardButeo buteo
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
JackdawColoeus monedula
MagpiePica pica
DunnockPrunella modularis
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Common GullLarus canus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
Great TitParus major
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
SwallowHirundo rustica
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
GoosanderMergus merganser
DipperCinclus cinclus
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Red KiteMilvus milvus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
SwiftApus apus
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
NuthatchSitta europaea
Stock DoveColumba oenas
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Greylag GooseAnser anser
JayGarrulus glandarius
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
WhitethroatCurruca communis
LapwingVanellus vanellus
RookCorvus frugilegus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
TealAnas crecca
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
KestrelFalco tinnunculus

🦌

Mammals2 species

springautumn

2025

Brown Hare · Roe Deer

Brown HareLepus europaeus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects6 species

winterspringsummer

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Batman Hoverfly · Xylota segnis · Face Fly · Common Cockchafer +1

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025
Face FlyMusca autumnalis2025
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025
Common WaspVespula vulgaris2025

🌿

Plants1 species

summer

2025

Great Scented Liverwort

Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Chris Heaton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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