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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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53.91874, -0.16400

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦127+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Common Scoter and Scaup
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking nearby — easy to reach by car

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦127+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Common Scoter and Scaup
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking nearby — easy to reach by car

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Paid

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Common Scoter, Scaup, Teal +124 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Common Scoter, Scaup, Teal +124 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Family friendly

Good match

Urban park — family destination

Free

Cycling

Good match

Named cycling route nearby: National Byway (Yorkshire)

Varies

Picnic day out

Good match

Urban park — open green space

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

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

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

Trans-Pennine Trail (Hull to HornseaWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

21 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

Trans Pennine TrailCycling route

Named routeRef TPTNational Cycle Network

Hornsea Rail TrailCycling route

Named route

Main RouteCycling route1.1 km

Named routeRef 65Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route179 m

Named routeRef 65Length 179 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

86,634 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

86,634 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds57 species

winter

2026

Great Crested Grebe · Red-crested Pochard · Coot · Teal · Red-throated Diver +52

Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Red-crested PochardNetta rufina2025
CootFulica atra2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
ScaupAythya marila2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Great SkuaStercorarius skua2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
Little OwlAthene noctua2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
PuffinFratercula arctica2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

winter

2025

Otter · Roe Deer

OtterLutra lutra
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

86,634 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds57 species

winter

2026

Great Crested Grebe · Red-crested Pochard · Coot · Teal · Red-throated Diver +52

Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Red-crested PochardNetta rufina2025
CootFulica atra2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
ScaupAythya marila2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Great SkuaStercorarius skua2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
Little OwlAthene noctua2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
PuffinFratercula arctica2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

winter

2025

Otter · Roe Deer

OtterLutra lutra
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 JThomas · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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