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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome12 ha
Getting here
52.66672, 0.16589
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Woodcock
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Woodcock
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Swift, Woodcock, Blackbird +53 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Mammals — Hedgehog, Brown Long-eared Bat, Badger +15 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Verrucaria, Flavoplaca dichroa, Rinodina oleae +79 more · last seen 2015
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Large White, Holly Blue +100 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Nene WayWalking route177 km▾
Named routeLength 177 kmRegional walking route
York Gardenspublic footpath · 16 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 16 mPath type: residential
65 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Norwich - Lincoln
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Route 1Cycling route▾
NCN 1 King's Lynn to Boston
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route379 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 379 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route392 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 392 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route63 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 63 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
6,989 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,989 records · National Biodiversity NetworkKestrel · Woodcock · Swift · Starling · Blackbird +29
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2021
- SwiftApus apus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2022
- Barn OwlTyto alba2022
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2022
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
🦌Mammals10 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Badger · Red Fox · Brown Long-eared Bat · Water Vole +5
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- BadgerMeles meles
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2023
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2022
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius2022
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2024▾
Common Frog · Great Crested Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Rosemary Beetle · Harlequin Ladybird · Lesser Marsh Grasshopper · Red Admiral · Small White +26
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2023
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
🌿Plants27 species
springsummer
2026▾
Blue Anemone · Wood Forget-me-not · Common Dog-violet · Alexanders · Creeping Comfrey +22
- Blue AnemoneAnemone apennina
- Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica
- Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
- AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
- Creeping ComfreySymphytum grandiflorum
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,989 records · National Biodiversity NetworkKestrel · Woodcock · Swift · Starling · Blackbird +29
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2021
- SwiftApus apus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2022
- Barn OwlTyto alba2022
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2022
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
🦌Mammals10 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Badger · Red Fox · Brown Long-eared Bat · Water Vole +5
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- BadgerMeles meles
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2023
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2022
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius2022
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2024▾
Common Frog · Great Crested Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Rosemary Beetle · Harlequin Ladybird · Lesser Marsh Grasshopper · Red Admiral · Small White +26
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2023
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
🌿Plants27 species
springsummer
2026▾
Blue Anemone · Wood Forget-me-not · Common Dog-violet · Alexanders · Creeping Comfrey +22
- Blue AnemoneAnemone apennina
- Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica
- Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
- AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
- Creeping ComfreySymphytum grandiflorum
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Mole
Mole
Talpa europaea
Talpa europaea
Brown HareLepus europaeusBrown HareLepus europaeusGrey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2023Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2023Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2021Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2021Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeseliiRoesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeseliiLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024Ivy BeeColletes hederae2022Ivy BeeColletes hederae2022Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2020Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2020Large WhitePieris brassicae2019Large WhitePieris brassicae2019PeacockAglais io2019PeacockAglais io2019Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaCommon CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2024Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2024Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2023Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2023Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023Dock BugCoreus marginatus2023Dock BugCoreus marginatus2023Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2023Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2023Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2023Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2023Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2022Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2022Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2022Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2022Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2022Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2022Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilineaDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea2022Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilineaDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea2022Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2021Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2021GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Cherry Laurel
Cherry Laurel
Prunus laurocerasus
Prunus laurocerasus
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanumHorse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanumRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumGreat Forget-me-notBrunnera macrophyllaGreat Forget-me-notBrunnera macrophyllaBluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana2025BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana2025Hesgen LwydCarex divulsa2023Hesgen LwydCarex divulsa2023Spiked SedgeCarex spicata2023Spiked SedgeCarex spicata2023RamsonsAllium ursinum2023RamsonsAllium ursinum2023Large-flowered TickseedCoreopsis grandiflora2022Large-flowered TickseedCoreopsis grandiflora2022White Ramping-fumitoryFumaria capreolata2022White Ramping-fumitoryFumaria capreolata2022Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2020Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2020Yellow-flowered StrawberryPotentilla indica2020Yellow-flowered StrawberryPotentilla indica2020Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2020Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2020Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2020Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2020Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium2019Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium2019Plantago major subsp. majorPlantago major subsp. major2019Plantago major subsp. majorPlantago major subsp. major2019AshFraxinus excelsior2019AshFraxinus excelsior2019Lesser Sea-spurreySpergularia marina2019Lesser Sea-spurreySpergularia marina2019Narrow-leaved PepperwortLepidium ruderale2019Narrow-leaved PepperwortLepidium ruderale2019Reflexed Saltmarsh-GrassPuccinellia distans2019Reflexed Saltmarsh-GrassPuccinellia distans2019Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum2019Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum2019