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World War II bombing decoy control building 270m south of Scalm Park Cottages

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53.78618, -1.14467

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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

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕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

Strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Great Tit +29 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Great Tit +29 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Speckled Wood, Green-veined White, Small White +52 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Speckled Wood, Green-veined White, Small White +52 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Swan's-neck Thyme-moss, Common Smoothcap, Wood Melick +8 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Swan's-neck Thyme-moss, Common Smoothcap, Wood Melick +8 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Selby)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Selby HorseshoeWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

14 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Trans Pennine TrailCycling route

Named routeRef TPTNational Cycle Network

Trans Pennine TrailCycling route

Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route144 m

Named routeRef 62Length 144 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route15 m

Named routeRef 62Length 15 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete

Main RouteCycling route908 m

Named routeRef 62Length 908 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route48 m

Named routeRef 62Length 48 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

5,446 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,446 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds27 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Robin · Woodpigeon · Grey Heron · Blue Tit · Great Tit +22

RobinErithacus rubecula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
NuthatchSitta europaea
MagpiePica pica2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024

🦌

Mammals2 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Roe Deer · Mole

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
MoleTalpa europaea

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects37 species

summerautumn

2026

Speckled Wood · Green-veined White · Brimstone · Small White · Large White +32

Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
Small WhitePieris rapae2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
SyrphusSyrphus2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
Cionus alaudaCionus alauda2025
Common WaspVespula vulgaris2025
Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense2025
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
Limodromus assimilisLimodromus assimilis
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus2025
Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2025
Sallow Pea-gallerEuura pedunculi2025
Tychius melilotiTychius meliloti2025
Loosestrife SawflyMonostegia abdominalis2025
Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2025
Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans2025
Heath BumblebeeBombus jonellus2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2025
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025
Orange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoa2025
Aedes geniculatusAedes geniculatus2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024

🌿

Plants10 species

spring

2025

Swan's-neck Thyme-moss · Common Smoothcap · Wood Melick · Common Feather-moss · Hart's-tongue Thyme-moss +5

Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum
Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
Wood MelickMelica uniflora
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum
Wood Small-reedCalamagrostis epigejos
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Silky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromalla
Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
RaspberryRubus idaeus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,446 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds27 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Robin · Woodpigeon · Grey Heron · Blue Tit · Great Tit +22

RobinErithacus rubecula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
NuthatchSitta europaea
MagpiePica pica2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024

🦌

Mammals2 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Roe Deer · Mole

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
MoleTalpa europaea

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects37 species

summerautumn

2026

Speckled Wood · Green-veined White · Brimstone · Small White · Large White +32

Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
Small WhitePieris rapae2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
SyrphusSyrphus2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
Cionus alaudaCionus alauda2025
Common WaspVespula vulgaris2025
Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense2025
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
Limodromus assimilisLimodromus assimilis
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus2025
Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2025
Sallow Pea-gallerEuura pedunculi2025
Tychius melilotiTychius meliloti2025
Loosestrife SawflyMonostegia abdominalis2025
Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2025
Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans2025
Heath BumblebeeBombus jonellus2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2025
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025
Orange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoa2025
Aedes geniculatusAedes geniculatus2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024

🌿

Plants10 species

spring

2025

Swan's-neck Thyme-moss · Common Smoothcap · Wood Melick · Common Feather-moss · Hart's-tongue Thyme-moss +5

Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum
Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
Wood MelickMelica uniflora
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum
Wood Small-reedCalamagrostis epigejos
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Silky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromalla
Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
RaspberryRubus idaeus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 JThomas · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Farm building, Scalm Park Farm

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