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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
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Open directionsv York Cemetery is a cemetery located in the city of York, England. Founded in 1837, it now encompasses 24 acres and is owned and administered by The York Cemetery Trust with support of the Friends of York Cemetery. It is situated on Cemetery Road in the Fishergate area of York.
Read more on Wikipedia → Park Grade II* listed park and garden c. 1837
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 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here ☕ Bison Coffee House — a good base for a longer summer day out 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here ☕ Bison Coffee House — a good base for a longer summer day out 🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Paid 🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +60 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +60 more · last seen 2026
Free
Plants — Common Nettle, Garlic Mustard, White Dead-nettle +10 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Grey-cushioned Grimmia, Wall Screw-moss, Common Feather-moss +123 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Grey-cushioned Grimmia, Wall Screw-moss, Common Feather-moss +123 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Trioza centranthi, Syrphus, 7-spot Ladybird +43 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Trioza centranthi, Syrphus, 7-spot Ladybird +43 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Centenary Way Walking route 134 km ▾
Named route Length 134 km Regional walking route
Show on map Ebor Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Foss Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Millennium Way Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Jorvic Way Walking route 104 km ▾
Named route Length 104 km Regional walking route
Show on map 132 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 66 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 66 National Cycle Network
Show on map The White Rose Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 65 National Cycle Network
Show on map Way of the Roses Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref WoR National Cycle Network
Show on map NCN National Route 665 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 665 National Cycle Network
Show on map NCN National Route 658 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 658 National Cycle Network
Show on map Solar System Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
59,455 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 59,455 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 21 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Mallard · Canada Goose · Greylag Goose · Blackbird · Moorhen +16
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Canada Goose Branta canadensis Greylag Goose Anser anser Blackbird Turdus merula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Tit Parus major Dunnock Prunella modularis Coot Fulica atra Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Robin Erithacus rubecula Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Rabbit · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Brown Hare +2
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Brown Hare Lepus europaeus Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris 🐝 Insects 17 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Trioza centranthi · 7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Scathophaga stercoraria +12
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Syrphus Syrphus Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Brown Soft-scale Coccus hesperidum Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Crescent-cup Liverwort · Common Feather-moss · Springy Turf-moss +31
Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata Rough-stalked Feather-moss Brachythecium rutabulum Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga Springy Turf-moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus Bird's-claw Beard-moss Barbula unguiculata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 59,455 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 21 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Mallard · Canada Goose · Greylag Goose · Blackbird · Moorhen +16
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Canada Goose Branta canadensis Greylag Goose Anser anser Blackbird Turdus merula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Tit Parus major Dunnock Prunella modularis Coot Fulica atra Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Robin Erithacus rubecula Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Rabbit · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Brown Hare +2
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Brown Hare Lepus europaeus Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris 🐝 Insects 17 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Trioza centranthi · 7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Scathophaga stercoraria +12
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Syrphus Syrphus Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Brown Soft-scale Coccus hesperidum Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Crescent-cup Liverwort · Common Feather-moss · Springy Turf-moss +31
Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata Rough-stalked Feather-moss Brachythecium rutabulum Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga Springy Turf-moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus Bird's-claw Beard-moss Barbula unguiculata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
10-spot Ladybird
10-spot Ladybird
Adalia decempunctata
Adalia decempunctata
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Anthonomus pedicularius Anthonomus pedicularius
Anthonomus pedicularius Anthonomus pedicularius
Norellia spinipes Norellia spinipes
Norellia spinipes Norellia spinipes
Psectrotanypus varius Psectrotanypus varius
Psectrotanypus varius Psectrotanypus varius
Black Clock Pterostichus madidus
Black Clock Pterostichus madidus
Cabbage Stem Weevil Ceutorhynchus pallidactylus
Cabbage Stem Weevil Ceutorhynchus pallidactylus
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci
Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci
Leistus spinibarbis Leistus spinibarbis
Leistus spinibarbis Leistus spinibarbis
Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus
Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus Fairy Foxglove
Fairy Foxglove
Erinus alpinus
Erinus alpinus
Pointed Spear-moss Calliergonella cuspidata
Pointed Spear-moss Calliergonella cuspidata
Wood Bristle-moss Lewinskya affinis
Wood Bristle-moss Lewinskya affinis
Thickpoint Grimmia Schistidium crassipilum
Thickpoint Grimmia Schistidium crassipilum
Lords-and-Ladies Arum maculatum
Lords-and-Ladies Arum maculatum
Silver-moss Bryum argenteum
Silver-moss Bryum argenteum
Common Pocket-moss Fissidens taxifolius
Common Pocket-moss Fissidens taxifolius
Swartz's Feather-moss Oxyrrhynchium hians
Swartz's Feather-moss Oxyrrhynchium hians
Anomalous Bristle-moss Orthotrichum anomalum
Anomalous Bristle-moss Orthotrichum anomalum
Common Liverwort Marchantia polymorpha
Common Liverwort Marchantia polymorpha
Wall Screw-moss Tortula muralis
Wall Screw-moss Tortula muralis
Wall-rue Asplenium ruta-muraria
Wall-rue Asplenium ruta-muraria
Hart's-Tongue Asplenium scolopendrium
Hart's-Tongue Asplenium scolopendrium
Mind-your-own-business Soleirolia soleirolii
Mind-your-own-business Soleirolia soleirolii
Bristly Oxtongue Helminthotheca echioides
Bristly Oxtongue Helminthotheca echioides
Snowdrop Galanthus nivalis
Snowdrop Galanthus nivalis
Primrose Primula vulgaris
Primrose Primula vulgaris
Stinking Iris Iris foetidissima
Stinking Iris Iris foetidissima
Common Whitlowgrass Erophila verna
Common Whitlowgrass Erophila verna
Alexanders Smyrnium olusatrum
Alexanders Smyrnium olusatrum
Italian Lords-and-Ladies Arum italicum
Italian Lords-and-Ladies Arum italicum
Wild Teasel Dipsacus fullonum
Wild Teasel Dipsacus fullonum
Shining Crane's-bill Geranium lucidum
Shining Crane's-bill Geranium lucidum
Winter Aconite Eranthis hyemalis
Winter Aconite Eranthis hyemalis
Common Nettle Urtica dioica
Common Nettle Urtica dioica
Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata
Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata
Wood Avens Geum urbanum
Wood Avens Geum urbanum
Ivy Hedera helix
Ivy Hedera helix
Shepherd's-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris
Shepherd's-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris
Yew Taxus baccata
Yew Taxus baccata 