This location is more reliable for Common Crossbill and closer views of common woodland birds, including Goldcrest, Coal Tit, Treecreeper and Green and Great Spotted Woodpeckers.Ĭarry on slowly by car along the forest road, checking for Spotted Flycatchers, to the ‘shrike clearing’ (SE 953890) which is excellent for Tree Pipit and European Nightjar at dusk. The Forestry Commission plans to do some felling to open up the view in the near future. It too has a couple of benches and has the advantage of being just 20 m from your car. This is an alternative lookout to the more open aspect of the Raptor Viewpoint. Returning in your car to the T-junction, there’s a car park on your left for Highwood Brow viewpoint (SE 942889). View from several gates along the side of the road, checking in between the rows of sapling trees. European Turtle Doves occasionally pass by, but a more reliable site is found by retracing your steps to the car park and continuing on the road on foot to the right, listening for the species’ soft purring song, to the nearby Wykeham Nurseries (SE 934886). Black Kite and Black Stork have been recorded here.Ĭommon Crossbills occasionally fly over and the delightful Siskin is ever present. More scarce are sightings of Red Kite and Osprey. Patient observers in the summer will often be rewarded with Honey and the more numerous Common Buzzard, as well as Goshawk, Sparrowhawk, Peregrine Falcon, Kestrel and Hobby. There are two wooden benches to relax on. This brings you out in a clearing on a ridge that gives spectacular views over Troutsdale valley below and across the forests of Dalby, Langdale and Broxa. It’s a five-minute walk north to the viewpoint along a narrow footpath. Continue for about 500 m and park on the right in the Raptor Viewpoint car park (SE 935887). At North Moor, continue north for 1 mile and turn left at the T-junction. To access the forest, take the minor road north off the main Pickering-Scarborough A170 road at the Downe Arms in Wykeham village, signposted for North Moor. The route takes you along the northern edge of the forest, where some special birds can be enjoyed in spectacular scenery. The forest holds a surprising healthy population of European Turtle Dove, a species that has seen an unfortunate dramatic decline over the last 30 years in other parts of Britain. Wykeham Forest is situated between Pickering and Scarborough in North Yorkshire and is one of several large forests in this area that together provide an ideal habitat for breeding Honey Buzzards and Goshawks.
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