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Old airfield and surrounding woods.
Acaster Airfield is a former Royal Air Force station located 9.5 km south of York city centre. It was developed from a small grass airfield at the beginning of the Second World War and its main use was as a training base for RAF Bomber Command before being used by RAF Maintenance Command from 1944 until 1957. On the airfield and in the surrounding area you can encounter birds like Red-legged Partridge, Common Pheasant, Grey Partridge, Common Cuckoo, Northern Lapwing, Dunlin, Jack Snipe, Sparrowhawk, Red Kite, Common Buzzard, Barn Owl, Little Owl and Tawny Owl.
Park off road next to public footpath sign.
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