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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome26 ha
Getting here
53.68924, -1.64763
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦52+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Grey Heron
- ☀️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
- 🐦52+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Grey Heron
- ☀️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
Best for
9 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Grey Heron, Mallard +49 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Birds — Woodpigeon, Grey Heron, Mallard +49 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Alder Leaf Beetle, Red-legged Shieldbug +33 more · last seen 2026
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Giant Hogweed, Floating Pennywort, Japanese Knotweed +125 more · last seen 2026
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Kirklees WayWalking route116 km▾
Named routeLength 116 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Wakefield WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Dewsbury and District Ramblers Centenary WalkWalking route▾
Bronte WayWalking route71 km▾
Named routeLength 71 kmRegional walking route
Leeds Country WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
65 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network
Route 69Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network Route 699Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 699National Cycle Network
Wakefield WheelCycling route▾
Named routeRef WheelLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route56 m▾
Named routeRef 66Length 56 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route983 m▾
Named routeRef 66Length 983 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos
22 photos from nearby open sources
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
2,438 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,438 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds52 species
springsummer
2026Woodpigeon · Grey Heron · Mallard · Robin · Moorhen
+47 more speciesHide species list
All 52 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Common Shrew · Roe Deer · Badger
+1 more speciesHide species list
All 6 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
- BadgerMeles meles
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
🐸Amphibians3 species
summer
2026Common Toad · Common Frog · Smooth Newt
7-spot Ladybird · Alder Leaf Beetle · Red-legged Shieldbug · Dock Bug · Cuckoo-Spit Insect
+31 more speciesHide species list
All 36 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2024
🌿Plants128 species
summerautumn
2026Giant Hogweed · Floating Pennywort · Japanese Knotweed · Common Ragwort · Himalayan Balsam
+123 more speciesHide species list
All 128 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2024
- Floating PennywortHydrocotyle ranunculoides2024
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2024
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
- Himalayan Balsam
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,438 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds52 species
springsummer
2026Woodpigeon · Grey Heron · Mallard · Robin · Moorhen
+47 more speciesHide species list
All 52 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Common Shrew · Roe Deer · Badger
+1 more speciesHide species list
All 6 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
- BadgerMeles meles
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
🐸Amphibians3 species
summer
2026Common Toad · Common Frog · Smooth Newt
7-spot Ladybird · Alder Leaf Beetle · Red-legged Shieldbug · Dock Bug · Cuckoo-Spit Insect
+31 more speciesHide species list
All 36 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2024
🌿Plants128 species
summerautumn
2026Giant Hogweed · Floating Pennywort · Japanese Knotweed · Common Ragwort · Himalayan Balsam
+123 more speciesHide species list
All 128 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2024
- Floating PennywortHydrocotyle ranunculoides2024
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2024
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
- Himalayan Balsam
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisSmall Black AntLasius niger2025Small Black AntLasius niger2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024PlatycheirusPlatycheirus2024PlatycheirusPlatycheirus2024Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2024Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2024Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024Black ClockPterostichus madidus2024Black ClockPterostichus madidus2024Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2024Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2024House-flyMusca domestica2025House-flyMusca domestica2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Stable FlyStomoxys calcitrans2025Stable FlyStomoxys calcitrans2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Macrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosaeMacrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosae2025Macrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosaeMacrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosae2025EupeodesEupeodes2025EupeodesEupeodes202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2025Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2025MicrochrysaMicrochrysa2025MicrochrysaMicrochrysa2025Chocolate Mining BeeAndrena scotica2025Chocolate Mining BeeAndrena scotica2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2024Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2024Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2024Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2024Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2024Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2024Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024Endomychus coccineusEndomychus coccineus2024Endomychus coccineusEndomychus coccineus2024Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024Chrysotoxum festivumChrysotoxum festivum2024Chrysotoxum festivumChrysotoxum festivum2024Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024Sallow Pea-gallerEuura pedunculi2024Sallow Pea-gallerEuura pedunculi2024Eudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanella2024Eudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanella2024Silver FishLepisma saccharinum2024Silver FishLepisma saccharinum2024Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024Impatiens glandulifera2025
Impatiens glandulifera2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025White CloverTrifolium repens2024White CloverTrifolium repens2024Norway MapleAcer platanoides2025Norway MapleAcer platanoides2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025RowanSorbus aucuparia2025RowanSorbus aucuparia2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025ElderSambucus nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025DaisyBellis perennis2024DaisyBellis perennis2024Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2025Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2025Water FernAzolla filiculoides2024Water FernAzolla filiculoides2024Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2025Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2025Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025CleaversGalium aparine2024CleaversGalium aparine2024Spotted-laurelAucuba japonica2025Spotted-laurelAucuba japonica2025Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2025Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025IvyHedera helix2025IvyHedera helix2025HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2025Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2025Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2025Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2025AlderAlnus glutinosa2025AlderAlnus glutinosa2025Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2025Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2025Grey AlderAlnus incana2025Grey AlderAlnus incana2025PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2025Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2025Silver BirchBetula pendula2024Silver BirchBetula pendula2024HazelCorylus avellana2024HazelCorylus avellana2024SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024NipplewortLapsana communis2024NipplewortLapsana communis2024Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulumRough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulumButterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2025Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2025Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2025Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025Field MapleAcer campestre2024Field MapleAcer campestre2024Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2024Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2024Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024OsierSalix viminalis2024OsierSalix viminalis2024Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2024Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2024Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata2024Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata2024Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata2024Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata2024Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024Bush VetchVicia sepium2024Bush VetchVicia sepium2024Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2024Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2024Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2024BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2024Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2024Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2024Clustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertumClustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertumStreblotrichum convolutumStreblotrichum convolutum2025Streblotrichum convolutumStreblotrichum convolutum2025BulrushTypha latifolia2025BulrushTypha latifolia2025Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2025Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2025Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2025Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2025Bird CherryPrunus padus2025Bird CherryPrunus padus2025White PoplarPopulus alba2025White PoplarPopulus alba2025BorageBorago officinalis2025BorageBorago officinalis2025EscalloniaEscallonia rubra var. macrantha2025EscalloniaEscallonia rubra var. macrantha2025Wall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis2025Wall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis2025Evergreen SpindleEuonymus japonicus2025Evergreen SpindleEuonymus japonicus2025Italian AlderAlnus cordata2024Italian AlderAlnus cordata2024Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024Least Yellow-sorrelOxalis exilis2024Least Yellow-sorrelOxalis exilis2024YarrowAchillea millefolium2024YarrowAchillea millefolium2024Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum2024Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum2024Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2024Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2024Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2024Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2024HornbeamCarpinus betulus2024HornbeamCarpinus betulus2024FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2024FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2024Black MedickMedicago lupulina2024Black MedickMedicago lupulina2024Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis2024Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis2024Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2024Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2024Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2024Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2024Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2024Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2024Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2024Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2024Silver-mossBryum argenteum2024Silver-mossBryum argenteum2024Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2024Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2024Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2024Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2024Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2024Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2024AubretiaAubrieta deltoidea2024AubretiaAubrieta deltoidea2024RaspberryRubus idaeus2024RaspberryRubus idaeus2024NymphaeaNymphaea2024NymphaeaNymphaea2024Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta2024Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta2024WeldReseda luteola2024WeldReseda luteola2024Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2024Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2024Common Blue-sow-thistleCicerbita macrophylla2024Common Blue-sow-thistleCicerbita macrophylla2024Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata2024Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata2024Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2024Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2024Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2024Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2024Two-flowered Everlasting-peaLathyrus grandiflorus2024Two-flowered Everlasting-peaLathyrus grandiflorus2024FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024BeechFagus sylvatica2024BeechFagus sylvatica2024BindweedCalystegia2024BindweedCalystegia2024Wild CherryPrunus avium2024Wild CherryPrunus avium2024Darwin's BarberryBerberis darwinii2024Darwin's BarberryBerberis darwinii2024BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2024BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2024CypressCupressaceae2023CypressCupressaceae2023SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2023SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2023MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora2023MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora2023Red FescueFestuca rubra2023Red FescueFestuca rubra2023BrambleRubus fruticosus2023BrambleRubus fruticosus2023RoseRosa2023RoseRosa2023SpeedwellVeronica2023SpeedwellVeronica2023PrimrosePrimula2023PrimrosePrimula2023Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023DandelionTaraxacum2023DandelionTaraxacum2023Crane's-BillGeranium2023Crane's-BillGeranium2023Events & activities nearby
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