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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome11 ha
Getting here
53.70383, -1.63841
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦53+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- ☀️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
- 🐦53+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- ☀️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, Carrion Crow, Magpie +50 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Magpie +50 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large Yellow Underwing, Copper Underwing agg., Heart & Dart +139 more · last seen 2025
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Giant Hogweed, Japanese Knotweed, Himalayan Balsam +24 more · last seen 2026
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 1 public path 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
61 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 route983 m▾
Named routeRef 66Length 983 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route241 m▾
Named routeRef 699Length 241 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos
15 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
5,749 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,749 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds53 species
springautumn
2025Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Rock Dove · Blackbird
+48 more speciesHide species list
All 53 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SwiftApus apus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2020
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2021
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2020
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2018
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2018
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2018
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025Hedgehog · Badger · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2022Palmate Newt
Large Yellow Underwing · Copper Underwing agg. · Heart & Dart · Garden Carpet · Marbled Beauty
+137 more speciesHide species list
All 142 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2019
- Copper Underwing agg.Amphipyra pyramidea agg.2019
- Heart & DartAgrotis exclamationis2019
- Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata2019
- Marbled BeautyBryophila domestica2019
Giant Hogweed · Japanese Knotweed · Himalayan Balsam · Argentinian Vervain · Red Valerian
+22 more speciesHide species list
All 27 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2024
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2023
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2019
- Argentinian VervainVerbena bonariensis2025
- Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,749 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds53 species
springautumn
2025Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Rock Dove · Blackbird
+48 more speciesHide species list
All 53 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SwiftApus apus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2020
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2021
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2020
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2018
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2018
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2018
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025Hedgehog · Badger · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2022Palmate Newt
Large Yellow Underwing · Copper Underwing agg. · Heart & Dart · Garden Carpet · Marbled Beauty
+137 more speciesHide species list
All 142 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2019
- Copper Underwing agg.Amphipyra pyramidea agg.2019
- Heart & DartAgrotis exclamationis2019
- Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata2019
- Marbled BeautyBryophila domestica2019
Giant Hogweed · Japanese Knotweed · Himalayan Balsam · Argentinian Vervain · Red Valerian
+22 more speciesHide species list
All 27 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2024
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2023
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2019
- Argentinian VervainVerbena bonariensis2025
- Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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