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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.66480, -1.19587
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦36+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦36+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
Best for
8 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Kestrel +33 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Kestrel +33 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Myrmica scabrinodis, 22-spot Ladybird +129 more · last seen 2023
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Swartz's Feather-moss, Hawthorn, Ash +44 more · last seen 2022
Dogs allowed with public access
⛪Churchyard walks
Good match
Churchyard or religious grounds — wildlife sanctuary and quiet reflection
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Wakefield WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
West Yorkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WYCRRegional cycle route
Photos
22 photos from nearby open sources
St Martin's Church, Womersley
Photos
St Martin's Church, Womersley
✓ 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
302 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
302 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds36 species
wintersummer
2026Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Kestrel · Goldfinch · Chaffinch
+31 more speciesHide species list
All 36 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2019
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2019
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2019
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2019
- SwiftApus apus2012
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021
- Barn OwlTyto alba2020
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2019
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2019
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2019
- SwallowHirundo rustica2019
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2019
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2019
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2019
- DunnockPrunella modularis2019
- Great TitParus major2015
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2015
- MagpiePica pica2015
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2015
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2015
- CootFulica atra2015
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2015
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2015
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2013
Daubenton's Bat · Hedgehog
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2017Great Crested Newt
Small White · Myrmica scabrinodis · 22-spot Ladybird · Pea-leaf Weevil · Athous haemorrhoidalis
+127 more speciesHide species list
All 132 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Small WhitePieris rapae2017
- Myrmica scabrinodisMyrmica scabrinodis2022
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2019
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus2019
- Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis2019
Swartz's Feather-moss · Hawthorn · Ash · Elder · Pineappleweed
+42 more speciesHide species list
All 47 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians2019
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna2014
- AshFraxinus excelsior2014
- ElderSambucus nigra
- PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
- Lesser Bird's-claw Beard-moss
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
302 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds36 species
wintersummer
2026Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Kestrel · Goldfinch · Chaffinch
+31 more speciesHide species list
All 36 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2019
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2019
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2019
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2019
- SwiftApus apus2012
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021
- Barn OwlTyto alba2020
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2019
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2019
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2019
- SwallowHirundo rustica2019
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2019
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2019
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2019
- DunnockPrunella modularis2019
- Great TitParus major2015
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2015
- MagpiePica pica2015
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2015
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2015
- CootFulica atra2015
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2015
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2015
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2013
Daubenton's Bat · Hedgehog
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2017Great Crested Newt
Small White · Myrmica scabrinodis · 22-spot Ladybird · Pea-leaf Weevil · Athous haemorrhoidalis
+127 more speciesHide species list
All 132 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Small WhitePieris rapae2017
- Myrmica scabrinodisMyrmica scabrinodis2022
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2019
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus2019
- Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis2019
Swartz's Feather-moss · Hawthorn · Ash · Elder · Pineappleweed
+42 more speciesHide species list
All 47 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians2019
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna2014
- AshFraxinus excelsior2014
- ElderSambucus nigra
- PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
- Lesser Bird's-claw Beard-moss
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Streblotrichum convolutum var. convolutum2019
Streblotrichum convolutum var. convolutum2019
Schreberian Earth-mossTortula acaulon var. acaulon2019Schreberian Earth-mossTortula acaulon var. acaulon2019Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum2019Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum2019Crimson-tuber Thread-mossBryum rubens2019Crimson-tuber Thread-mossBryum rubens2019BrambleRubus fruticosus2014BrambleRubus fruticosus2014Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2014Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2014Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2014Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2014CleaversGalium aparine2014CleaversGalium aparine2014SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2014SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2014Rosa caninaRosa canina2014Rosa caninaRosa canina2014Fern-leaved Hook-mossCratoneuron filicinum2013Fern-leaved Hook-mossCratoneuron filicinum2013Dwarf Feather-mossMicroeurhynchium pumilum2013Dwarf Feather-mossMicroeurhynchium pumilum2013Common PincushionDicranoweisia cirrata2013Common PincushionDicranoweisia cirrata2013White-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanum2013White-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanum2013Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum2013Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum2013Ulota crispaUlota crispa2013Ulota crispaUlota crispa2013Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum2013Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum2013Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2013Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2013Dotted Thyme-mossRhizomnium punctatum2013Dotted Thyme-mossRhizomnium punctatum2013Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum2013Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum2013Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum2013Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum2013Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens2013Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens2013Frizzled PincushionPlenogemma phyllantha2013Frizzled PincushionPlenogemma phyllantha2013Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum2013Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum2013Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2013Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2013Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2013Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2013Wavy Beard-mossDidymodon sinuosus2013Wavy Beard-mossDidymodon sinuosus2013Palustriella commutataPalustriella commutata2013Palustriella commutataPalustriella commutata2013Bordered Screw-mossTortula marginata2013Bordered Screw-mossTortula marginata2013Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2013Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2013Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius2013Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius2013Wall Feather-mossRhynchostegium murale2013Wall Feather-mossRhynchostegium murale2013Slender Mouse-tail MossIsothecium myosuroides2013Slender Mouse-tail MossIsothecium myosuroides2013Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2013Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2013Hair-pointed Feather-mossCirriphyllum piliferum2013Hair-pointed Feather-mossCirriphyllum piliferum2013Lesser FeatherwortPlagiochila porelloides var. porelloides2013Lesser FeatherwortPlagiochila porelloides var. porelloides2013Greater FeatherwortPlagiochila asplenioides2013Greater FeatherwortPlagiochila asplenioides2013Woodsy Silk-mossPlagiothecium nemorale2013Woodsy Silk-mossPlagiothecium nemorale2013Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2013Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2013Endive PelliaPellia endiviifolia2013Endive PelliaPellia endiviifolia2013Variable-leaved CrestwortLophocolea heterophylla2013Variable-leaved CrestwortLophocolea heterophylla2013Cypress-leaved Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme2013Cypress-leaved Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme2013Events & activities nearby
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