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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.71459, -1.86068
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Woodpigeon
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️The Shay Stadium car park 54m away — 10 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Woodpigeon
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️The Shay Stadium car park 54m away — 10 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Jackdaw, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +67 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Jackdaw, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +67 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Heath Plait-moss, Common Smoothcap +59 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Route 69
Varies
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Kirklees WayWalking route116 km▾
Named routeLength 116 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Calderdale WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Brighouse Boundary WalkWalking route29 km▾
Named routeLength 29 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Hebble TrailWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal walking route
Bronte WayWalking route71 km▾
Named routeLength 71 kmRegional walking route
69 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network
Route 69Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network
West Yorkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WYCRRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route2.4 km▾
Named routeRef 68Length 2.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route60 m▾
Named routeRef 66Length 60 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Boys Lanebridleway · 59 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 59 mSurface settIncline downPath type: track
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Wildlife to spot
8,850 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,850 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Robin +40
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🌿Plants24 species
winterspring
2026▾
Heath Plait-moss · Bristly Haircap · Neat Feather-moss · Common Smoothcap · Common Feather-moss +19
- Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum
- Bristly HaircapPolytrichum piliferum
- Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
- Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,850 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Robin +40
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🌿Plants24 species
winterspring
2026▾
Heath Plait-moss · Bristly Haircap · Neat Feather-moss · Common Smoothcap · Common Feather-moss +19
- Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum
- Bristly HaircapPolytrichum piliferum
- Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
- Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
