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Battle of Chequer Field

📷 Christine Johnstone · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground 226m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground 226m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Playground

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Swift +47 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Swift +47 more · last seen 2026

Free

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Brown Rollrim, Turkeytail, Rufous Milkcap +38 more · last seen 2020; Fungi — Brown Rollrim, Turkeytail, Rufous Milkcap +38 more · last seen 2020

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Lily Beetle, 7-spot Ladybird +59 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Lily Beetle, 7-spot Ladybird +59 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Japanese Knotweed, Common Nettle +60 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Japanese Knotweed, Common Nettle +60 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Common Nettle, Hogweed, Henbit Dead-nettle +9 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Wakefield WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

7 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Castleford Wakefield GreenwayCycling route

Named routeRef 69Local cycle route

Route 69Cycling route

Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network

Castleford GreenwayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

West Yorkshire Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef WYCRRegional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route996 m

Named routeRef 69Length 996 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route54 m

Named routeLength 54 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

🐴

Horse riding

1 public path nearby

Public paths

Grovehall Lanebridleway · 182 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 182 mPath type: bridleway

Wildlife to spot

2,901 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,901 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds25 species

winterspring

2026

Blackbird · Woodpigeon · House Sparrow · Pied Wagtail · Wren +20

BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Little OwlAthene noctua
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Great TitParus major2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2024
Common TernSterna hirundo2024

🦌

Mammals6 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Red Fox · Rabbit · Mole +1

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
MoleTalpa europaea2024
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024

🐝

Insects26 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Aphid · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Buff-tailed Bumblebee +21

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
AphidAphididae2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2025
Clogmia albipunctataClogmia albipunctata2024
Small Black AntLasius niger
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus2025
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Formica lemaniFormica lemani2025
Drepanosiphum platanoidisDrepanosiphum platanoidis2025
Common Mourning BeeMelecta albifrons2025
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Common Pollen BeetleMeligethes aeneus2025
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2024
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Tillus elongatusTillus elongatus2024
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2024
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2024

🌿

Plants36 species

summer

2025

Common Nettle · White Clover · Nasturtium · Daisy · Hogweed +31

Common NettleUrtica dioica2024
White CloverTrifolium repens2024
NasturtiumTropaeolum majus2024
DaisyBellis perennis2024
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024
Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2024
Wild MignonetteReseda lutea2024
Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta2024
Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium2024
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024
Common LiverwortMarchantia polymorpha2024
CleaversGalium aparine2024
Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2024
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus2024
Lily-of-the-valleyConvallaria majalis2024
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024
White Dead-nettleLamium album2024
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2024
White CampionSilene latifolia2024
CowslipPrimula veris2024
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2024
IvyHedera helix2024
BroomCytisus scoparius2024
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2024
BeechFagus sylvatica2024
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2024
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024
BurdockArctium2024
Wall LettuceMycelis muralis2024
Trailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyana2024
Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2024
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,901 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds25 species

winterspring

2026

Blackbird · Woodpigeon · House Sparrow · Pied Wagtail · Wren +20

BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Little OwlAthene noctua
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Great TitParus major2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2024
Common TernSterna hirundo2024

🦌

Mammals6 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Red Fox · Rabbit · Mole +1

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
MoleTalpa europaea2024
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024

🐝

Insects26 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Aphid · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Buff-tailed Bumblebee +21

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
AphidAphididae2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2025
Clogmia albipunctataClogmia albipunctata2024
Small Black AntLasius niger
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus2025
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Formica lemaniFormica lemani2025
Drepanosiphum platanoidisDrepanosiphum platanoidis2025
Common Mourning BeeMelecta albifrons2025
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Common Pollen BeetleMeligethes aeneus2025
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2024
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Tillus elongatusTillus elongatus2024
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2024
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2024

🌿

Plants36 species

summer

2025

Common Nettle · White Clover · Nasturtium · Daisy · Hogweed +31

Common NettleUrtica dioica2024
White CloverTrifolium repens2024
NasturtiumTropaeolum majus2024
DaisyBellis perennis2024
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024
Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2024
Wild MignonetteReseda lutea2024
Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta2024
Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium2024
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024
Common LiverwortMarchantia polymorpha2024
CleaversGalium aparine2024
Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2024
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus2024
Lily-of-the-valleyConvallaria majalis2024
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024
White Dead-nettleLamium album2024
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2024
White CampionSilene latifolia2024
CowslipPrimula veris2024
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2024
IvyHedera helix2024
BroomCytisus scoparius2024
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2024
BeechFagus sylvatica2024
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2024
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024
BurdockArctium2024
Wall LettuceMycelis muralis2024
Trailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyana2024
Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2024
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Christine Johnstone · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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