Birk Wood - Broadleaved woodland
5 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
53.65827, -1.61381
Open directionsv
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 287m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 287m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 3 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
Dearne WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Dewsbury and District Ramblers Centenary WalkWalking route▾
52 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
West Yorkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WYCRRegional cycle route
Wakefield WheelCycling route▾
Named routeRef WheelLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route485 m▾
Named routeRef 69Length 485 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
4,701 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,701 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Mallard · Blackbird +46
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- SwiftApus apus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Mole
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea
Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Common Smoothcap · Nipplewort · Pink Purslane · Ground-elder +3
- Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
- Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum2025
- NipplewortLapsana communis2025
- Pink PurslaneClaytonia sibirica2025
- Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2025
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,701 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Mallard · Blackbird +46
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- SwiftApus apus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Mole
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea
Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Common Smoothcap · Nipplewort · Pink Purslane · Ground-elder +3
- Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
- Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum2025
- NipplewortLapsana communis2025
- Pink PurslaneClaytonia sibirica2025
- Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2025
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025DaisyBellis perennis2025DaisyBellis perennis2025Events & activities nearby
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