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Darrington Golf Club

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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
🐕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

🌞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
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Kestrel, Woodpigeon, Pheasant +36 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Kestrel, Woodpigeon, Pheasant +36 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Speckled Wood, Small White, Cuckoo-Spit Insect +51 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Speckled Wood, Small White, Cuckoo-Spit Insect +51 more · last seen 2024

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Japanese Knotweed, Hawthorn +11 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Japanese Knotweed, Hawthorn +11 more · last seen 2025

Free

Forest walks

Good match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Wakefield WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

West Yorkshire Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef WYCRRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

637 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

637 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds35 species

springautumnwinter

2025

Woodpigeon · Pheasant · Blue Tit · Kestrel · Magpie +30

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
MagpiePica pica
Great TitParus major
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RobinErithacus rubecula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Rock DoveColumba livia
Little OwlAthene noctua2024
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
Doves, pigeonsColumbidae2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2023
Willow TitPoecile montanus2023
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
RedpollAcanthis flammea2023
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
JackdawColoeus monedula2022
RookCorvus frugilegus2022
DunnockPrunella modularis2020

🦌

Mammals5 species

winterspringsummer

2021

Hedgehog · Red Fox · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2020
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2015
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2015
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2016

🐸

Amphibians4 species

spring

2016

Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt · Common Toad · Common Frog

Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Common ToadBufo bufo
Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects47 species

springsummer

2024

Speckled Wood · Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Small White · Banded Demoiselle · 7-spot Ladybird +42

Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2018
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2023
Small WhitePieris rapae2017
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2020
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2018
Large WhitePieris brassicae2017
Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis2014
Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2014
Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans2014
Harpocera thoracicaHarpocera thoracica2014
Silver-ground CarpetXanthorhoe montanata2014
Calocoris (Calocoris) alpestrisCalocoris (Calocoris) alpestris2014
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Ivy BeeColletes hederae2023
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2021
Water Stick InsectRanatra (Ranatra) linearis2021
Water ScorpionNepa cinerea2021
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2020
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2018
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2017
Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2017
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2016
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2016
PeacockAglais io2016
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2016
CommaPolygonia c-album2016
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2016
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2016
Rhabdomiris striatellusRhabdomiris striatellus2014
Common Red-legged RobberflyDioctria rufipes2014
Downlooker SnipeflyRhagio scolopaceus2014
Denticollis linearisDenticollis linearis2014
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2014
Limonia phragmitidisLimonia phragmitidis2014
Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus2014
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2014
Rose Leaf-roller SawflyBlennocampa phyllocolpa2014
Cantharis pellucidaCantharis pellucida2014
Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus2014
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2014
Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigata2014

🌿

Plants11 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Himalayan Balsam · Japanese Knotweed · Hawthorn · Blackthorn · White Campion +6

Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2015
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2014
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2014
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
White CampionSilene latifolia
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2023
Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris2021
WhitebeamSorbus2021
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2017
Rosa caninaRosa canina2014
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2014

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

637 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds35 species

springautumnwinter

2025

Woodpigeon · Pheasant · Blue Tit · Kestrel · Magpie +30

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
MagpiePica pica
Great TitParus major
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RobinErithacus rubecula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Rock DoveColumba livia
Little OwlAthene noctua2024
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
Doves, pigeonsColumbidae2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2023
Willow TitPoecile montanus2023
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
RedpollAcanthis flammea2023
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
JackdawColoeus monedula2022
RookCorvus frugilegus2022
DunnockPrunella modularis2020

🦌

Mammals5 species

winterspringsummer

2021

Hedgehog · Red Fox · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2020
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2015
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2015
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2016

🐸

Amphibians4 species

spring

2016

Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt · Common Toad · Common Frog

Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Common ToadBufo bufo
Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects47 species

springsummer

2024

Speckled Wood · Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Small White · Banded Demoiselle · 7-spot Ladybird +42

Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2018
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2023
Small WhitePieris rapae2017
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2020
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2018
Large WhitePieris brassicae2017
Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis2014
Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2014
Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans2014
Harpocera thoracicaHarpocera thoracica2014
Silver-ground CarpetXanthorhoe montanata2014
Calocoris (Calocoris) alpestrisCalocoris (Calocoris) alpestris2014
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Ivy BeeColletes hederae2023
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2021
Water Stick InsectRanatra (Ranatra) linearis2021
Water ScorpionNepa cinerea2021
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2020
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2018
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2017
Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2017
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2016
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2016
PeacockAglais io2016
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2016
CommaPolygonia c-album2016
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2016
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2016
Rhabdomiris striatellusRhabdomiris striatellus2014
Common Red-legged RobberflyDioctria rufipes2014
Downlooker SnipeflyRhagio scolopaceus2014
Denticollis linearisDenticollis linearis2014
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2014
Limonia phragmitidisLimonia phragmitidis2014
Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus2014
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2014
Rose Leaf-roller SawflyBlennocampa phyllocolpa2014
Cantharis pellucidaCantharis pellucida2014
Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus2014
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2014
Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigata2014

🌿

Plants11 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Himalayan Balsam · Japanese Knotweed · Hawthorn · Blackthorn · White Campion +6

Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2015
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2014
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2014
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
White CampionSilene latifolia
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2023
Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris2021
WhitebeamSorbus2021
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2017
Rosa caninaRosa canina2014
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2014

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Chris Heaton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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