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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
53.58342, -1.52989
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Kestrel
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Kestrel
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Swift, Kestrel, Carrion Crow +57 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Swift, Kestrel, Carrion Crow +57 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small Blue, Meadow Brown, Common Blue +64 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bee Orchid, Greater Yellow-rattle, Birch +81 more · last seen 2024
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Kirklees WayWalking route116 km▾
Named routeLength 116 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Barnsley Boundary WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Wakefield WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Penistone Boundary WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds)Walking route▾
Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds spur)
Named routeRegional walking route
12 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 67Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
West Yorkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WYCRRegional cycle route
Wakefield WheelCycling route▾
Named routeRef WheelLocal cycle route
Wonders of WakefieldCycling route▾
Named routeRef WoWLocal cycle route
Barnsley Cycle NetworkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.9 km▾
Named routeRef 67Length 1.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Photos
Service station on Barnsley Road, Darton
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
5,905 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,905 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Carrion Crow · Grey Heron · Little Egret · Woodpigeon · Kestrel +31
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Soprano Pipistrelle
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Gatekeeper · Meadow Brown · Small Blue · Peacock · Large White +19
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Small BlueCupido minimus2024
- PeacockAglais io2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,905 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Carrion Crow · Grey Heron · Little Egret · Woodpigeon · Kestrel +31
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Soprano Pipistrelle
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Gatekeeper · Meadow Brown · Small Blue · Peacock · Large White +19
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Small BlueCupido minimus2024
- PeacockAglais io2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024Small WhitePieris rapae2024Small WhitePieris rapae2024Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalisWestern Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalisPainted LadyVanessa cardui2024Painted LadyVanessa cardui2024Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024Xylota sylvarumXylota sylvarumXylota sylvarumXylota sylvarumGreater Girdled SawflyTenthredo maculataGreater Girdled SawflyTenthredo maculataFever FlyDilophus febrilisFever FlyDilophus febrilisMigrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024Brown ArgusAricia agestis2024Brown ArgusAricia agestis2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2024Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2024Heterotoma planicornisHeterotoma planicornis2024Heterotoma planicornisHeterotoma planicornis2024