Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.71127, -0.89576
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦84+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wigeon and Woodpigeon
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 285m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦84+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wigeon and Woodpigeon
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 285m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Wigeon, Woodpigeon, House Sparrow +81 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Wigeon, Woodpigeon, House Sparrow +81 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red Admiral, Speckled Wood, Small White +100 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Trans-Pennine Trail (Selby to Hull)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
22 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The White Rose Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 65National Cycle Network
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef TPTNational Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route70 m▾
Named routeRef 65Length 70 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete
Main RouteCycling route1.7 km▾
Named routeRef 65Length 1.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route563 m▾
Named routeRef 65Length 563 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route545 m▾
Named routeRef 65Length 545 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
Land Drain near West Park
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
6,996 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,996 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Wigeon · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Rock Dove · Blackcap +45
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- Prunella modularis modularisPrunella modularis modularis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2024
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
🦌Mammals4 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Roe Deer · Harvest Mouse · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
Alder Leaf Beetle · Field Grasshopper · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Eupeodes · Turnip Tigress +16
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Turnip TigressAthalia rosae
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- 7-spot Ladybird
🌿Plants32 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Black Spleenwort · Himalayan Balsam · Common Toadflax · Hart's-Tongue · Common Reed +27
- Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Common ReedPhragmites australis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,996 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Wigeon · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Rock Dove · Blackcap +45
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- Prunella modularis modularisPrunella modularis modularis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2024
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
🦌Mammals4 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Roe Deer · Harvest Mouse · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
Alder Leaf Beetle · Field Grasshopper · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Eupeodes · Turnip Tigress +16
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Turnip TigressAthalia rosae
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- 7-spot Ladybird
🌿Plants32 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Black Spleenwort · Himalayan Balsam · Common Toadflax · Hart's-Tongue · Common Reed +27
- Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Common ReedPhragmites australis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Coccinella septempunctata
Coccinella septempunctata
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