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Holmfield Farm Shop

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦106+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Goldfinch
🐄Summer visits here combine well with a walk along nearby trails — the animals are most active in the morning.
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦106+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Goldfinch
🐄Summer visits here combine well with a walk along nearby trails — the animals are most active in the morning.
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

7 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Goldfinch, Great Tit +103 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Goldfinch, Great Tit +103 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Red Campion, Butterfly-bush, Purple-loosestrife +16 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Red Campion, Butterfly-bush, Purple-loosestrife +16 more · last seen 2025

Free

Farm visits

Strong match

Farm shop

Varies

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Alder Leaf Beetle, Common Earwig +6 more · last seen 2025; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Alder Leaf Beetle, Common Earwig +6 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Wakefield WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

9 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Castleford Wakefield GreenwayCycling route

Named routeRef 69Local cycle route

Route 69Cycling route

Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network

NCN National Route 697Cycling route

Named routeRef 697National Cycle Network

Castleford GreenwayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

West Yorkshire Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef WYCRRegional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route1.3 km

Named routeRef 697Length 1.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Wildlife to spot

23,662 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

23,662 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds60 species

autumnwinter

2026

Goldfinch · Woodpigeon · Robin · Great Tit · Blue Tit +55

GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Great TitParus major
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
CootFulica atra2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
TealAnas crecca2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Mealy RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Long-eared OwlAsio otus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

23,662 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds60 species

autumnwinter

2026

Goldfinch · Woodpigeon · Robin · Great Tit · Blue Tit +55

GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Great TitParus major
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
CootFulica atra2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
TealAnas crecca2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Mealy RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Long-eared OwlAsio otus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 derek dye · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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