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Ingbirchworth Reservoir

47 ha

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Free entryDogs welcome47 ha

Getting here

53.55005, -1.67831

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — dragonfly and damselfly activity peaks along water edges
🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — dragonfly and damselfly activity peaks along water edges
🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· FreePicnic spot

Best for

4 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Mallard +81 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Mallard +81 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Hairy Shieldbug, Swollen-thighed Beetle · last seen 2025; Insects — Hairy Shieldbug, Swollen-thighed Beetle · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Wood Horsetail, Meadow Vetchling, Glaucous Sedge +2 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Wood Horsetail, Meadow Vetchling, Glaucous Sedge +2 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

9 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

Trans-Pennine Trail (Stockport to Silkstone Common)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Penistone Boundary WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Dearne WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

28 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 627Cycling route

Named routeRef 627National Cycle Network

West Yorkshire Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef WYCRRegional cycle route

Trans Pennine Trail (Penistone - Kirkburton)Cycling route

Named routeRef 627National Cycle Network

Trans Pennine Trail (Penistone - Kirkburton)Cycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Trans Pennine TrailCycling route

Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route1.2 km

Named routeRef 627Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

🐴

Horse riding

2 public paths nearby

Public paths

High Lanebridleway · 910 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 910 mSurface compactedPath type: track

High Lanebridleway · 375 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 375 mSurface grassPath type: bridleway

Wildlife to spot

46,091 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

46,091 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds42 species

winter

2025

Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Cormorant · Moorhen · Great Crested Grebe +37

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Common GullLarus canus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
MagpiePica pica
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
RobinErithacus rubecula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Great TitParus major
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Greylag GooseAnser anser
JackdawColoeus monedula
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
DunnockPrunella modularis
British Lesser Black-Backed GullLarus fuscus graellsii
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
RedwingTurdus iliacus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
RookCorvus frugilegus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
JayGarrulus glandarius
GoldcrestRegulus regulus

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Brown Hare

Brown HareLepus europaeus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

46,091 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds42 species

winter

2025

Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Cormorant · Moorhen · Great Crested Grebe +37

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Common GullLarus canus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
MagpiePica pica
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
RobinErithacus rubecula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Great TitParus major
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Greylag GooseAnser anser
JackdawColoeus monedula
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
DunnockPrunella modularis
British Lesser Black-Backed GullLarus fuscus graellsii
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
RedwingTurdus iliacus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
RookCorvus frugilegus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
JayGarrulus glandarius
GoldcrestRegulus regulus

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Brown Hare

Brown HareLepus europaeus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Barry Hurst · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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