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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome54 ha
Getting here
53.84825, -1.41507
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Blackbird
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Red Bus Lay-By 6m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Blackbird
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Red Bus Lay-By 6m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Swift, Blackbird, Carrion Crow +67 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Swift, Blackbird, Carrion Crow +67 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Small White, Comma +22 more · last seen 2021; Insects — Large White, Small White, Comma +22 more · last seen 2021
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 13 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
East Keskick And Hetchell Wood 6.25 miles 3.5 hoursWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Leeds Country WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
The Fly LineWalking route▾
Mirycarr Lanepublic footpath · 940 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 940 mSurface grassPath type: footway
46 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network
Swarcliffe Health TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef SHTRound tripLocal cycle route
Wyke Beck WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef RP-TNLocal cycle route
Route 677Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 677National Cycle Network
Cross Green LoopCycling route4.8 km▾
Named routeLength 4.8 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
Cycle Superhighway 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef CS2Regional cycle route
6 public paths nearby
Public paths
Ellerker Lanebridleway · 838 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 838 mSurface groundPath type: track
Photos
Leeds Country Way in Kiddal Wood (1)
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Wildlife to spot
5,083 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,083 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Swift · Skylark · Blackbird · Chaffinch · Yellowhammer +40
- SwiftApus apus2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Doves, pigeonsColumbidae2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2021
- NuthatchSitta europaea2021
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2021
🦌Mammals10 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Badger · Squirrel · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Hedgehog +5
- BadgerMeles meles2023
- SquirrelSciurus2023
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
- Red Fox
Black-horned Gem · Lily Beetle · Small Green Nettle Weevil · Marmalade Hoverfly
- Black-horned GemMicrochrysa polita
- Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii
- Small Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius roboretanus2020
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2020
Himalayan Balsam
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,083 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Swift · Skylark · Blackbird · Chaffinch · Yellowhammer +40
- SwiftApus apus2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Doves, pigeonsColumbidae2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2021
- NuthatchSitta europaea2021
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2021
🦌Mammals10 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Badger · Squirrel · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Hedgehog +5
- BadgerMeles meles2023
- SquirrelSciurus2023
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
- Red Fox
Black-horned Gem · Lily Beetle · Small Green Nettle Weevil · Marmalade Hoverfly
- Black-horned GemMicrochrysa polita
- Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii
- Small Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius roboretanus2020
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2020
Himalayan Balsam
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Vulpes vulpes2023
Vulpes vulpes2023
MoleTalpa europaea2022MoleTalpa europaea2022Brown HareLepus europaeusBrown HareLepus europaeusWood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2022Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2022StoatMustela erminea2021StoatMustela erminea2021