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Leeming Reservoir

18 ha

📷 David Martin · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome18 ha

Getting here

53.80439, -1.94089

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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
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — dragonfly and damselfly activity peaks along water edges
🐕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

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 — Dipper, Raven, Barn Owl +90 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Dipper, Raven, Barn Owl +90 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Butterbur, Yellow-rattle +23 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Butterbur, Yellow-rattle +23 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Eristalis pertinax, Syrphus, Volucella pellucens +17 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Eristalis pertinax, Syrphus, Volucella pellucens +17 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

8 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Calderdale WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Worth WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Bronte WayWalking route71 km

Named routeLength 71 kmRegional walking route

Calder Aire LinkWalking route

Named routePoint-to-pointLocal walking route

Bradford Millennium WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

12 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 69Cycling route

Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network

West Yorkshire Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef WYCRRegional cycle route

The Great Northern Railway TrailCycling route

Named route

N/ACycling route39 m

Named routeLength 39 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route103 m

Named routeLength 103 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route892 m

Named routeRef 69Length 892 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Calder Aire LinkMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

8,992 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

8,992 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds48 species

winterspring

2026

Dipper · Raven · Grey Heron · Blackbird · Blue Tit +43

DipperCinclus cinclus
RavenCorvus corax2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
MagpiePica pica
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser
RobinErithacus rubecula
Great TitParus major2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Little OwlAthene noctua
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Long-eared OwlAsio otus2025
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025

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Mammals3 species

winterspringautumn

2025

Roe Deer · Mole · Hedgehog

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
MoleTalpa europaea
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus

🐸

Amphibians2 species

spring

2025

Common Frog · Common Toad

Common FrogRana temporaria
Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects11 species

summer

2025

Syrphus · Green Shieldbug · Eristalis pertinax · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Rose Fusehorn +6

SyrphusSyrphus
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Common Rose FusehornArge pagana
Fever FlyDilophus febrilis
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula

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Plants10 species

springwinter

2025

Butterbur · Neat Feather-moss · Glittering Wood-moss · Springy Turf-moss · Himalayan Balsam +5

ButterburPetasites hybridus
Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
Glittering Wood-mossHylocomium splendens
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
CowberryVaccinium vitis-idaea
Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum
Darwin's BarberryBerberis darwinii
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

8,992 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds48 species

winterspring

2026

Dipper · Raven · Grey Heron · Blackbird · Blue Tit +43

DipperCinclus cinclus
RavenCorvus corax2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
MagpiePica pica
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser
RobinErithacus rubecula
Great TitParus major2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Little OwlAthene noctua
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Long-eared OwlAsio otus2025
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

winterspringautumn

2025

Roe Deer · Mole · Hedgehog

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
MoleTalpa europaea
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus

🐸

Amphibians2 species

spring

2025

Common Frog · Common Toad

Common FrogRana temporaria
Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects11 species

summer

2025

Syrphus · Green Shieldbug · Eristalis pertinax · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Rose Fusehorn +6

SyrphusSyrphus
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Common Rose FusehornArge pagana
Fever FlyDilophus febrilis
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula

🌿

Plants10 species

springwinter

2025

Butterbur · Neat Feather-moss · Glittering Wood-moss · Springy Turf-moss · Himalayan Balsam +5

ButterburPetasites hybridus
Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
Glittering Wood-mossHylocomium splendens
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
CowberryVaccinium vitis-idaea
Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum
Darwin's BarberryBerberis darwinii
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 David Martin · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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