Linear earthworks known as Woodhouse Moor Rein and South Dyke, part of the Aberford Dyke system
8 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
53.83042, -1.32655
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Chaffinch +68 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Chaffinch +68 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Large White, Ringlet +44 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 19 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Leeds Country WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
The Fly LineWalking route▾
Battlefield TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Field Lanepublic footpath · 105 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 105 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
25 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network
Garforth to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef G-CCLocal cycle route
NCN National Route 697Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 697National Cycle Network
Route 67Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
West Yorkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WYCRRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route885 m▾
Named routeRef 66Length 885 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
3,020 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,020 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
springsummer
2026▾
Blackbird · Chaffinch · Woodpigeon · Robin · Rook +31
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- PigeonColumba2022
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2021
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumnwinter
2024▾
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Mole · Squirrel
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- MoleTalpa europaea
- SquirrelSciurus2023
🐝Insects10 species
springsummer
2025▾
Oak Bush-cricket · Lesser Stag Beetle · Tawny Mining Bee · Red-legged Shieldbug · Dark-edged Bee-fly +5
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Black Bean AphidAphis (Aphis) fabae
Thistle Broomrape · Herb-Paris · Holly · Wild Liquorice · Pot Marigold +48
- Thistle BroomrapeOrobanche reticulata
- Herb-ParisParis quadrifolia2023
- HollyIlex aquifolium2021
- Wild LiquoriceAstragalus glycyphyllos2021
- Pot MarigoldCalendula officinalis2021
- Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,020 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
springsummer
2026▾
Blackbird · Chaffinch · Woodpigeon · Robin · Rook +31
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- PigeonColumba2022
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2021
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumnwinter
2024▾
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Mole · Squirrel
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- MoleTalpa europaea
- SquirrelSciurus2023
🐝Insects10 species
springsummer
2025▾
Oak Bush-cricket · Lesser Stag Beetle · Tawny Mining Bee · Red-legged Shieldbug · Dark-edged Bee-fly +5
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Black Bean AphidAphis (Aphis) fabae
Thistle Broomrape · Herb-Paris · Holly · Wild Liquorice · Pot Marigold +48
- Thistle BroomrapeOrobanche reticulata
- Herb-ParisParis quadrifolia2023
- HollyIlex aquifolium2021
- Wild LiquoriceAstragalus glycyphyllos2021
- Pot MarigoldCalendula officinalis2021
- Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2024Xylota segnisXylota segnis2024Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2024Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2024Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2023Western Honey BeeApis mellifera20232023
2023
Upright BromeBromopsis erecta2023Upright BromeBromopsis erecta2023PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2022PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2022Red CloverTrifolium pratense var. sativum2021Red CloverTrifolium pratense var. sativum2021CleaversGalium aparine2021CleaversGalium aparine2021Sonchus asper subsp. asperSonchus asper subsp. asper2021Sonchus asper subsp. asperSonchus asper subsp. asper2021White BryonyBryonia dioica2021White BryonyBryonia dioica2021AspenPopulus tremula2021AspenPopulus tremula2021Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2021Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2021Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2021Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2021Festuca rubra subsp. rubraFestuca rubra subsp. rubra2021Festuca rubra subsp. rubraFestuca rubra subsp. rubra2021Crataegus monogyna x heterophyllaCrataegus monogyna x heterophylla2021Crataegus monogyna x heterophyllaCrataegus monogyna x heterophylla2021Tufted VetchVicia cracca2021Tufted VetchVicia cracca2021Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2021Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2021Crack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilis2021Crack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilis2021FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2021FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2021Bush VetchVicia sepium2021Bush VetchVicia sepium2021RowanSorbus aucuparia2021RowanSorbus aucuparia2021Acer campestre var. campestreAcer campestre var. campestre2021Acer campestre var. campestreAcer campestre var. campestre2021Hybrid KnapweedCentaurea debeauxii x jacea = C. x moncktonii2021Hybrid KnapweedCentaurea debeauxii x jacea = C. x moncktonii2021Rusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifolia2021Rusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifolia2021MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2021MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2021Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana2021Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana2021Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides2021Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides2021Fodder BurnetPoterium sanguisorba subsp. balearicum2021Fodder BurnetPoterium sanguisorba subsp. balearicum2021Brachypodium pinnatumBrachypodium pinnatum2021Brachypodium pinnatumBrachypodium pinnatum2021Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2021Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2021Leontodon hispidus var. hispidusLeontodon hispidus var. hispidus2021Leontodon hispidus var. hispidusLeontodon hispidus var. hispidus2021Field MapleAcer campestre2021Field MapleAcer campestre2021Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2021Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2021BrambleRubus fruticosus2021BrambleRubus fruticosus2021BlackthornPrunus spinosa2021BlackthornPrunus spinosa2021Urtica dioica subsp. dioicaUrtica dioica subsp. dioica2021Urtica dioica subsp. dioicaUrtica dioica subsp. dioica2021Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2021Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2021Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2021Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2021Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2021Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2021AshFraxinus excelsior2021AshFraxinus excelsior2021Elymus caninus var. caninusElymus caninus var. caninus2021Elymus caninus var. caninusElymus caninus var. caninus2021Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2021Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2021Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2021Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2021SilverweedPotentilla anserina2021SilverweedPotentilla anserina2021Malus sylvestrisMalus sylvestris2021Malus sylvestrisMalus sylvestris2021HemlockConium maculatum2021HemlockConium maculatum2021GorseUlex europaeus2021GorseUlex europaeus2021White Dead-nettleLamium album2021White Dead-nettleLamium album2021Rubus caesius x idaeus = R. x pseudoidaeusRubus caesius x idaeus = R. x pseudoidaeus2021Rubus caesius x idaeus = R. x pseudoidaeusRubus caesius x idaeus = R. x pseudoidaeus2021Red CampionSilene dioica2021Red CampionSilene dioica2021DewberryRubus caesius2021DewberryRubus caesius2021Events & activities nearby
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