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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 259m away — 6 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 259m away — 6 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

Best for

9 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Mute Swan +74 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Mute Swan +74 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Ringlet +18 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Ringlet +18 more · last seen 2025

Free

Cycling

Good match

Named cycling route nearby: Route 67

Varies

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Giant Hogweed, Dogwood, Dame's-violet +11 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Giant Hogweed, Dogwood, Dame's-violet +11 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Walton 2Walking route

Named route

Wakefield WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds)Walking route

Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds spur)

Named routeRegional walking route

Leeds Country WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

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Cycling

60 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 69Cycling route

Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network

Route 67Cycling route

Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network

Wakefield WheelCycling route

Named routeRef WheelLocal cycle route

Wonders of WakefieldCycling route

Named routeRef WoWLocal cycle route

Main RouteCycling route185 m

Named routeRef 67Length 185 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route485 m

Named routeRef 69Length 485 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

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Horse riding

3 public paths nearby

Public paths

Green Lanebridleway · 931 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 931 mPath type: bridleway

Wildlife to spot

16,824 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

16,824 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds80 species

springautumnwinter

2026

Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Mute Swan · Black-headed Gull · Magpie +75

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Great TitParus major2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
TealAnas crecca2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2024
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2024
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2024

🦌

Mammals3 species

springsummer

2025

Water Shrew · Rabbit · Roe Deer

Water ShrewNeomys fodiens
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024

🐝

Insects21 species

summer

2025

Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Ringlet · Brimstone · Large White +16

Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
PeacockAglais io2024
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024
Small WhitePieris rapae2024
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
Macrosteles sardusMacrosteles sardus
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2024
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024

🌿

Plants14 species

springsummer

2025

Giant Hogweed · Dogwood · Dame's-violet · Wild Teasel · Red Campion +9

Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
DogwoodCornus sanguinea
Dame's-violetHesperis matronalis
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
Red CampionSilene dioica
Floating PennywortHydrocotyle ranunculoides2024
Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens2024
WeldReseda luteola2024
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2024
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024
BroomCytisus scoparius2024
CowslipPrimula veris2024
ColtsfootTussilago farfara2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

16,824 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds80 species

springautumnwinter

2026

Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Mute Swan · Black-headed Gull · Magpie +75

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Great TitParus major2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
TealAnas crecca2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2024
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2024
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2024

🦌

Mammals3 species

springsummer

2025

Water Shrew · Rabbit · Roe Deer

Water ShrewNeomys fodiens
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024

🐝

Insects21 species

summer

2025

Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Ringlet · Brimstone · Large White +16

Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
PeacockAglais io2024
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024
Small WhitePieris rapae2024
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
Macrosteles sardusMacrosteles sardus
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2024
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024

🌿

Plants14 species

springsummer

2025

Giant Hogweed · Dogwood · Dame's-violet · Wild Teasel · Red Campion +9

Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
DogwoodCornus sanguinea
Dame's-violetHesperis matronalis
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
Red CampionSilene dioica
Floating PennywortHydrocotyle ranunculoides2024
Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens2024
WeldReseda luteola2024
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2024
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024
BroomCytisus scoparius2024
CowslipPrimula veris2024
ColtsfootTussilago farfara2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Mike Kirby · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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