Lotherton Hall Orchard
4 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
53.81872, -1.31356
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕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 — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Blackbird +71 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Blackbird +71 more · last seen 2026; Traditional orchard priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Ringlet, Meadow Brown +24 more · last seen 2025; Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Leeds Country WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
The Fly LineWalking route▾
Battlefield TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
26 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 route84 m▾
Named routeRef 66Length 84 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos
In the orchard, Lotherton Hall estate
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
4,074 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,074 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
springsummer
2026▾
Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Robin · Rook +46
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐝Insects7 species
springsummer
2025▾
Tawny Mining Bee · Oak Bush-cricket · Red-legged Shieldbug · Lesser Stag Beetle · Dark-edged Bee-fly +2
- Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- SyrphusSyrphus
Raspberry · Common Feather-moss · Grey-cushioned Grimmia
- RaspberryRubus idaeus
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,074 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
springsummer
2026▾
Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Robin · Rook +46
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐝Insects7 species
springsummer
2025▾
Tawny Mining Bee · Oak Bush-cricket · Red-legged Shieldbug · Lesser Stag Beetle · Dark-edged Bee-fly +2
- Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- SyrphusSyrphus
Raspberry · Common Feather-moss · Grey-cushioned Grimmia
- RaspberryRubus idaeus
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
7-spot Ladybird
7-spot Ladybird
Coccinella septempunctata
Coccinella septempunctata
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