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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🛝Playground 215m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🛝Playground 215m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParkingPlayground

Best for

4 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Gadwall, Teal, Coot +72 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Gadwall, Teal, Coot +72 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Eristalis pertinax, Common Darter · last seen 2026; Insects — Eristalis pertinax, Common Darter · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 12 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Trans-Pennine Trail (Silkstone Common to Wombwell)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Barnsley Boundary WalkWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds)Walking route

Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds spur)

Named routeRegional walking route

Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Selby)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

The Heron WayWalking route

Named route

🚴

Cycling

45 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 67Cycling route

Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network

Trans Pennine TrailCycling route

Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network

Route 62Cycling route

Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network

Rotherham Local Cycle NetworkCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Main RouteCycling route414 m

Named routeRef 62Length 414 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route27 m

Named routeRef 62Length 27 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

197,031 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

197,031 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

winter

2026

Gadwall · Teal · Greenfinch · Coot · Tufted Duck +50

GadwallMareca strepera
TealAnas crecca
GreenfinchChloris chloris
CootFulica atra
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
RobinErithacus rubecula
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
MagpiePica pica
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
LapwingVanellus vanellus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Great TitParus major
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
DunnockPrunella modularis
RedwingTurdus iliacus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Greylag GooseAnser anser
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
JayGarrulus glandarius
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2026

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2026

Yellow-bellied Slider

Yellow-bellied SliderTrachemys scripta subsp. scripta

🐝

Insects1 species

winter

2026

Eristalis pertinax

Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

197,031 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

winter

2026

Gadwall · Teal · Greenfinch · Coot · Tufted Duck +50

GadwallMareca strepera
TealAnas crecca
GreenfinchChloris chloris
CootFulica atra
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
RobinErithacus rubecula
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
MagpiePica pica
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
LapwingVanellus vanellus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Great TitParus major
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
DunnockPrunella modularis
RedwingTurdus iliacus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Greylag GooseAnser anser
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
JayGarrulus glandarius
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2026

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2026

Yellow-bellied Slider

Yellow-bellied SliderTrachemys scripta subsp. scripta

🐝

Insects1 species

winter

2026

Eristalis pertinax

Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Ian S · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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