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Newfield Plantation

13 ha

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53.74960, -1.31436

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Great Tit
🌿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

🐦78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Great Tit
🌿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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parking

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Robin, Great Tit, Black-headed Gull +75 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Great Tit, Black-headed Gull +75 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Scathophaga stercoraria, Norellia spinipes +2 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Scathophaga stercoraria, Norellia spinipes +2 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Wakefield WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Lowther LoopWalking route

Named route

Leeds Country WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

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Cycling

23 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Castleford Wakefield GreenwayCycling route

Named routeRef 69Local cycle route

Route 69Cycling route

Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network

NCN National Route 697Cycling route

Named routeRef 697National Cycle Network

Castleford GreenwayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Trans Pennine Trails - The Lines Way linkCycling route

Named routeRef 67-697Local cycle route

West Yorkshire Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef WYCRRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

137,142 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

137,142 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

winter

2026

Robin · Great Tit · Black-headed Gull · Mute Swan · Coot +53

RobinErithacus rubecula
Great TitParus major
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
CootFulica atra
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
MagpiePica pica2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
GadwallMareca strepera
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025

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Insects5 species

spring

2026

Scathophaga stercoraria · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Gorse Weevil · Norellia spinipes · Micrambe ulicis

Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
Gorse WeevilExapion ulicis
Norellia spinipesNorellia spinipes
Micrambe ulicisMicrambe ulicis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

137,142 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

winter

2026

Robin · Great Tit · Black-headed Gull · Mute Swan · Coot +53

RobinErithacus rubecula
Great TitParus major
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
CootFulica atra
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
MagpiePica pica2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
GadwallMareca strepera
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025

🐝

Insects5 species

spring

2026

Scathophaga stercoraria · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Gorse Weevil · Norellia spinipes · Micrambe ulicis

Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
Gorse WeevilExapion ulicis
Norellia spinipesNorellia spinipes
Micrambe ulicisMicrambe ulicis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 derek dye · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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