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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome29 ha
Getting here
53.58974, -1.53351
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦46+ 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 257m away — 6 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦46+ 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 257m away — 6 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Kestrel +43 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Kestrel +43 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small Blue, Meadow Brown, Common Blue +62 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bee Orchid, Greater Yellow-rattle, Common Spotted-orchid +77 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Kirklees WayWalking route116 km▾
Named routeLength 116 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Barnsley Boundary WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Wakefield WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Penistone Boundary WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds)Walking route▾
Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds spur)
Named routeRegional walking route
12 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 67Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
West Yorkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WYCRRegional cycle route
Wakefield WheelCycling route▾
Named routeRef WheelLocal cycle route
Wonders of WakefieldCycling route▾
Named routeRef WoWLocal cycle route
Barnsley Cycle NetworkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.9 km▾
Named routeRef 67Length 1.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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Longfields picnic site flooded
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Wildlife to spot
5,419 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,419 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Red-legged Partridge · Pheasant · Rock Dove +17
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Soprano Pipistrelle
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Small Blue · Peacock · Gatekeeper · Large White · Meadow Brown +16
- Small BlueCupido minimus2024
- PeacockAglais io2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae
Creeping Thistle · Yarrow · Cleavers · Hazel · Tormentil +10
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- CleaversGalium aparine
- HazelCorylus avellana
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,419 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Red-legged Partridge · Pheasant · Rock Dove +17
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Soprano Pipistrelle
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Small Blue · Peacock · Gatekeeper · Large White · Meadow Brown +16
- Small BlueCupido minimus2024
- PeacockAglais io2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae
Creeping Thistle · Yarrow · Cleavers · Hazel · Tormentil +10
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- CleaversGalium aparine
- HazelCorylus avellana
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalisWestern Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalisPainted LadyVanessa cardui2024Painted LadyVanessa cardui2024Xylota sylvarumXylota sylvarumXylota sylvarumXylota sylvarumField GrasshopperChorthippus brunneusField GrasshopperChorthippus brunneusGreater Girdled SawflyTenthredo maculataGreater Girdled SawflyTenthredo maculataMigrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024Brown ArgusAricia agestis2024Brown ArgusAricia agestis2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisBlackthornPrunus spinosaBlackthornPrunus spinosaBrambleRubus fruticosusBrambleRubus fruticosusIvyHedera helixIvyHedera helixHollyIlex aquifoliumHollyIlex aquifoliumRed CampionSilene dioicaRed CampionSilene dioicaRed CloverTrifolium pratenseRed CloverTrifolium pratenseRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata