Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome67 ha
Getting here
53.53579, -1.27646
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Avocet and Little Egret
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Avocet and Little Egret
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Avocet, Little Egret, Woodpigeon +61 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Avocet, Little Egret, Woodpigeon +61 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Roesel's Bush-cricket, Green Shieldbug, Bishop's Mitre +34 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Bird's-foot-trefoil, Cock's-foot, Red Clover +221 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Barnsley Boundary WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Wakefield WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Selby)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
The Heron WayWalking route▾
29 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Trans Pennine TrailCycling 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
Main RouteCycling route67 m▾
Named routeRef 62Length 67 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface other
Main RouteCycling route569 m▾
Named routeRef 62Length 569 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
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Wildlife to spot
3,402 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,402 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
springsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Avocet · Blackcap · Whitethroat +25
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
- RedshankTringa totanus2023
Roesel's Bush-cricket · Common Darter · Bishop's Mitre · Brown Hawker · Emperor Dragonfly
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2023
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023
- Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2023
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023
Great Horsetail · Creeping Thistle · Hazel · Rosebay Willowherb · Ash +89
- Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,402 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
springsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Avocet · Blackcap · Whitethroat +25
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
- RedshankTringa totanus2023
Roesel's Bush-cricket · Common Darter · Bishop's Mitre · Brown Hawker · Emperor Dragonfly
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2023
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023
- Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2023
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023
Great Horsetail · Creeping Thistle · Hazel · Rosebay Willowherb · Ash +89
- Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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