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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
Dogs welcome
Places › England › Yorkshire and the Humber › Wakefield Getting here
53.64326, -1.61943
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground 127m 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 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground 127m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🅿️ Parking· Free 🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Robin +89 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Robin +89 more · last seen 2025
Free
Plants — Garlic Mustard, Ramsons, Wood-sorrel +14 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Darter, Gatekeeper, Alder Leaf Beetle +53 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Darter, Gatekeeper, Alder Leaf Beetle +53 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Bluebell, Garlic Mustard +84 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Bluebell, Garlic Mustard +84 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Kirklees Way Walking route 116 km ▾
Named route Length 116 km Round trip Regional walking route
Show on map Barnsley Boundary Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Wakefield Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Dearne Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Dewsbury and District Ramblers Centenary Walk Walking route ▾
46 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 66 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 66 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 69 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 69 National Cycle Network
Show on map National Cycle Network Route 699 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 699 National Cycle Network
Show on map West Yorkshire Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref WYCR Regional cycle route
Show on map Wakefield Wheel Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Wheel Local cycle route
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 41 m ▾
Named route Ref 69 Length 41 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Photos The Steam Locomotive 'Progress', National Mining Museum
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Wildlife to spot
3,758 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 3,758 records · National Biodiversity Network Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Chaffinch · Blue Tit · Robin +39
Blackbird Turdus merula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Starling Sturnus vulgaris2023 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2023 Magpie Pica pica Dunnock Prunella modularis Greenfinch Chloris chloris Little Egret Egretta garzetta2024 Great Tit Parus major House Sparrow Passer domesticus2023 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Swift Apus apus2023 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2023 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Peregrine Falco peregrinus Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus Hobby Falco subbuteo2024 Barn Owl Tyto alba2024 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2023 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2023 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2023 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2023 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Jay Garrulus glandarius Nuthatch Sitta europaea Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Stock Dove Columba oenas Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes2024 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2023 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2023 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus2023 Swallow Hirundo rustica2023 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2023 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2023 Skylark Alauda arvensis2023 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2023 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2022 🦌 Mammals 1 species
spring autumn
2023 ▾
Hedgehog
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus 🐝 Insects 15 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Volucella pellucens · Batman Hoverfly · Chocolate Mining Bee · Drymus (Sylvadrymus) brunneus · Swollen-thighed Beetle +10
Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens2024 Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2024 Chocolate Mining Bee Andrena scotica Drymus (Sylvadrymus) brunneus Drymus (Sylvadrymus) brunneus2024 Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2024 🌿 Plants 23 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Himalayan Balsam · Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Common Smoothcap · Springy Turf-moss · Nipplewort +18
Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera2024 Rough-stalked Feather-moss Brachythecium rutabulum Common Smoothcap Atrichum undulatum2025 Springy Turf-moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus2025 Nipplewort Lapsana communis2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 3,758 records · National Biodiversity Network Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Chaffinch · Blue Tit · Robin +39
Blackbird Turdus merula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Starling Sturnus vulgaris2023 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2023 Magpie Pica pica Dunnock Prunella modularis Greenfinch Chloris chloris Little Egret Egretta garzetta2024 Great Tit Parus major House Sparrow Passer domesticus2023 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Swift Apus apus2023 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2023 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Peregrine Falco peregrinus Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus Hobby Falco subbuteo2024 Barn Owl Tyto alba2024 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2023 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2023 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2023 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2023 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Jay Garrulus glandarius Nuthatch Sitta europaea Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Stock Dove Columba oenas Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes2024 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2023 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2023 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus2023 Swallow Hirundo rustica2023 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2023 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2023 Skylark Alauda arvensis2023 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2023 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2022 🦌 Mammals 1 species
spring autumn
2023 ▾
Hedgehog
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus 🐝 Insects 15 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Volucella pellucens · Batman Hoverfly · Chocolate Mining Bee · Drymus (Sylvadrymus) brunneus · Swollen-thighed Beetle +10
Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens2024 Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2024 Chocolate Mining Bee Andrena scotica Drymus (Sylvadrymus) brunneus Drymus (Sylvadrymus) brunneus2024 Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2024 🌿 Plants 23 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Himalayan Balsam · Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Common Smoothcap · Springy Turf-moss · Nipplewort +18
Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera2024 Rough-stalked Feather-moss Brachythecium rutabulum Common Smoothcap Atrichum undulatum2025 Springy Turf-moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus2025 Nipplewort Lapsana communis2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2024
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2024
Eudasyphora cyanella Eudasyphora cyanella2024
Eudasyphora cyanella Eudasyphora cyanella2024
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria2024
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria2024
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata2024
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata2024
Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni2024
Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni2024
Lily Beetle Lilioceris lilii2023
Lily Beetle Lilioceris lilii2023
Saddleback Grass-cutter Eutomostethus ephippium2023
Saddleback Grass-cutter Eutomostethus ephippium2023
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2023
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2023
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2023
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2023
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2022
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2022 Pink Purslane
Pink Purslane
Claytonia sibirica2025
Claytonia sibirica2025
Ground-elder Aegopodium podagraria2025
Ground-elder Aegopodium podagraria2025
Lords-and-Ladies Arum maculatum2025
Lords-and-Ladies Arum maculatum2025
Dog's Mercury Mercurialis perennis2025
Dog's Mercury Mercurialis perennis2025
Field Bindweed Convolvulus arvensis2024
Field Bindweed Convolvulus arvensis2024
Large Bindweed Calystegia silvatica2024
Large Bindweed Calystegia silvatica2024
Common Mallow Malva sylvestris2024
Common Mallow Malva sylvestris2024
Wood Sage Teucrium scorodonia2024
Wood Sage Teucrium scorodonia2024
Honesty Lunaria annua2024
Honesty Lunaria annua2024
Great Mullein Verbascum thapsus2023
Great Mullein Verbascum thapsus2023
Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare2023
Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare2023
Purple Toadflax Linaria purpurea2023
Purple Toadflax Linaria purpurea2023
Bittersweet Solanum dulcamara2023
Bittersweet Solanum dulcamara2023
Yellow Iris Iris pseudacorus2023
Yellow Iris Iris pseudacorus2023
Yellow Archangel Lamiastrum galeobdolon2023
Yellow Archangel Lamiastrum galeobdolon2023
Procumbent Yellow-sorrel Oxalis corniculata2023
Procumbent Yellow-sorrel Oxalis corniculata2023
Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum2023
Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum2023
Field Maple Acer campestre2022
Field Maple Acer campestre2022 