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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦83+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕Palm Court Tea Rooms — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦83+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕Palm Court Tea Rooms — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

CaféParking· PaidPicnic spotPlaygroundToilets

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11 activities

Family friendly

Very strong match

playground, café, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination

Free

Picnic day out

Very strong match

picnic area, café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space

Free

Playgrounds

Very strong match

playground, toilets, café, parking

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Magpie +80 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Magpie +80 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Common Rose Fusehorn, Hawthorn Shieldbug +40 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

11 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Dales WayWalking route129 km

Named routeLength 129 kmRegional walking route

Ebor WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Bradford Millennium WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Dales Way LinkWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Dales High WayWalking route145 km

Runs from Saltaire (West Yorkshire) to Appleby-in-Westmorland (Cumbria) roughly following route of Settle and Carlisle railway

Named routeLength 145 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route

Old Bridgepublic footpath · 9 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 9 mSurface asphaltPath type: cycleway

🚴

Cycling

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 69Cycling route

Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network

West Yorkshire Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef WYCRRegional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route862 m

Named routeRef 69Length 862 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route422 m

Named routeRef 69Length 422 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Swinsty Cycle routeMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

35,200 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

35,200 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

autumnwinter

2026

Jackdaw · Greenfinch · Song Thrush · Redwing · Wren +45

JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Great TitParus major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

winter

2025

Mole · Grey Squirrel

MoleTalpa europaea
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects15 species

summer

2025

Common Rose Fusehorn · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Macrodema micropterum · Phaonia gobertii · Limnophora maculosa +10

Common Rose FusehornArge pagana
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Macrodema micropterumMacrodema micropterum
Phaonia gobertiiPhaonia gobertii
Limnophora maculosaLimnophora maculosa
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Harlequin Ladybird

🌿

Plants13 species

summer

2025

Wavy Hair-Grass · Bilberry · Hard Rush / Soft Rush / Compact Rush · Common Pincushion · Lemon-scented Fern +8

Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
Hard Rush / Soft Rush / Compact RushJuncus inflexus/effusus/conglomeratus
Common PincushionDicranoweisia cirrata
Lemon-scented FernOreopteris limbosperma
Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

35,200 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

autumnwinter

2026

Jackdaw · Greenfinch · Song Thrush · Redwing · Wren +45

JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Great TitParus major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

winter

2025

Mole · Grey Squirrel

MoleTalpa europaea
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects15 species

summer

2025

Common Rose Fusehorn · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Macrodema micropterum · Phaonia gobertii · Limnophora maculosa +10

Common Rose FusehornArge pagana
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Macrodema micropterumMacrodema micropterum
Phaonia gobertiiPhaonia gobertii
Limnophora maculosaLimnophora maculosa
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Harlequin Ladybird

🌿

Plants13 species

summer

2025

Wavy Hair-Grass · Bilberry · Hard Rush / Soft Rush / Compact Rush · Common Pincushion · Lemon-scented Fern +8

Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
Hard Rush / Soft Rush / Compact RushJuncus inflexus/effusus/conglomeratus
Common PincushionDicranoweisia cirrata
Lemon-scented FernOreopteris limbosperma
Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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