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Roundhill Reservoir

108 ha

📷 Chris Heaton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome108 ha

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54.18847, -1.77268

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — dragonfly and damselfly activity peaks along water edges
🌿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

🌞Midsummer — dragonfly and damselfly activity peaks along water edges
🌿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

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Greylag Goose, Mallard, Oystercatcher +84 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Greylag Goose, Mallard, Oystercatcher +84 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Redshank, Flexuous Bog-moss, Long-beaked Water Feather-moss +158 more · last seen 2021; Plants — Redshank, Flexuous Bog-moss, Long-beaked Water Feather-moss +158 more · last seen 2021

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates; Insects — Odontocerum albicorne, Sericostoma personatum, Potamophylax cingulatus +19 more · last seen 2019

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Two-horned Pincerwort, Great Scented Liverwort, Spear-leaved Orache +9 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Nidderdale WayWalking route85 km

Named routeLength 85 kmRound tripRegional walking route

6 Dales TrailWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Nidderdale AONB WW1 Heritage TrailWalking route

Named route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

National Byway (Yorkshire)Cycling route

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

1,920 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,920 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds61 species

springsummer

2025

Greylag Goose · Mallard · Oystercatcher · Lapwing · Barn Owl +56

Greylag GooseAnser anser
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Barn OwlTyto alba
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
CurlewNumenius arquata
SwallowHirundo rustica
RedshankTringa totanus
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
Great TitParus major
JackdawColoeus monedula
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
House MartinDelichon urbicum
CuckooCuculus canorus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
WigeonMareca penelope
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RavenCorvus corax
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
PeregrineFalco peregrinus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
GoosanderMergus merganser2023
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2023
TealAnas crecca2023
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Coal TitPeriparus ater
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2024
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2024
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
SiskinSpinus spinus2023
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2023
HobbyFalco subbuteo2023
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
GreenshankTringa nebularia2023
LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2023
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023

🦎

Reptiles2 species

spring

2025

Adder · Common Lizard

AdderVipera berus
Common LizardZootoca vivipara

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,920 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds61 species

springsummer

2025

Greylag Goose · Mallard · Oystercatcher · Lapwing · Barn Owl +56

Greylag GooseAnser anser
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Barn OwlTyto alba
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
CurlewNumenius arquata
SwallowHirundo rustica
RedshankTringa totanus
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
Great TitParus major
JackdawColoeus monedula
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
House MartinDelichon urbicum
CuckooCuculus canorus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
WigeonMareca penelope
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RavenCorvus corax
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
PeregrineFalco peregrinus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
GoosanderMergus merganser2023
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2023
TealAnas crecca2023
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Coal TitPeriparus ater
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2024
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2024
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
SiskinSpinus spinus2023
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2023
HobbyFalco subbuteo2023
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
GreenshankTringa nebularia2023
LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2023
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023

🦎

Reptiles2 species

spring

2025

Adder · Common Lizard

AdderVipera berus
Common LizardZootoca vivipara

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Chris Heaton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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✦Druid's TempleHistoric site3.1 km→✦High ThropeHistoric site4.7 km→💧Leighton ReservoirReservoir1.9 km→💧Leighton ReservoirReservoir1.9 km→💧Roundhill ReservoirReservoir0 m→⛪St Paul's ChurchReligious grounds5 km→

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