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📷 Betty Longbottom · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
☕Woodhouse Hill Luncheon Club — a good base for a longer summer day out

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
☕Woodhouse Hill Luncheon Club — a good base for a longer summer day out

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🐕Dogs welcome

Café

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Great Tit +69 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Great Tit +69 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Giant Hogweed, Japanese Knotweed, Yarrow +81 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Giant Hogweed, Japanese Knotweed, Yarrow +81 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Common Nettle, Hawthorn, Elder +11 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Swollen-thighed Beetle, 2-spot Ladybird +39 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Swollen-thighed Beetle, 2-spot Ladybird +39 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Wakefield WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds)Walking route

Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds spur)

Named routeRegional walking route

Leeds Country WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Airedale WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Dales Way LinkWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

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Cycling

107 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 66Cycling route

Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network

Garforth to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef G-CCLocal cycle route

Swarcliffe Health TrailCycling route

Named routeRef SHTRound tripLocal cycle route

Wyke Beck WayCycling route

Named routeRef RP-TNLocal cycle route

Middleton to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef M-CCLocal cycle route

Alwoodley to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef A-CCLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

4,324 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,324 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds77 species

winter

2025

Blackbird · Robin · Great Tit · Carrion Crow · Magpie +72

BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
Great TitParus major2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MagpiePica pica
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
JayGarrulus glandarius
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
DunnockPrunella modularis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
CootFulica atra
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Common GullLarus canus2023
NuthatchSitta europaea2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
GoosanderMergus merganser
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Rock DoveColumba livia2023
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Herring GullLarus argentatus
GadwallMareca strepera
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
JackdawColoeus monedula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Red KiteMilvus milvus2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2023
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
Certhia familiaris britannicaCerthia familiaris britannica2023
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
Garrulus glandarius rufitergumGarrulus glandarius rufitergum2023
Buteo buteo buteoButeo buteo buteo2023
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
TealAnas crecca2023
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
GannetMorus bassanus2023
Little TernSternula albifrons2023
SwiftApus apus2023
SwallowHirundo rustica2023
DunlinCalidris alpina2023
Little OwlAthene noctua2023
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2023
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2023
RookCorvus frugilegus2023
Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus2023
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
Alcedo atthis ispidaAlcedo atthis ispida2023
Mareca strepera streperaMareca strepera strepera2022

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Mammals4 species

summerautumn

2025

Rabbit · Red Fox · Hedgehog · Stoat

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
StoatMustela erminea2022

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Insects42 species

summer

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Swollen-thighed Beetle · 2-spot Ladybird · Syrphus · Green Shieldbug +37

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
EupeodesEupeodes2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2024
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2025
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2024
Silver FishLepisma saccharinum
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Scymnus interruptusScymnus interruptus2025
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus2025
Drosophila immigransDrosophila immigrans2025
Meiosimyza decempunctataMeiosimyza decempunctata2025
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2025
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
Yellow-legged BlackPachygaster leachii2025
Solomon's-seal SawflyPhymatocera aterrima2025
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2025
Cantharis lividaCantharis livida2025
Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2024
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2024
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2023
Paratendipes plebeiusParatendipes plebeius2023
Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2023

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Plants84 species

summerautumn

2025

Giant Hogweed · Japanese Knotweed · Common Nettle · Yarrow · Field Maple +79

Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2024
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2023
Common NettleUrtica dioica
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Field MapleAcer campestre
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
ElderSambucus nigra
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
FirethornPyracantha coccinea
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
AshFraxinus excelsior
Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris
Italian AlderAlnus cordata
Dame's-violetHesperis matronalis
Red CampionSilene dioica
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica
RowanSorbus aucuparia
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Wall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis
Norway MapleAcer platanoides
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
Tufted VetchVicia cracca
Strawberry CloverTrifolium fragiferum
Fat-henChenopodium album
CornflowerCentaurea cyanus
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
Small NettleUrtica urens
TimothyPhleum pratense
Musk-mallowMalva moschata
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
FennelFoeniculum vulgare
JuniperJuniperus communis
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Betula utilisBetula utilis
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
White CloverTrifolium repens
Spear MintMentha spicata
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Argentinian VervainVerbena bonariensis
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas
DogwoodCornus sanguinea
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Tall MelilotMelilotus altissimus
Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica
Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia
Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
RamsonsAllium ursinum
HazelCorylus avellana
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024
Wall BarleyHordeum murinum2024
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2024
Wood MelickMelica uniflora2024
Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2024
Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2024
Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2024
Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis2024
Silver BirchBetula pendula2024
CleaversGalium aparine2024
Goat WillowSalix caprea2024
Wayfaring-treeViburnum lantana2024
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2024
Wild CherryPrunus avium2024
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2024
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2024
ChivesAllium schoenoprasum2024
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2024
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2023
Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,324 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds77 species

winter

2025

Blackbird · Robin · Great Tit · Carrion Crow · Magpie +72

BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
Great TitParus major2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MagpiePica pica
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
JayGarrulus glandarius
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
DunnockPrunella modularis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
CootFulica atra
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Common GullLarus canus2023
NuthatchSitta europaea2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
GoosanderMergus merganser
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Rock DoveColumba livia2023
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Herring GullLarus argentatus
GadwallMareca strepera
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
JackdawColoeus monedula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Red KiteMilvus milvus2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2023
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
Certhia familiaris britannicaCerthia familiaris britannica2023
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
Garrulus glandarius rufitergumGarrulus glandarius rufitergum2023
Buteo buteo buteoButeo buteo buteo2023
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
TealAnas crecca2023
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
GannetMorus bassanus2023
Little TernSternula albifrons2023
SwiftApus apus2023
SwallowHirundo rustica2023
DunlinCalidris alpina2023
Little OwlAthene noctua2023
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2023
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2023
RookCorvus frugilegus2023
Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus2023
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
Alcedo atthis ispidaAlcedo atthis ispida2023
Mareca strepera streperaMareca strepera strepera2022

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Mammals4 species

summerautumn

2025

Rabbit · Red Fox · Hedgehog · Stoat

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
StoatMustela erminea2022

🐝

Insects42 species

summer

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Swollen-thighed Beetle · 2-spot Ladybird · Syrphus · Green Shieldbug +37

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
EupeodesEupeodes2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2024
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2025
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2024
Silver FishLepisma saccharinum
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Scymnus interruptusScymnus interruptus2025
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus2025
Drosophila immigransDrosophila immigrans2025
Meiosimyza decempunctataMeiosimyza decempunctata2025
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2025
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
Yellow-legged BlackPachygaster leachii2025
Solomon's-seal SawflyPhymatocera aterrima2025
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2025
Cantharis lividaCantharis livida2025
Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2024
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2024
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2023
Paratendipes plebeiusParatendipes plebeius2023
Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2023

🌿

Plants84 species

summerautumn

2025

Giant Hogweed · Japanese Knotweed · Common Nettle · Yarrow · Field Maple +79

Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2024
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2023
Common NettleUrtica dioica
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Field MapleAcer campestre
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
ElderSambucus nigra
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
FirethornPyracantha coccinea
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
AshFraxinus excelsior
Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris
Italian AlderAlnus cordata
Dame's-violetHesperis matronalis
Red CampionSilene dioica
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica
RowanSorbus aucuparia
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Wall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis
Norway MapleAcer platanoides
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
Tufted VetchVicia cracca
Strawberry CloverTrifolium fragiferum
Fat-henChenopodium album
CornflowerCentaurea cyanus
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
Small NettleUrtica urens
TimothyPhleum pratense
Musk-mallowMalva moschata
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
FennelFoeniculum vulgare
JuniperJuniperus communis
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Betula utilisBetula utilis
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
White CloverTrifolium repens
Spear MintMentha spicata
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Argentinian VervainVerbena bonariensis
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas
DogwoodCornus sanguinea
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Tall MelilotMelilotus altissimus
Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica
Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia
Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
RamsonsAllium ursinum
HazelCorylus avellana
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024
Wall BarleyHordeum murinum2024
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2024
Wood MelickMelica uniflora2024
Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2024
Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2024
Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2024
Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis2024
Silver BirchBetula pendula2024
CleaversGalium aparine2024
Goat WillowSalix caprea2024
Wayfaring-treeViburnum lantana2024
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2024
Wild CherryPrunus avium2024
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2024
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2024
ChivesAllium schoenoprasum2024
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2024
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2023
Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

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📷 Betty Longbottom · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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