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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
53.69845, -1.90449
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Woodpigeon
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 121m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Woodpigeon
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 121m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Jackdaw, Woodpigeon, Robin +66 more · last seen 2025; Upland heathland — red grouse, merlin and short-eared owl
Free
Birds — Jackdaw, Woodpigeon, Robin +66 more · last seen 2025; Upland heathland priority habitat
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Heather, Gypsywort +75 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Kirklees WayWalking route116 km▾
Named routeLength 116 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Calderdale WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Brighouse Boundary WalkWalking route29 km▾
Named routeLength 29 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Hebble TrailWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal walking route
Calderdale Way LinkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
72 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network
Route 69Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network
West Yorkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WYCRRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route2.4 km▾
Named routeRef 68Length 2.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route60 m▾
Named routeRef 66Length 60 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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'Erics' Bench and the Calder Valley
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Wildlife to spot
5,481 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,481 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Jackdaw · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Canada Goose · Woodpigeon +39
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- TealAnas crecca
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SwiftApus apus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Great TitParus major
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Mole · Brown Rat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Hawthorn Shieldbug · Cream-spot Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Orange Ladybird +4
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
🌿Plants30 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Broom · Common Feather-moss · Heather · Rosebay Willowherb · Rough-stalked Feather-moss +25
- BroomCytisus scoparius2025
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris2025
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
- Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
- Crescent-cup Liverwort
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,481 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Jackdaw · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Canada Goose · Woodpigeon +39
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- TealAnas crecca
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SwiftApus apus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Great TitParus major
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Mole · Brown Rat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Hawthorn Shieldbug · Cream-spot Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Orange Ladybird +4
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
🌿Plants30 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Broom · Common Feather-moss · Heather · Rosebay Willowherb · Rough-stalked Feather-moss +25
- BroomCytisus scoparius2025
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris2025
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
- Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
- Crescent-cup Liverwort
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Red-legged Shieldbug
Red-legged Shieldbug
Pentatoma rufipes2025
Pentatoma rufipes2025
Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris2025Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris2025Larder BeetleDermestes lardarius2025Larder BeetleDermestes lardarius2025Lunularia cruciata
Lunularia cruciata
Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornumSwan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornumWater EarwortScapania undulataWater EarwortScapania undulataNeat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purumNeat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purumBroom Fork-mossDicranum scopariumBroom Fork-mossDicranum scopariumHeath Star MossCampylopus introflexusHeath Star MossCampylopus introflexusBilberryVaccinium myrtillus2025BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2025Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2025Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2025MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea2025Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea2025HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025RowanSorbus aucuparia2025RowanSorbus aucuparia2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Western GorseUlex gallii2025Western GorseUlex gallii2025Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata2025Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata2025PignutConopodium majus2025PignutConopodium majus2025Pink PurslaneClaytonia sibirica2025Pink PurslaneClaytonia sibirica2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2025Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2025