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Southfield Reservoir

69 ha

📷 steven ruffles · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome69 ha

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53.66421, -1.01355

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦105+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Crested Grebe and Cormorant
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦105+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Crested Grebe and Cormorant
🐕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

3 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Great Crested Grebe, Cormorant, Mute Swan +102 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Great Crested Grebe, Cormorant, Mute Swan +102 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Floating Pennywort, Orange Balsam +1 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Floating Pennywort, Orange Balsam +1 more · last seen 2024

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Selby)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

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Cycling

12 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Trans Pennine TrailCycling route

Named routeRef TPTNational Cycle Network

Trans Pennine TrailCycling route

Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route224 m

Named routeRef 62Length 224 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route317 m

Named routeRef 62Length 317 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route105 m

Named routeRef 62Length 105 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.9 km

Named routeRef 62Length 1.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

4,581 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,581 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds60 species

autumn

2025

Canada Goose · Grey Heron · Kestrel · Carrion Crow · Little Grebe +55

Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Mute SwanCygnus olor
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
CootFulica atra
Great TitParus major
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
JackdawColoeus monedula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
MagpiePica pica
DunnockPrunella modularis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
GadwallMareca strepera
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
RobinErithacus rubecula
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Common GullLarus canus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
GoosanderMergus merganser
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
TealAnas crecca
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
ShelduckTadorna tadorna

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Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Roe Deer

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,581 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds60 species

autumn

2025

Canada Goose · Grey Heron · Kestrel · Carrion Crow · Little Grebe +55

Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Mute SwanCygnus olor
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
CootFulica atra
Great TitParus major
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
JackdawColoeus monedula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
MagpiePica pica
DunnockPrunella modularis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
GadwallMareca strepera
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
RobinErithacus rubecula
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Common GullLarus canus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
GoosanderMergus merganser
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
TealAnas crecca
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
ShelduckTadorna tadorna

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Roe Deer

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 steven ruffles · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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