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🦅Birds✦Heritage🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.90914, -1.98399
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wigeon and Jackdaw
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Canal Side Cafe Kildwick — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wigeon and Jackdaw
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Canal Side Cafe Kildwick — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Wigeon, Jackdaw, Pintail +74 more · last seen 2026
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ST ANDREW; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café
Free
Birds — Wigeon, Jackdaw, Pintail +74 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Ganoderma adspersum, Red Edge Brittlestem, Elder Whitewash +139 more · last seen 2025
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Bradford Millennium WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Pennine Way (Calder Valley to Ickornshaw)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Pennine Way (Ickornshaw to Malham)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Airedale WayWalking 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
17 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 69Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network
West Yorkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WYCRRegional cycle route
N/ACycling route435 m▾
Named routeLength 435 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route279 m▾
Named routeLength 279 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route281 m▾
Named routeLength 281 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route232 m▾
Named routeRef 69Length 232 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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South approach to St Andrew's church
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
16,428 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
16,428 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Wigeon · Kingfisher · Grey Heron · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit +31
- WigeonMareca penelope
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- PintailAnas acuta2025
- BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
- MerlinFalco columbarius2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
American Mink · Grey Squirrel
- American MinkNeovison vison
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Ganoderma adspersum · Red Edge Brittlestem · Coral Spot · Candlesnuff Fungus · Wrinkled Crust +78
- Ganoderma adspersumGanoderma adspersum
- Red Edge BrittlestemPsathyrella corrugis
- Coral SpotNectria cinnabarina
- Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon
- Wrinkled CrustPhlebia radiata
- Sycamore TarspotRhytisma acerinum
- Ascocoryne cylichnium
Wood Avens · Smooth Sow-thistle · Ash
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
- AshFraxinus excelsior
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,428 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Wigeon · Kingfisher · Grey Heron · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit +31
- WigeonMareca penelope
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- PintailAnas acuta2025
- BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
- MerlinFalco columbarius2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
American Mink · Grey Squirrel
- American MinkNeovison vison
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Ganoderma adspersum · Red Edge Brittlestem · Coral Spot · Candlesnuff Fungus · Wrinkled Crust +78
- Ganoderma adspersumGanoderma adspersum
- Red Edge BrittlestemPsathyrella corrugis
- Coral SpotNectria cinnabarina
- Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon
- Wrinkled CrustPhlebia radiata
- Sycamore TarspotRhytisma acerinum
- Ascocoryne cylichnium
Wood Avens · Smooth Sow-thistle · Ash
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
- AshFraxinus excelsior
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Ascocoryne cylichnium
Ascocoryne cylichnium
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cesatiiRoundspored OysterlingCrepidotus cesatiiKing Alfred's CakesDaldinia concentricaKing Alfred's CakesDaldinia concentricaSulphur DiscoCalycina claroflavaSulphur DiscoCalycina claroflavaAngel's BonnetMycena arcangelianaAngel's BonnetMycena arcangelianaWarlock's ButterExidia planaWarlock's ButterExidia planaCrested CoralClavulina coralloidesCrested CoralClavulina coralloidesHohenbuehelia fluxilisHohenbuehelia fluxilisHohenbuehelia fluxilisHohenbuehelia fluxilisSchizopora radulaSchizopora radulaSchizopora radulaSchizopora radulaMycena abramsiiMycena abramsiiMycena abramsiiMycena abramsiiGrass OysterlingCrepidotus epibryusGrass OysterlingCrepidotus epibryusClustered BonnetMycena inclinataClustered BonnetMycena inclinataCrystal BrainExidia nucleataCrystal BrainExidia nucleataHairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutumHairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutumBeech WoodwartHypoxylon fragiformeBeech WoodwartHypoxylon fragiformeCommon BonnetMycena galericulataCommon BonnetMycena galericulataVariable 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furfuraceaScurfy TwigletTubaria furfuraceaBonet OdroMycena galopusBonet OdroMycena galopusHebeloma fragilipesHebeloma fragilipesHebeloma fragilipesHebeloma fragilipesCoprinellus xanthothrixCoprinellus xanthothrixCoprinellus xanthothrixCoprinellus xanthothrixRadulomyces confluensRadulomyces confluensRadulomyces confluensRadulomyces confluensHairy Leg BellGalerina vittiformisHairy Leg BellGalerina vittiformisNitrous BonnetMycena leptocephalaNitrous BonnetMycena leptocephalaMycena flavescensMycena flavescensMycena flavescensMycena flavescensCommon InkcapCoprinopsis atramentariaCommon InkcapCoprinopsis atramentariaChicken Of The WoodsLaetiporus sulphureusChicken Of The WoodsLaetiporus sulphureusVanderbylia fraxineaVanderbylia fraxineaVanderbylia fraxineaVanderbylia fraxineaBluefoot BoleteXerocomellus cisalpinusBluefoot BoleteXerocomellus cisalpinusParasola kuehneriParasola kuehneriParasola kuehneriParasola kuehneriHare'sfoot InkcapCoprinopsis lagopusHare'sfoot InkcapCoprinopsis lagopusPsathyrella pseudogracilisPsathyrella pseudogracilisPsathyrella pseudogracilisPsathyrella pseudogracilisBald InkcapParasola leiocephalaBald InkcapParasola leiocephalaHymenoscyphus albidusHymenoscyphus albidusHymenoscyphus albidusHymenoscyphus albidusEvents & activities nearby
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