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St James' Church

📷 Chris Heaton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕South Seacroft Friends Lunch Club — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕South Seacroft Friends Lunch Club — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

CaféParking· Free

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +73 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +73 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Family friendly

Good match

café

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Western Honey Bee, Marmalade Hoverfly, Common Red Soldier Beetle +8 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Western Honey Bee, Marmalade Hoverfly, Common Red Soldier Beetle +8 more · last seen 2026

Free

Cycling

Good match

Named cycling route nearby: Cycle Superhighway 2

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

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

🚴

Cycling

102 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

NCN National Route 697Cycling route

Named routeRef 697National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

17,140 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

17,140 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds79 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2026

Red Kite · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull +74

Red KiteMilvus milvus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Great TitParus major2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
QuailCoturnix coturnix2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

autumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐝

Insects11 species

summer

2026

Western Honey Bee · Marmalade Hoverfly · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Small Elm Bark Beetle · Eristalis tenax +6

Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Small Elm Bark BeetleScolytus multistriatus
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
BumblebeeBombus2025
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2025
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2025

🌿

Plants2 species

winterautumn

2026

Himalayan Balsam · Common Feather-moss

Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

17,140 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds79 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2026

Red Kite · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull +74

Red KiteMilvus milvus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Great TitParus major2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
QuailCoturnix coturnix2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

autumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐝

Insects11 species

summer

2026

Western Honey Bee · Marmalade Hoverfly · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Small Elm Bark Beetle · Eristalis tenax +6

Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Small Elm Bark BeetleScolytus multistriatus
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
BumblebeeBombus2025
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2025
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2025

🌿

Plants2 species

winterautumn

2026

Himalayan Balsam · Common Feather-moss

Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga

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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