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St Leonard's Church

📷 Richard Croft · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦97+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Magpie
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 343m away — 4 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦97+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Magpie
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 343m away — 4 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mute Swan, Magpie, Coot +94 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mute Swan, Magpie, Coot +94 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Common Darter, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Azure Damselfly +4 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Darter, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Azure Damselfly +4 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Moderate match

Plants — Sneezewort · last seen 2025; Plants — Sneezewort · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Selby)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Old Salt RoadWalking route

Named route

The Heron WayWalking route

Named route

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Cycling

27 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 6Cycling route

Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network

Trans Pennine TrailCycling route

Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network

Rotherham Local Cycle NetworkCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Main RouteCycling route61 m

Named routeRef 6Length 61 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface blocks

Main RouteCycling route253 m

Named routeRef 6Length 253 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route905 m

Named routeRef 6Length 905 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

164,061 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

164,061 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

autumnwinter

2026

Kestrel · Tufted Duck · Mute Swan · Canada Goose · Greylag Goose +49

KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
CootFulica atra2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
MagpiePica pica2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Great TitParus major2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
SmewMergellus albellus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
ScaupAythya marila2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Muscovy DuckCairina moschata2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

springwinter

2026

Harvest Mouse · Brown Rat

Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

164,061 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

autumnwinter

2026

Kestrel · Tufted Duck · Mute Swan · Canada Goose · Greylag Goose +49

KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
CootFulica atra2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
MagpiePica pica2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Great TitParus major2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
SmewMergellus albellus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
ScaupAythya marila2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Muscovy DuckCairina moschata2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

springwinter

2026

Harvest Mouse · Brown Rat

Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Richard Croft · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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