St Luke and All Saints Church
🦉 Wildlife🎠 Play🛝 Family
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Places › England › Yorkshire and the Humber › Wakefield Getting here
53.67576, -1.26720
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Thursday Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Thursday Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome☕ Café🅿️ Parking🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Blue Tit +39 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Blue Tit +39 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Green-veined White, Large White +37 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Small White, Green-veined White, Large White +37 more · last seen 2024
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Wakefield Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
West Yorkshire Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref WYCR Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
2,963 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 2,963 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 45 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Robin +40
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Buzzard Buteo buteo2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Red Kite Milvus milvus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Little Owl Athene noctua Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2024 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Jay Garrulus glandarius2024 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2024 Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea2024 Common Tern Sterna hirundo2024 Swift Apus apus2024 Rook Corvus frugilegus2024 Common Gull Larus canus2024 Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla2023 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2023 Hedgehog
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Small White · Green-veined White · Large White · Speckled Wood · Gatekeeper +35
Small White Pieris rapae Green-veined White Pieris napi Large White Pieris brassicae Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus Comma Polygonia c-album 🌿 Plants 12 species
winter summer
2025 ▾
White Campion · Common Pocket-moss · Short-leaved Pocket-moss · Golden Feather-moss · Weissia angustifolia +7
White Campion Silene latifolia Common Pocket-moss Fissidens taxifolius2024 Short-leaved Pocket-moss Fissidens incurvus2024 Golden Feather-moss Campylium chrysophyllum2024 Weissia angustifolia Weissia angustifolia2024 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 2,963 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 45 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Robin +40
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Buzzard Buteo buteo2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Red Kite Milvus milvus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Little Owl Athene noctua Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2024 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Jay Garrulus glandarius2024 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2024 Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea2024 Common Tern Sterna hirundo2024 Swift Apus apus2024 Rook Corvus frugilegus2024 Common Gull Larus canus2024 Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla2023 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2023 Hedgehog
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Small White · Green-veined White · Large White · Speckled Wood · Gatekeeper +35
Small White Pieris rapae Green-veined White Pieris napi Large White Pieris brassicae Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus Comma Polygonia c-album 🌿 Plants 12 species
winter summer
2025 ▾
White Campion · Common Pocket-moss · Short-leaved Pocket-moss · Golden Feather-moss · Weissia angustifolia +7
White Campion Silene latifolia Common Pocket-moss Fissidens taxifolius2024 Short-leaved Pocket-moss Fissidens incurvus2024 Golden Feather-moss Campylium chrysophyllum2024 Weissia angustifolia Weissia angustifolia2024 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina
Peacock Aglais io
Peacock Aglais io
Marbled White Melanargia galathea
Marbled White Melanargia galathea
Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines
Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae
Large Skipper Ochlodes sylvanus
Large Skipper Ochlodes sylvanus
Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia
Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia
Brown Argus Aricia agestis
Brown Argus Aricia agestis
Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni
Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni
Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris
Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris
Common Blue Polyommatus icarus
Common Blue Polyommatus icarus
Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus2023
Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus2023
Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas2023
Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas2023
Purple Hairstreak Favonius quercus2023
Purple Hairstreak Favonius quercus2023
Essex Skipper Thymelicus lineola
Essex Skipper Thymelicus lineola
White-letter Hairstreak Satyrium w-album2023
White-letter Hairstreak Satyrium w-album2023
Small Blue Cupido minimus2023
Small Blue Cupido minimus2023
Dark Green Fritillary Speyeria aglaja2023
Dark Green Fritillary Speyeria aglaja2023
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta
Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa
Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Liophloeus tessulatus Liophloeus tessulatus
Liophloeus tessulatus Liophloeus tessulatus
Wall Lasiommata megera2023
Wall Lasiommata megera2023
Ivy Bee Colletes hederae2023
Ivy Bee Colletes hederae2023
Syrphus Syrphus2023
Syrphus Syrphus2023
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2023
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2023
Social Pear Spinner Neurotoma saltuum2023
Social Pear Spinner Neurotoma saltuum2023
Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus2023
Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus2023 Green Pocket-moss
Green Pocket-moss
Fissidens viridulus2024
Fissidens viridulus2024
Red Beard-moss Bryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum2024
Red Beard-moss Bryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum2024
Zygodon conoideus var. conoideus Zygodon conoideus var. conoideus2024
Zygodon conoideus var. conoideus Zygodon conoideus var. conoideus2024
Lords-and-Ladies Arum maculatum2023
Lords-and-Ladies Arum maculatum2023
Common Bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus2023
Common Bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus2023
Lady's Bedstraw Galium verum2023
Lady's Bedstraw Galium verum2023
Field Scabious Knautia arvensis2023
Field Scabious Knautia arvensis2023 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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