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St Peter's Church

📷 JThomas · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking on site — 6 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking on site — 6 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +70 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +70 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Eristalis tenax, Western Honey Bee, Common Wasp +24 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Eristalis tenax, Western Honey Bee, Common Wasp +24 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Heritage

Moderate match

Religious grounds — local heritage

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

8 signed routes nearby · 16 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Ebor WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Calverley Millenium WayWalking route

Boundary walk around Calverley

Named routeLocal walking route

Leeds Country WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Airedale WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Dales Way LinkWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

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Cycling

29 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 66Cycling route

Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network

West Park to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef W-CCLocal cycle route

Cycle Superhighway 1Cycling route

Named routeRef CS1Regional cycle route

West Yorkshire Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef WYCRRegional cycle route

Armley to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef Ar-CCLocal cycle route

Main RouteCycling route29 m

Named routeRef 66Length 29 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

44,349 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

44,349 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds76 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Robin +71

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Great TitParus major2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
CootFulica atra2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
BuzzardButeo buteo
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Little OwlAthene noctua2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2024

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Mammals7 species

winterspringautumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · Otter · Hedgehog · Red Fox · Pipistrelle Bat species +2

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
OtterLutra lutra
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2025

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects27 species

summer

2026

Eristalis tenax · Western Honey Bee · Common Wasp · 7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus ribesii +22

Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
Common WaspVespula vulgaris2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025
Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2025
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025
Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
German WaspVespula germanica2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum2025
Lindenius albilabrisLindenius albilabris2025
Face FlyMusca autumnalis2025
Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2025
EupeodesEupeodes2025
Lispe tentaculataLispe tentaculata2025
Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2025
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

44,349 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds76 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Robin +71

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Great TitParus major2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
CootFulica atra2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
BuzzardButeo buteo
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Little OwlAthene noctua2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2024

🦌

Mammals7 species

winterspringautumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · Otter · Hedgehog · Red Fox · Pipistrelle Bat species +2

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
OtterLutra lutra
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2025

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects27 species

summer

2026

Eristalis tenax · Western Honey Bee · Common Wasp · 7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus ribesii +22

Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
Common WaspVespula vulgaris2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025
Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2025
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025
Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
German WaspVespula germanica2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum2025
Lindenius albilabrisLindenius albilabris2025
Face FlyMusca autumnalis2025
Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2025
EupeodesEupeodes2025
Lispe tentaculataLispe tentaculata2025
Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2025
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 JThomas · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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