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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🧺 Picnic
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Places › England › Yorkshire and the Humber › Leeds Getting here
53.79507, -1.53606
Open directionsv 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 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ kapow! — 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 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ kapow! — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Paid 🚻 Toilets
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Rock Dove, Woodpigeon, Magpie +53 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Rock Dove, Woodpigeon, Magpie +53 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Red Valerian, Hemlock Water-dropwort, Butterfly-bush +111 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Red Valerian, Hemlock Water-dropwort, Butterfly-bush +111 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets
Free
Plants — Hawthorn, Common Nettle, Elder +14 more foraging species
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds) Walking route ▾
Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds spur)
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Airedale Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Dales Way Link Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 132 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 66 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 66 National Cycle Network
Show on map Garforth to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref G-CC Local cycle route
Show on map Wyke Beck Way Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref RP-TN Local cycle route
Show on map Middleton to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref M-CC Local cycle route
Show on map Alwoodley to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref A-CC Local cycle route
Show on map West Park to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref W-CC Local cycle route
Show on map Photos Parish Church of St Peter (Leeds Minster)
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Wildlife to spot
10,658 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 10,658 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 41 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Magpie · Rock Dove · Carrion Crow · Mallard · Robin +36
Magpie Pica pica Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus2025 🦌 Mammals 4 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle Bat species · Brown Rat
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus2025 Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus2025 Syrphus · Western Honey Bee
Syrphus Syrphus Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera 🌿 Plants 17 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Hemlock Water-dropwort · Red Dead-nettle · Red Valerian · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Hart's-Tongue +12
Hemlock Water-dropwort Oenanthe crocata Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum Red Valerian Centranthus ruber Maidenhair Spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes Hart's-Tongue Asplenium scolopendrium Narrow-leaved Ragwort Senecio inaequidens Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 10,658 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 41 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Magpie · Rock Dove · Carrion Crow · Mallard · Robin +36
Magpie Pica pica Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus2025 🦌 Mammals 4 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle Bat species · Brown Rat
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus2025 Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus2025 Syrphus · Western Honey Bee
Syrphus Syrphus Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera 🌿 Plants 17 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Hemlock Water-dropwort · Red Dead-nettle · Red Valerian · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Hart's-Tongue +12
Hemlock Water-dropwort Oenanthe crocata Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum Red Valerian Centranthus ruber Maidenhair Spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes Hart's-Tongue Asplenium scolopendrium Narrow-leaved Ragwort Senecio inaequidens Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pellitory-of-the-wall Parietaria judaica
Pellitory-of-the-wall Parietaria judaica
Mexican Fleabane Erigeron karvinskianus
Mexican Fleabane Erigeron karvinskianus
Gypsywort Lycopus europaeus
Gypsywort Lycopus europaeus
Ivy-leaved Toadflax Cymbalaria muralis
Ivy-leaved Toadflax Cymbalaria muralis
Butterfly-bush Buddleja davidii
Butterfly-bush Buddleja davidii
Springy Turf-moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Springy Turf-moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus
Elder Sambucus nigra
Elder Sambucus nigra
Common Nettle Urtica dioica
Common Nettle Urtica dioica
Mugwort Artemisia vulgaris
Mugwort Artemisia vulgaris
Yarrow Achillea millefolium
Yarrow Achillea millefolium Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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