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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🛝 Family
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Places › England › Yorkshire and the Humber › Leeds Getting here
53.82991, -1.61627
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 ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ HOPS Lunch Clubs — 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 ☕ HOPS Lunch Clubs — 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 — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Great Tit, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit +65 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Great Tit, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit +65 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — 2-spot Ladybird, Varied Carpet Beetle, 7-spot Ladybird +7 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 2-spot Ladybird, Varied Carpet Beetle, 7-spot Ladybird +7 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 5 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds) Walking route ▾
Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds spur)
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Calverley Millenium Way Walking route ▾
Boundary walk around Calverley
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Leeds Country Way Walking route ▾
Named route Local 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 81 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 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 Cycle Superhighway 1 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref CS1 Regional cycle route
Show on map Photos Roundabout on the Hawksworth estate
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Wildlife to spot
94,749 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 94,749 records · National Biodiversity Network Great Tit · Mallard · Wren · Robin · Chaffinch +47
Great Tit Parus major Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Robin Erithacus rubecula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Dunnock Prunella modularis Blackbird Turdus merula Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Grey Squirrel · American Mink · Otter
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis American Mink Neovison vison Otter Lutra lutra2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 8 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
2-spot Ladybird · Varied Carpet Beetle · Early Bumblebee · Eristalis pertinax · Syrphus +3
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Syrphus Syrphus Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum 🌿 Plants 2 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Springy Turf-moss
Rough-stalked Feather-moss Brachythecium rutabulum Springy Turf-moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 94,749 records · National Biodiversity Network Great Tit · Mallard · Wren · Robin · Chaffinch +47
Great Tit Parus major Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Robin Erithacus rubecula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Dunnock Prunella modularis Blackbird Turdus merula Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Grey Squirrel · American Mink · Otter
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis American Mink Neovison vison Otter Lutra lutra2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 8 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
2-spot Ladybird · Varied Carpet Beetle · Early Bumblebee · Eristalis pertinax · Syrphus +3
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Syrphus Syrphus Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum 🌿 Plants 2 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Springy Turf-moss
Rough-stalked Feather-moss Brachythecium rutabulum Springy Turf-moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Common Wasp
Common Wasp
Vespula vulgaris
Vespula vulgaris
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata 