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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
🅿️Gallows Hill Nature Reserve 150m away — 14 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
🅿️Gallows Hill Nature Reserve 150m away — 14 car parks within reach

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Blackbird +92 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Blackbird +92 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Banded Demoiselle, Red-legged Shieldbug +32 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Banded Demoiselle, Red-legged Shieldbug +32 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Giant Hogweed, Common Spotted-orchid · last seen 2025; Plants — Giant Hogweed, Common Spotted-orchid · last seen 2025

Free

Family friendly

Moderate match

Allotments

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

8 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Ebor WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

6 Dales TrailWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Leeds Country WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Dales Way LinkWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Heritage Time TrailWalking route

This trail takes you on a journey through the history of the Chevin, from the modern day forest park to the carboniferous era, via nine wooden sculptures.

Named routeRound tripLocal walking route

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Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

West Yorkshire Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef WYCRRegional cycle route

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Warren Boulder TrailMountain bike route

Named route

🐴

Horse riding

1 public path nearby

Public paths

Bridle Roadbridleway · 2.3 km

Public pathbridlewayLength 2.3 kmSurface unpavedPath type: bridleway

Wildlife to spot

45,099 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

45,099 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds59 species

winter

2026

Nuthatch · Long-tailed Tit · Mute Swan · Robin · Blue Tit +54

NuthatchSitta europaea
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
CootFulica atra
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Great TitParus major
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Black SwanCygnus atratus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
DunnockPrunella modularis
DipperCinclus cinclus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
LapwingVanellus vanellus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
SmewMergellus albellus
GadwallMareca strepera
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
MagpiePica pica
GreenfinchChloris chloris
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
JackdawColoeus monedula
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2026

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐸

Amphibians2 species

spring

2026

Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt

Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐝

Insects3 species

spring

2026

Red-legged Shieldbug · 10-spot Ladybird · Common Flower Bug

Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

45,099 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds59 species

winter

2026

Nuthatch · Long-tailed Tit · Mute Swan · Robin · Blue Tit +54

NuthatchSitta europaea
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
CootFulica atra
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Great TitParus major
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Black SwanCygnus atratus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
DunnockPrunella modularis
DipperCinclus cinclus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
LapwingVanellus vanellus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
SmewMergellus albellus
GadwallMareca strepera
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
MagpiePica pica
GreenfinchChloris chloris
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
JackdawColoeus monedula
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2026

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐸

Amphibians2 species

spring

2026

Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt

Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐝

Insects3 species

spring

2026

Red-legged Shieldbug · 10-spot Ladybird · Common Flower Bug

Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Betty Longbottom · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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