Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
53.85022, -1.52230
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Woodpigeon
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 79m away — 8 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Woodpigeon
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 79m away — 8 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Robin +74 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Robin +74 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Syrphus, Tree Bumblebee, Tawny Mining Bee +64 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Urban park — open green space
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ebor WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
East Keskick And Hetchell Wood 6.25 miles 3.5 hoursWalking route▾
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
64 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network
Swarcliffe Health TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef SHTRound tripLocal cycle route
Wyke Beck WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef RP-TNLocal cycle route
Alwoodley to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef A-CCLocal cycle route
West Park to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef W-CCLocal cycle route
Route 677Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 677National Cycle Network
Photos
Treetops playing fields, Shadwell
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
26,617 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
26,617 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Robin +36
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Pipistrelle Bat species · Soprano Pipistrelle · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects31 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Carder Bee · Field Grasshopper · Birch Shieldbug · Syrphus · Red-legged Shieldbug +26
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Sessile Oak · Raspberry
- Sessile OakQuercus petraea
- RaspberryRubus idaeus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
26,617 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Robin +36
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Pipistrelle Bat species · Soprano Pipistrelle · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects31 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Carder Bee · Field Grasshopper · Birch Shieldbug · Syrphus · Red-legged Shieldbug +26
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Sessile Oak · Raspberry
- Sessile OakQuercus petraea
- RaspberryRubus idaeus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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Trioza centranthi
Trioza centranthi
Trioza centranthi
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasina7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataWestern Honey BeeApis melliferaWestern Honey BeeApis melliferaDasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatusPlatycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatusWestern Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalisWestern Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalisCuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumariusCuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumariusAshy Mining BeeAndrena cinerariaAshy Mining BeeAndrena cinerariaBuff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestrisBuff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestrisGraphomya maculataGraphomya maculataGraphomya maculataGraphomya maculataTipula fulvipennisTipula fulvipennisTipula fulvipennisTipula fulvipennisVine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatusVine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatusOpomyza florumOpomyza florumOpomyza florumOpomyza florumVolucella inanisVolucella inanisVolucella inanisVolucella inanisMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctataCommon WaspVespula vulgarisCommon WaspVespula vulgarisEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxCommon Rose FusehornArge paganaCommon Rose FusehornArge paganaChrysotoxum festivumChrysotoxum festivumChrysotoxum festivumChrysotoxum festivumTree WaspDolichovespula sylvestrisTree WaspDolichovespula sylvestrisBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaCantharis lividaCantharis lividaCantharis lividaCantharis lividaEvents & activities nearby
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