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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds⚽Pitches
Dogs welcome
Getting here
53.58777, -1.29000
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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
- ⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon +78 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon +78 more · last seen 2025
Free
⚽Playing fields
Very strong match
Playing field
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Blue, Meadow Brown, Small White +41 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Blue, Meadow Brown, Small White +41 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Glaucous Sedge, Lilac +1 more · last seen 2023; Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Glaucous Sedge, Lilac +1 more · last seen 2023
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Barnsley Boundary WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Wakefield WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
West Yorkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WYCRRegional cycle route
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Path and Sports Ground, Frickley Country Park
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Wildlife to spot
3,694 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,694 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Mallard · Gadwall · Pied Wagtail · Black-headed Gull +41
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- Common GullLarus canus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Great TitParus major
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Orange-tip · Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Peacock · Large White +20
- Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- PeacockAglais io2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
Japanese Knotweed
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,694 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Mallard · Gadwall · Pied Wagtail · Black-headed Gull +41
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- Common GullLarus canus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Great TitParus major
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Orange-tip · Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Peacock · Large White +20
- Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- PeacockAglais io2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
Japanese Knotweed
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Limnephilus lunatus
Limnephilus lunatus
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Limnephilus lunatus2023
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