Westfield Recreation Ground
8 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
53.59102, -1.29723
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Blue Tit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Blue Tit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Robin +79 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Robin +79 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Blue, Meadow Brown, Small White +41 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
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
Photos
South Elmsall Social Centre - Bowling Green - Westfield Lane
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
3,976 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,976 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Carrion Crow · Pied Wagtail · Gadwall · Black-headed Gull +41
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- Common GullLarus canus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- 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
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- 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
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- 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 +19
- Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- PeacockAglais io2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
🌿Plants1 species
winterautumn
2024▾
Japanese Knotweed
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,976 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Carrion Crow · Pied Wagtail · Gadwall · Black-headed Gull +41
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- Common GullLarus canus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- 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
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- 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
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- 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 +19
- Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- PeacockAglais io2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
🌿Plants1 species
winterautumn
2024▾
Japanese Knotweed
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Azure Damselfly
Azure Damselfly
Coenagrion puella
Coenagrion puella
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerumCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerumMystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis2024Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis2024Dingy SkipperErynnis tages2024Dingy SkipperErynnis tages2024Small WhitePieris rapae2024Small WhitePieris rapae2024Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2023Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2023Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatusBox BugGonocerus acuteangulatusCicadella viridisCicadella viridisCicadella viridisCicadella viridisBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaVine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2024Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2024Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2024Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2024Glyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidus2024Glyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidus2024Oecetis ochraceaOecetis ochracea2024Oecetis ochraceaOecetis ochracea2024Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024Events & activities nearby
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