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Wigton Moor Marker

📷 Betty Longbottom · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Dogs welcome

Getting here

53.86127, -1.52467

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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
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕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
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

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 — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Greylag Goose +87 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Greylag Goose +87 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Western Honey Bee, Common Carder Bee, 7-spot Ladybird +49 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Western Honey Bee, Common Carder Bee, 7-spot Ladybird +49 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Raspberry, Swan's-neck Thyme-moss, Common Liverwort +2 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Raspberry, Swan's-neck Thyme-moss, Common Liverwort +2 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 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

Dales Way LinkWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

43 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

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

Cycle Superhighway 2Cycling route

Named routeRef CS2Regional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

22,287 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

22,287 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds57 species

summerautumn

2026

Grey Heron · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Wren +52

Grey HeronArdea cinerea
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Great TitParus major2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
MagpiePica pica2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
SwiftApus apus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects18 species

summerautumn

2025

Common Carder Bee · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Birch Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Western Honey Bee +13

Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus

🌿

Plants1 species

summer

2025

Raspberry

RaspberryRubus idaeus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

22,287 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds57 species

summerautumn

2026

Grey Heron · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Wren +52

Grey HeronArdea cinerea
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Great TitParus major2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
MagpiePica pica2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
SwiftApus apus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects18 species

summerautumn

2025

Common Carder Bee · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Birch Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Western Honey Bee +13

Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus

🌿

Plants1 species

summer

2025

Raspberry

RaspberryRubus idaeus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Betty Longbottom · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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