Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome34 ha
Getting here
53.85519, -1.51499
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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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 221m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 221m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Robin +74 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Robin +74 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Speckled Wood, Western Honey Bee, Common Carder Bee +56 more · last seen 2025; Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 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
57 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
Photos
Kingfisher Close - Kingfisher Way
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
22,845 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
22,845 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Wren +33
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Pipistrelle Bat species · Grey Squirrel · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐝Insects27 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Syrphus · Common Carder Bee · Birch Shieldbug · Common Wasp · Common Red Soldier Beetle +22
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
- Common WaspVespula vulgaris
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Raspberry
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
22,845 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Wren +33
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Pipistrelle Bat species · Grey Squirrel · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐝Insects27 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Syrphus · Common Carder Bee · Birch Shieldbug · Common Wasp · Common Red Soldier Beetle +22
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
- Common WaspVespula vulgaris
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Raspberry
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
7-spot Ladybird
7-spot Ladybird
Coccinella septempunctata
Coccinella septempunctata
Western Honey BeeApis melliferaWestern Honey BeeApis melliferaDasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatusPlatycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatusCuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumariusCuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumariusAshy Mining BeeAndrena cinerariaAshy Mining BeeAndrena cinerariaVine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatusVine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatusOpomyza florumOpomyza florumOpomyza florumOpomyza florumMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctataEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxCantharis lividaCantharis lividaCantharis lividaCantharis lividaRutpela maculataRutpela maculataRutpela maculataRutpela maculataCream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttataCream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttataPachyrhinus lethierryiPachyrhinus lethierryiPachyrhinus lethierryiPachyrhinus lethierryiClosterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialisWelsh ChaferHoplia philanthusWelsh ChaferHoplia philanthusRhinoceros BeetleSinodendron cylindricumRhinoceros BeetleSinodendron cylindricumHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleEvents & activities nearby
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