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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🐶 Dogs
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Places › England › Yorkshire and the Humber › Leeds Getting here
53.80173, -1.55695
Open directionsv 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 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails ☕ Costa — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails ☕ Costa — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Paid
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Rock Dove, Carrion Crow +56 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Rock Dove, Carrion Crow +56 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
café; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Western Honey Bee, Varied Carpet Beetle, Grey Silverfish +8 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Western Honey Bee, Varied Carpet Beetle, Grey Silverfish +8 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Butterfly-bush, Hemlock Water-dropwort, Wood Bristle-moss +10 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Butterfly-bush, Hemlock Water-dropwort, Wood Bristle-moss +10 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds) Walking route ▾
Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds spur)
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Leeds Country Way Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Airedale Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Dales Way Link Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 130 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 66 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 66 National Cycle Network
Show on map Garforth to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref G-CC Local cycle route
Show on map Wyke Beck Way Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref RP-TN Local cycle route
Show on map Middleton to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref M-CC Local cycle route
Show on map Alwoodley to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref A-CC Local cycle route
Show on map West Park to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref W-CC Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
34,558 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 34,558 records · National Biodiversity Network Magpie · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Robin · Rock Dove +29
Magpie Pica pica Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Dunnock Prunella modularis Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Grey Heron Ardea cinerea House Sparrow Passer domesticus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
spring winter
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Varied Carpet Beetle
Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci Wood Bristle-moss · Red Dead-nettle · Hemlock Water-dropwort · Red Valerian · Maidenhair Spleenwort +5
Wood Bristle-moss Lewinskya affinis Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum2025 Hemlock Water-dropwort Oenanthe crocata2025 Red Valerian Centranthus ruber2025 Maidenhair Spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes2025 Narrow-leaved Ragwort Senecio inaequidens Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 34,558 records · National Biodiversity Network Magpie · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Robin · Rock Dove +29
Magpie Pica pica Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Dunnock Prunella modularis Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Grey Heron Ardea cinerea House Sparrow Passer domesticus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
spring winter
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Varied Carpet Beetle
Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci Wood Bristle-moss · Red Dead-nettle · Hemlock Water-dropwort · Red Valerian · Maidenhair Spleenwort +5
Wood Bristle-moss Lewinskya affinis Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum2025 Hemlock Water-dropwort Oenanthe crocata2025 Red Valerian Centranthus ruber2025 Maidenhair Spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes2025 Narrow-leaved Ragwort Senecio inaequidens Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Pellitory-of-the-wall Parietaria judaica2025
Pellitory-of-the-wall Parietaria judaica2025
Mexican Fleabane Erigeron karvinskianus2025
Mexican Fleabane Erigeron karvinskianus2025
Gypsywort Lycopus europaeus2025
Gypsywort Lycopus europaeus2025
Butterfly-bush Buddleja davidii2025
Butterfly-bush Buddleja davidii2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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