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53.90459, -1.35069
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ♿ Good accessibility year-round — paths here remain suitable through summer ☕ The Box Tree Bistro — a good base for a longer summer day out 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ♿ Good accessibility year-round — paths here remain suitable through summer ☕ The Box Tree Bistro — a good base for a longer summer day out 🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking🧺 Picnic spot🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Jackdaw +72 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Jackdaw +72 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Western Honey Bee, Red-tailed Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee +75 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Western Honey Bee, Red-tailed Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee +75 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Raspberry, Springy Turf-moss · last seen 2025; Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Raspberry, Springy Turf-moss · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 3 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Ebor Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Jorvic Way Walking route 104 km ▾
Named route Length 104 km Regional walking route
Show on map Leeds Country Way Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 46 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 66 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 66 National Cycle Network
Show on map NCN National Route 665 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 665 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 67 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 67 National Cycle Network
Show on map West Yorkshire Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref WYCR Regional cycle route
Show on map Elmet Greenway Cycling route ▾
Named route National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 15 m ▾
Named route Ref 67 Length 15 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
The Starling Mountain bike route ▾
1 public path nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
20,471 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 20,471 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 42 species
summer autumn winter
2026 ▾
Jackdaw · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Goldfinch +37
Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Magpie Pica pica2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2025 Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Brown Hare Lepus europaeus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 39 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Western Honey Bee · Cheilosia impressa · Mesembrina meridiana · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Harlequin Ladybird +34
Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera Cheilosia impressa Cheilosia impressa Mesembrina meridiana Mesembrina meridiana Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Field Digger Wasp Mellinus arvensis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 20,471 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 42 species
summer autumn winter
2026 ▾
Jackdaw · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Goldfinch +37
Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Magpie Pica pica2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2025 Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Brown Hare Lepus europaeus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 39 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Western Honey Bee · Cheilosia impressa · Mesembrina meridiana · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Harlequin Ladybird +34
Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera Cheilosia impressa Cheilosia impressa Mesembrina meridiana Mesembrina meridiana Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Field Digger Wasp Mellinus arvensis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
Syrphus Syrphus
Syrphus Syrphus
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria
Syrphus ribesii Syrphus ribesii
Syrphus ribesii Syrphus ribesii
Physocephala rufipes Physocephala rufipes
Physocephala rufipes Physocephala rufipes
Xylota segnis Xylota segnis
Xylota segnis Xylota segnis
Mystacides azurea Mystacides azurea
Mystacides azurea Mystacides azurea
Arge pagana subsp. stephensii Arge pagana subsp. stephensii
Arge pagana subsp. stephensii Arge pagana subsp. stephensii
Platycheirus granditarsus Platycheirus granditarsus
Platycheirus granditarsus Platycheirus granditarsus
Broadbar Clover Sawfly Tenthredo notha
Broadbar Clover Sawfly Tenthredo notha
Platycheirus peltatus agg. Platycheirus peltatus agg.
Platycheirus peltatus agg. Platycheirus peltatus agg.
Figwort Sawfly Tenthredo scrophulariae
Figwort Sawfly Tenthredo scrophulariae
Conops quadrifasciatus Conops quadrifasciatus
Conops quadrifasciatus Conops quadrifasciatus
Turnip Tigress Athalia rosae
Turnip Tigress Athalia rosae
Xylota sylvarum Xylota sylvarum
Xylota sylvarum Xylota sylvarum
Butterbur Sawfly Tenthredo mandibularis
Butterbur Sawfly Tenthredo mandibularis
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Woolly Apple Aphid Eriosoma lanigerum
Woolly Apple Aphid Eriosoma lanigerum
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
Graphomya maculata Graphomya maculata
Graphomya maculata Graphomya maculata
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii
Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi
Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi
Eupeodes Eupeodes
Eupeodes Eupeodes
Banded Rose Spindler Allantus cinctus
Banded Rose Spindler Allantus cinctus
Small Garden Bumblebee Bombus hortorum
Small Garden Bumblebee Bombus hortorum
Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni
Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni
Orange-tailed Mining Bee Andrena haemorrhoa
Orange-tailed Mining Bee Andrena haemorrhoa
Tawny Mining Bee Andrena fulva
Tawny Mining Bee Andrena fulva
Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus
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