Zion Congregational Church Burial Ground
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🍄 Fungi
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Places › England › Yorkshire and the Humber › Wakefield Getting here
53.69754, -1.58787
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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 🍄 Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 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 🍄 Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Greenfinch, Blue Tit +49 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Greenfinch, Blue Tit +49 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Yellow Stainer, Red Cracking Bolete, Yellowing Knight +85 more · last seen 2017; Fungi — Yellow Stainer, Red Cracking Bolete, Yellowing Knight +85 more · last seen 2017
Varies
Fungi — Yellow Stainer, White Dapperling, Madarch y Maes +13 more foraging species
Varies
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Small White, Lily Beetle +33 more · last seen 2024; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Small White, Lily Beetle +33 more · last seen 2024
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 4 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Kirklees Way Walking route 116 km ▾
Named route Length 116 km Round trip Regional walking route
Show on map Wakefield Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Dewsbury and District Ramblers Centenary Walk Walking route ▾
Leeds Country Way Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 52 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 66 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 66 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 69 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 69 National Cycle Network
Show on map Middleton to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref M-CC Local cycle route
Show on map National Cycle Network Route 699 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 699 National Cycle Network
Show on map Wakefield Wheel Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Wheel Local cycle route
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 485 m ▾
Named route Ref 69 Length 485 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map 1 public path nearby
Public paths
Gawthorpe Lane bridleway · 308 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 308 m Path type: service
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Wildlife to spot
4,853 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 4,853 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 40 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Swift · House Sparrow · Robin · Starling +35
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Swift Apus apus2023 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Robin Erithacus rubecula2024 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2023 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Blackbird Turdus merula2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2023 Great Tit Parus major2024 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2023 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix2022 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2022 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2022 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2023 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2023 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2022 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2022 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2023 Whitethroat Curruca communis2023 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2023 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2023 Barn Owl Tyto alba2023 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava2023 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2023 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2023 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2022 Redwing Turdus iliacus2022 Linnet Linaria cannabina2022 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2022 Common Gull Larus canus2022 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2021 Rook Corvus frugilegus2020 🦌 Mammals 7 species
summer autumn
2023 ▾
Hedgehog · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Common Shrew · Roe Deer +2
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2021 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2021 Common Shrew Sorex araneus Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Brown Hare Lepus europaeus 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring summer autumn
2024 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo2022 🐝 Insects 16 species
spring summer autumn
2024 ▾
Lily Beetle · Eristalis pertinax · Athous haemorrhoidalis · Siphoninus phillyreae · Harmonia axyridis form succinea +11
Lily Beetle Lilioceris lilii2021 Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Athous haemorrhoidalis Athous haemorrhoidalis Siphoninus phillyreae Siphoninus phillyreae2023 Harmonia axyridis form succinea Harmonia axyridis form succinea 🌿 Plants 10 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Bluebell · Pendulous Sedge · Japanese Knotweed · Common Ragwort · Red Dead-nettle +5
Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta Pendulous Sedge Carex pendula2024 Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica2023 Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris2022 Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum2022 Perennial Cornflower Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 4,853 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 40 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Swift · House Sparrow · Robin · Starling +35
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Swift Apus apus2023 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Robin Erithacus rubecula2024 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2023 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Blackbird Turdus merula2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2023 Great Tit Parus major2024 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2023 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix2022 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2022 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2022 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2023 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2023 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2022 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2022 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2023 Whitethroat Curruca communis2023 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2023 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2023 Barn Owl Tyto alba2023 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava2023 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2023 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2023 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2022 Redwing Turdus iliacus2022 Linnet Linaria cannabina2022 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2022 Common Gull Larus canus2022 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2021 Rook Corvus frugilegus2020 🦌 Mammals 7 species
summer autumn
2023 ▾
Hedgehog · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Common Shrew · Roe Deer +2
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2021 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2021 Common Shrew Sorex araneus Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Brown Hare Lepus europaeus 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring summer autumn
2024 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo2022 🐝 Insects 16 species
spring summer autumn
2024 ▾
Lily Beetle · Eristalis pertinax · Athous haemorrhoidalis · Siphoninus phillyreae · Harmonia axyridis form succinea +11
Lily Beetle Lilioceris lilii2021 Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Athous haemorrhoidalis Athous haemorrhoidalis Siphoninus phillyreae Siphoninus phillyreae2023 Harmonia axyridis form succinea Harmonia axyridis form succinea 🌿 Plants 10 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Bluebell · Pendulous Sedge · Japanese Knotweed · Common Ragwort · Red Dead-nettle +5
Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta Pendulous Sedge Carex pendula2024 Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica2023 Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris2022 Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum2022 Perennial Cornflower Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus2021
Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus2021 2022
2022
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2022
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2022
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2021
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2021
Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger2021
Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger2021
Anoplotrupes stercorosus Anoplotrupes stercorosus2021
Anoplotrupes stercorosus Anoplotrupes stercorosus2021
Syrphus Syrphus2021
Syrphus Syrphus2021
Willow Bean-galler Euura proxima2021
Willow Bean-galler Euura proxima2021
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea2021
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea2021
Eristalis Eristalis2021
Eristalis Eristalis2021
Anthomyia Anthomyia2021
Anthomyia Anthomyia2021
Eriothrix rufomaculata Eriothrix rufomaculata2020
Eriothrix rufomaculata Eriothrix rufomaculata2020
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2020
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2020 Centaurea montana2021
Centaurea montana2021
Blue Passionflower Passiflora caerulea2020
Blue Passionflower Passiflora caerulea2020
Great Horsetail Equisetum telmateia2020
Great Horsetail Equisetum telmateia2020
Black Horehound Ballota nigra2020
Black Horehound Ballota nigra2020
Wood Forget-me-not Myosotis sylvatica2020
Wood Forget-me-not Myosotis sylvatica2020 