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RSPB St Aidan's Nature Park

West Yorkshire  >  United Kingdom

Just a stone’s throw from the centre of Leeds, St Aidan’s is a stunning nature park to explore.

Hinzugefügt* von Gavin Orr
Zuletzt aktualisiert 17 November 2022

Beschreibung

St Aidan's Nature Park has a variety of habitats including reedbed, wetland, meadows and woodland. St Aidan’s was an opencast mine for many years and it has now been restored to a birdrich nature park. Four trails lead you through woodland glades, alongside reedbeds, around lakes and ponds, and onto a hill with panoramic views. Nice birds you can see here include Rohrdommel, Schwarzhalstaucher, Säbelschnäbler, Trauerseeschwalbe, Feldlerche and Wiesenpieper.

Details

Zugang

By train: The nearest railway station is Woodlesford, which is 3 miles (5km) away or Garforth, which is 4 miles away. There is a taxi firm based at Garforth station and taxis can access Woodlesford.

By bus: Buses run to Allerton Bywater from Leeds City Centre and Castleford (bus service 167). The nearest bus stop is Bowers Row stop number 45010157. This is 0.2 miles from the visitor centre.

By bike: The nearest Sustrans Cycle routes are the National Route 67 - Trans Pennine Trail Central, Yorks and Derbyshire and the National Route 697. Both of these run right next to the site.

By road: Leave the M1 at junction 46 towards Garforth follow the Selby Road/A63, turn right at the roundabout onto A642, turn left after 1.4 miles onto Astley Lane, the reserve is on the right after 1.5 miles. Click on the P in the map to get directions to the parking place.

There are 12 km of trails and four marked trails from 1 to 3 miles.

Terrain und Habitat

Feuchtgebiet , Grasland, Wiesen , Fluss , Schilfflächen , See , Vereinzelte Bäume und Büsche

Bedingungen

Flach , Hügelig , Offene Landschaft , Hochwasser möglich

Rundweg

Ja

Ist ein Spektiv nützlich?

Möglicherweise hilfreich

Gute Beobachtungszeit

Ganzjährig

Beste Beobachtungszeit

Frühjahr , Winter , Sommer , Frühjahrszug , Herbst , Herbstzug

Route

Normaler Weg

Schwierigkeitsgrad der Tour

Durchschnittlich

Erreichbarkeit

zu Fuß , Fahrrad , Rollstuhl

Beobachtungshütten oder -türme

Nein

Zusätzliche Informationen

In the autumn thousands of wading birds pass through the Aire Valley on their migration, such as green sandpipers and black-tailed godwits. Large numbers of starlings start to gather and as the autumn progresses, the murmurations build. Watch huge flocks of starlings dance and swoop down into the reedbeds just to the side of the path to go to sleep safely for the night.

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