Field Meetings 2026

Species lists from some of our field trips are available here.

The following is a list of planned field meetings for 2026.

Please confirm your intention to attend nearer the time by emailing leedsnats@gmail.com or m.bowles@virgin.net and ticking the appropriate box on the online form.

Thu 30 Apr –Ledsham Bank 10.30am; informal roadside carpark just E. of village. SE460297. W3W: agenda.alongside.resides.
Wed 13 May -West Leeds Activity Centre, 5.30pm; back carpark at WLAC at the end of Lenhurst Avenue LS12 2RE, SE2602 3485. W3W: debit.spent.wash. Staff of WLAC have been working to improve the habitats within its boundary and are very interested in knowing what species are there. We shall be joined by some people from the North Leeds Rewilding Hub
Thu 28 May – Meanwood Park, 10.30am; carpark near toilets and café off Green Lane; SE281373. W3W: moves.decks.slime
Thu 11 Jun -Breary Marsh, 10.30am; Golden Acre carpark off Otley Rd. SE266417. W3W: custom.linen.belong
Thu 25 Jun -Hetchell Wood YWT Nature Reserve, 10.30am; informal parking spaces in Milner Lane near entrance to wood.  SE379422. W3W:  relating.typhoon.incur
Thu 9 Jul -Town Close Hills & Kippax Meadows:10.30am, Kippax Leisure Centre carpark. SE410299. W3W: selling.absorb.politics
Thu 23 Jul -Lin Dike, Fairburn Ings, 10.30am; free carpark on RHS of sharp bend on Newton Lane (which leads to the RSPB centre) from A656; SE433275. W3W: usage.quite.fits. Possible visit afterwards to the RSPB centre.
Wed 5 Aug – Rodley Nature Reserve, 10.30am; Visitors parking on LHS near entrance, SE230362. W3W: shins.among.boat

Thu 20 Aug – Oxclose Wood near East Keswick, 10.30am; parking at junction of A659 anOxclose Wood near East Keswick, 10.30am; parking at junction of A659 and road leading to East Keswick. SE362454. W3W: bench.common.ditching

Thu 1 Oct – Fungus Foray in Golden Acre Park, 10.30am, Main carpark off Otley Road. SE266417. W3W custom.linen.belong. Led by Andy Woodall.