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Getting here
53.51844, -2.26123
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Rock Dove
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 288m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Rock Dove
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 288m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Rock Dove, Magpie +65 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Rock Dove, Magpie +65 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Green Shieldbug, Harlequin Ladybird +63 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Holly, Himalayan Balsam, Wood Avens +96 more · last seen 2026
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route▾
Medlock Valley WayWalking route▾
Irwell Sculpture TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Irwell Sculpture Trail (spur)Walking route▾
Rochdale WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef RochRegional walking route
153 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 60Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 60National Cycle Network
Broughton CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Swinton GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 86Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 86Local cycle route
Irwell River ParkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Ashton Canal CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Philips Park Waterdale TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Philips Park Figure 8 trailMountain bike route▾
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
25,030 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
25,030 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Willow Tit · Canada Goose · Woodpigeon · Robin · Rock Dove +38
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- TealAnas crecca2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Noctule +2
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Syrphus ribesii · Vine Weevil · Syrphus +17
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- EupeodesEupeodes2025
Himalayan Balsam · Creeping Thistle · Wood Avens · Ash · Beech +37
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
- AshFraxinus excelsior2025
- BeechFagus sylvatica2025
- HollyIlex aquifolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
25,030 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Willow Tit · Canada Goose · Woodpigeon · Robin · Rock Dove +38
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- TealAnas crecca2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Noctule +2
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Syrphus ribesii · Vine Weevil · Syrphus +17
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- EupeodesEupeodes2025
Himalayan Balsam · Creeping Thistle · Wood Avens · Ash · Beech +37
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
- AshFraxinus excelsior2025
- BeechFagus sylvatica2025
- HollyIlex aquifolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025Prunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaGreater SnowdropGalanthus elwesiiGreater SnowdropGalanthus elwesiiGoat WillowSalix caprea2025Goat WillowSalix caprea2025Taxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccata2025Taxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccata2025Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025Norway MapleAcer platanoides2025Norway MapleAcer platanoides2025Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025New Zealand PigmyweedCrassula helmsii2025New Zealand PigmyweedCrassula helmsii2025Silver BirchBetula pendula2025Silver BirchBetula pendula2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2025Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2025YewTaxus baccata2025YewTaxus baccata2025HazelCorylus avellana2025HazelCorylus avellana2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025DaisyBellis perennis2025DaisyBellis perennis2025Spotted Dead-nettleLamium maculatum2025Spotted Dead-nettleLamium maculatum2025Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata2025Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata2025Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa2025Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa2025Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia2025Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia2025Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2025Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2025Southern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza praetermissa2025Southern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza praetermissa2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025Bird CherryPrunus padus2025Bird CherryPrunus padus2025