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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Dogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
53.47951, -2.24525
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦41+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Rock Dove and Lesser Black-backed Gull
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Ditto Coffee — a good base for a longer summer day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦41+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Rock Dove and Lesser Black-backed Gull
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Ditto Coffee — a good base for a longer summer day out
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Rock Dove, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Carrion Crow +38 more · last seen 2026
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: ALBERT MEMORIAL; Historic site
Free
Birds — Rock Dove, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Carrion Crow +38 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Western Honey Bee, Harlequin Ladybird, Marmalade Hoverfly +56 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Butterfly-bush, Yarrow, Black Spleenwort +94 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 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▾
Trans-Pennine Trail (Ashton-upon-Mersey to Stockport)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
307 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 60Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 60National Cycle Network
Greater Manchester regional route 85Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 85Regional cycle route
Broughton CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Media City LinkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Link between Trans-Pennine Trail and Bridgewater WayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 86Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 86Local cycle route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
23,122 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
23,122 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRock Dove · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow · Lesser Black-backed Gull +25
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Mergus merganser merganserMergus merganser merganser2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
🦌Mammals1 species
springwinter
2026▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Eristalis pertinax · Dock Bug · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Varied Carpet Beetle · Vespula
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- VespulaVespula
Hart's-Tongue · Butterfly-bush · Yarrow · Black Spleenwort · Shaggy Soldier +23
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum
- Shaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiata2025
- SpringbeautyClaytonia perfoliata
- Summer Snowflake
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
23,122 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRock Dove · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow · Lesser Black-backed Gull +25
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Mergus merganser merganserMergus merganser merganser2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
🦌Mammals1 species
springwinter
2026▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Eristalis pertinax · Dock Bug · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Varied Carpet Beetle · Vespula
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- VespulaVespula
Hart's-Tongue · Butterfly-bush · Yarrow · Black Spleenwort · Shaggy Soldier +23
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum
- Shaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiata2025
- SpringbeautyClaytonia perfoliata
- Summer Snowflake
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Leucojum aestivum
Leucojum aestivum
TutsanHypericum androsaemumTutsanHypericum androsaemumLesser PeriwinkleVinca minorLesser PeriwinkleVinca minorHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumThree-cornered GarlicAllium triquetrumThree-cornered GarlicAllium triquetrumWood AnemoneAnemone nemorosaWood AnemoneAnemone nemorosaDaisyBellis perennisDaisyBellis perennisHairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsutaHairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsutaWavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosaWavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosaDanish ScurvygrassCochlearia danicaDanish ScurvygrassCochlearia danicaCaper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyrisCaper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyrisRue-leaved SaxifrageSaxifraga tridactylitesRue-leaved SaxifrageSaxifraga tridactylitesWrinkled ViburnumViburnum rhytidophyllumWrinkled ViburnumViburnum rhytidophyllumColtsfootTussilago farfaraColtsfootTussilago farfaraDarwin's BarberryBerberis darwiniiDarwin's BarberryBerberis darwiniiOxford RagwortSenecio squalidusOxford RagwortSenecio squalidusWall-rueAsplenium ruta-murariaWall-rueAsplenium ruta-murariaChinese QuinceChaenomeles speciosaChinese QuinceChaenomeles speciosaMaidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanesMaidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanesSea SpleenwortAsplenium marinumSea SpleenwortAsplenium marinumRed CloverTrifolium pratense2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025