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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome15 ha
Getting here
53.49960, -2.26388
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Rock Dove and Carrion Crow
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Rock Dove and Carrion Crow
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Rock Dove, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +61 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Mammals — Grey Squirrel, Bat, Red Fox +13 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Green Shieldbug, 7-spot Ladybird, Syrphus +19 more · last seen 2026; Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
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
199 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 60Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 60National Cycle Network
Broughton CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Media City LinkCycling 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
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Philips Park Waterdale TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Philips Park Figure 8 trailMountain bike route▾
Photos
Albert Park, Higher Broughton
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
17,774 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,774 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRock Dove · Carrion Crow · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Magpie · Woodpigeon +27
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Great TitParus major
- CootFulica atra
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Mole · Grey Squirrel
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Green Shieldbug · Tawny Mining Bee · 7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus · Red-legged Shieldbug +1
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Coenosia tigrinaCoenosia tigrina2025
Coltsfoot · Prunus cerasifera var. cerasifera · Wood Avens · Goat Willow · Taxus baccata f. baccata +5
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Prunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasifera
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
- Goat WillowSalix caprea2025
- Taxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccata2025
- AshFraxinus excelsior
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,774 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRock Dove · Carrion Crow · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Magpie · Woodpigeon +27
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Great TitParus major
- CootFulica atra
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Mole · Grey Squirrel
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Green Shieldbug · Tawny Mining Bee · 7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus · Red-legged Shieldbug +1
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Coenosia tigrinaCoenosia tigrina2025
Coltsfoot · Prunus cerasifera var. cerasifera · Wood Avens · Goat Willow · Taxus baccata f. baccata +5
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Prunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasifera
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
- Goat WillowSalix caprea2025
- Taxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccata2025
- AshFraxinus excelsior
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025White DogwoodCornus alba2025White DogwoodCornus alba2025Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025