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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
55.29294, -2.10052
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦91+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wigeon and Willow Warbler
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦91+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wigeon and Willow Warbler
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Wigeon, Willow Warbler, Chaffinch +88 more · last seen 2025; Wet grassland and rushes — snipe, curlew and moorland birds
Free
Birds — Wigeon, Willow Warbler, Chaffinch +88 more · last seen 2025; Purple moor grass and rush pastures priority habitat
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Blackening Waxcap, Sickener, Birch Brittlegill +198 more · last seen 2021
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Peacock, Clytra quadripunctata, Sericomyia silentis +36 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Downy Birch, Common Nettle, Cow Parsley +9 more · last seen 2024
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route106 m▾
Named routeRef 68Length 106 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route7.4 km▾
Named routeRef 68Length 7.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route7.4 km▾
Named routeRef 68Length 7.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
1,193 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,193 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springsummer
2025▾
Wigeon · Swallow · Wren · Willow Warbler · Woodpigeon +35
- WigeonMareca penelope
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2024
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- PintailAnas acuta2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2023
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2022
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Rabbit · Roe Deer
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2023
Slow-worm
Clytra quadripunctata · Sericomyia silentis · Helophilus pendulus · Epistrophe nitidicollis · Sericomyia lappona +17
- Clytra quadripunctataClytra quadripunctata2022
- Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024
- Epistrophe nitidicollisEpistrophe nitidicollis2024
- Sericomyia lapponaSericomyia lappona2024
- Nicrophorus vespilloides
Collared Mosscap · Nitrous Bonnet · Leafy Brain · Pale Stagshorn · Moss Bell +16
- Collared MosscapRickenella swartzii
- Nitrous BonnetMycena leptocephala
- Leafy BrainPhaeotremella foliacea
- Pale StagshornCalocera pallidospathulata
- Moss BellGalerina hypnorum
- Serpula himantioidesSerpula himantioides
- Wood Blewits
Heath Bedstraw · Downy Birch · Cross-leaved Heath · Cow Parsley · Common Nettle +7
- Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile
- Downy BirchBetula pubescens
- Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,193 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springsummer
2025▾
Wigeon · Swallow · Wren · Willow Warbler · Woodpigeon +35
- WigeonMareca penelope
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2024
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- PintailAnas acuta2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2023
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2022
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Rabbit · Roe Deer
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2023
Slow-worm
Clytra quadripunctata · Sericomyia silentis · Helophilus pendulus · Epistrophe nitidicollis · Sericomyia lappona +17
- Clytra quadripunctataClytra quadripunctata2022
- Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024
- Epistrophe nitidicollisEpistrophe nitidicollis2024
- Sericomyia lapponaSericomyia lappona2024
- Nicrophorus vespilloides
Collared Mosscap · Nitrous Bonnet · Leafy Brain · Pale Stagshorn · Moss Bell +16
- Collared MosscapRickenella swartzii
- Nitrous BonnetMycena leptocephala
- Leafy BrainPhaeotremella foliacea
- Pale StagshornCalocera pallidospathulata
- Moss BellGalerina hypnorum
- Serpula himantioidesSerpula himantioides
- Wood Blewits
Heath Bedstraw · Downy Birch · Cross-leaved Heath · Cow Parsley · Common Nettle +7
- Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile
- Downy BirchBetula pubescens
- Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Nicrophorus vespilloides2022
Nicrophorus vespilloides2022
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2022Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2022Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicusCarabus problematicusCarabus problematicusMeliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella2024Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella2024Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2024Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2024Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2024Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2024Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024Rhagium mordaxRhagium mordax2024Rhagium mordaxRhagium mordax2024Melangyna cinctaMelangyna cincta2024Melangyna cinctaMelangyna cincta2024Parasyrphus annulatusParasyrphus annulatus2024Parasyrphus annulatusParasyrphus annulatus2024Portevinia maculataPortevinia maculata2024Portevinia maculataPortevinia maculata2024Chrysogaster virescensChrysogaster virescens2024Chrysogaster virescensChrysogaster virescens2024Xylota segnisXylota segnis2022Xylota segnisXylota segnis2022Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2022Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2022EupeodesEupeodes2022EupeodesEupeodes2022Banded Pine WeevilPissodes pini2022Banded Pine WeevilPissodes pini2022Lepista nuda
Lepista nuda
Coral SpotNectria cinnabarinaCoral SpotNectria cinnabarinaBovine BoleteSuillus bovinusBovine BoleteSuillus bovinusPurplepore BracketTrichaptum abietinumPurplepore BracketTrichaptum abietinumTagell Binc Sbôr SerogEntoloma conferendumTagell Binc Sbôr SerogEntoloma conferendumChanterelleCantharellus cibariusChanterelleCantharellus cibariusBrown RollrimPaxillus involutusBrown RollrimPaxillus involutusDeceptive EarthtongueGeoglossum fallaxDeceptive EarthtongueGeoglossum fallaxScurfy DeceiverLaccaria proximaScurfy DeceiverLaccaria proximaBrown Birch BoleteLeccinum scabrumBrown Birch BoleteLeccinum scabrumRoot RotHeterobasidion annosumRoot RotHeterobasidion annosumAngel's BonnetMycena arcangelianaAngel's BonnetMycena arcangelianaMycena alcalinaMycena alcalinaMycena alcalinaMycena alcalinaRazor Strop FungusFomitopsis betulinaRazor Strop FungusFomitopsis betulinaBirch KnightTricholoma fulvumBirch KnightTricholoma fulvumJuniperJuniperus communisJuniperJuniperus communisBroomCytisus scopariusBroomCytisus scopariusRamsonsAllium ursinum2022RamsonsAllium ursinum2022Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2022Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2022Common Cow-wheatMelampyrum pratense2022Common Cow-wheatMelampyrum pratense2022