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Brinnington Park

📷 John Topping · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

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6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mallard, Woodpigeon, Rock Dove +69 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mallard, Woodpigeon, Rock Dove +69 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Hogweed, Creeping Thistle, White Clover +59 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Hogweed, Creeping Thistle, White Clover +59 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Marmalade Hoverfly, Syrphus ribesii +46 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Marmalade Hoverfly, Syrphus ribesii +46 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Hogweed, Common Nettle, Bramble +6 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

14 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Midshires WayWalking route370 km

Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail

Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route

Ladybrook Valley Interest TrailWalking route

Named route

Tameside Trail (West - Broadbottom to Mossley)Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Trans-Pennine Trail (Stockport to Silkstone Common)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

GM Ringway Stage 7Walking route14.3 km

GM Ringway Stage 7 - Marple to Broadbottom

Named routeLength 14.3 kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

218 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 60Cycling route

Named routeRef 60National Cycle Network

Alan Newton WayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Audenshaw Ashton LinkCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

A6 alternate routeCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Errwood Road CyclewayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

NCN Route 62Cycling route

Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

39,591 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

39,591 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds74 species

springautumnwinter

2026

Mallard · Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Canada Goose · Mute Swan +69

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
MagpiePica pica2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Great TitParus major2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
TealAnas crecca
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
SwiftApus apus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Sylvia atricapilla atricapillaSylvia atricapilla atricapilla2025
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025

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Mammals3 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · American Mink · Mole

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
American MinkNeovison vison
MoleTalpa europaea

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2025

Red-eared Terrapin

Red-eared TerrapinTrachemys scripta subsp. elegans

🐸

Amphibians3 species

springsummer

2025

Common Toad · Common Frog · Palmate Newt

Common ToadBufo bufo
Common FrogRana temporaria
Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus

🐝

Insects49 species

summer

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Syrphus ribesii · Common Carder Bee · Melanostoma scalare +44

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025
Sallow Pea-gallerEuura pedunculi2025
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2025
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2025
Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis2025
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
BumblebeeBombus
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025
Common WaspVespula vulgaris2025
Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2025
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2025
Bibio pomonaeBibio pomonae2025
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025
Social Pear SpinnerNeurotoma saltuum2025
Leucozona laternariaLeucozona laternaria2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2025
Brown Leaf WeevilPhyllobius oblongus2025
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2025
Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2025
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025
Downlooker SnipeflyRhagio scolopaceus2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
White-tailed BumblebeeBombus lucorum/terrestris/magnus/cryptarum2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
Trioza remotaTrioza remota2025
Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2025
Chrysogaster solstitialisChrysogaster solstitialis2025
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
Empis tessellataEmpis tessellata2025

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Plants65 species

summerautumn

2025

Hogweed · Creeping Thistle · White Clover · Common Ragwort · Creeping Buttercup +60

HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
White CloverTrifolium repens
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
SalmonberryRubus spectabilis
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Common NettleUrtica dioica
RedshankPersicaria maculosa
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Taxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccata
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
NipplewortLapsana communis
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Greater PlantainPlantago major
GorseUlex europaeus
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus
HeatherCalluna vulgaris
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum
Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium
Zigzag CloverTrifolium medium
Fringed Water-lilyNymphoides peltata
Purple Crane's-billGeranium ibericum x platypetalum = G. x magnificum
Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
Sweet CicelyMyrrhis odorata
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis
Dame's-violetHesperis matronalis
Red CampionSilene dioica
Common BistortBistorta officinalis
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Many-flowered RoseRosa multiflora
BroomCytisus scoparius
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Japanese RoseRosa rugosa
Rosa caninaRosa canina
ElderSambucus nigra
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
RaspberryRubus idaeus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

39,591 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds74 species

springautumnwinter

2026

Mallard · Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Canada Goose · Mute Swan +69

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
MagpiePica pica2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Great TitParus major2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
TealAnas crecca
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
SwiftApus apus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Sylvia atricapilla atricapillaSylvia atricapilla atricapilla2025
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · American Mink · Mole

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
American MinkNeovison vison
MoleTalpa europaea

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2025

Red-eared Terrapin

Red-eared TerrapinTrachemys scripta subsp. elegans

🐸

Amphibians3 species

springsummer

2025

Common Toad · Common Frog · Palmate Newt

Common ToadBufo bufo
Common FrogRana temporaria
Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus

🐝

Insects49 species

summer

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Syrphus ribesii · Common Carder Bee · Melanostoma scalare +44

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025
Sallow Pea-gallerEuura pedunculi2025
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2025
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2025
Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis2025
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
BumblebeeBombus
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025
Common WaspVespula vulgaris2025
Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2025
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2025
Bibio pomonaeBibio pomonae2025
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025
Social Pear SpinnerNeurotoma saltuum2025
Leucozona laternariaLeucozona laternaria2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2025
Brown Leaf WeevilPhyllobius oblongus2025
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2025
Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2025
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025
Downlooker SnipeflyRhagio scolopaceus2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
White-tailed BumblebeeBombus lucorum/terrestris/magnus/cryptarum2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
Trioza remotaTrioza remota2025
Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2025
Chrysogaster solstitialisChrysogaster solstitialis2025
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
Empis tessellataEmpis tessellata2025

🌿

Plants65 species

summerautumn

2025

Hogweed · Creeping Thistle · White Clover · Common Ragwort · Creeping Buttercup +60

HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
White CloverTrifolium repens
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
SalmonberryRubus spectabilis
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Common NettleUrtica dioica
RedshankPersicaria maculosa
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Taxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccata
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
NipplewortLapsana communis
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Greater PlantainPlantago major
GorseUlex europaeus
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus
HeatherCalluna vulgaris
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum
Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium
Zigzag CloverTrifolium medium
Fringed Water-lilyNymphoides peltata
Purple Crane's-billGeranium ibericum x platypetalum = G. x magnificum
Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
Sweet CicelyMyrrhis odorata
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis
Dame's-violetHesperis matronalis
Red CampionSilene dioica
Common BistortBistorta officinalis
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Many-flowered RoseRosa multiflora
BroomCytisus scoparius
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Japanese RoseRosa rugosa
Rosa caninaRosa canina
ElderSambucus nigra
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
RaspberryRubus idaeus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

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Photos

📷 John Topping · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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