Polyphemus Wood - Broadleaved woodland 4 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
Free entry Dogs welcome 4 ha
Places › England › North West › Blackburn with Darwen Getting here
53.71344, -2.46300
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 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
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 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 welcomeDeciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🦋 Insect spotting
Good match
Semi-improved grassland — butterflies and wildflowers
Free
🌲 Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 5 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Reelers Trail - Witton Weavers Way Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Tacklers Trail - Witton Weavers Way Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Full walk - Witton Weavers Way Walking route ▾
Rossendale Way Walking route ▾
A high-level route around Bacup, Rawtenstall, Haslingden and Whitworth in the Rossendale Valley, crossing the open moors and farmland of the South Pennines which roughly follows the Rossendale Borough boundary.
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Beamers Trail - Witton Weavers Way Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 65 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Weavers Wheel Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref WW Local cycle route
Show on map Weavers Wheel - Spoke 3 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 3 Local cycle route
Show on map Weavers Wheel - Spoke 4 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 4 Local cycle route
Show on map Route 6 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 6 National Cycle Network
Show on map Weavers Wheel - Spoke 1 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 1 Local cycle route
Show on map Weavers Wheel - Spoke 5 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 5 Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
6,022 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 6,022 records · National Biodiversity Network Carrion Crow · Herring Gull · Magpie · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Blackbird +45
Carrion Crow Corvus corone Herring Gull Larus argentatus Magpie Pica pica Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Blackbird Turdus merula Dunnock Prunella modularis Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Common Gull Larus canus Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Great Tit Parus major Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Starling Sturnus vulgaris Rock Dove Columba livia Water Rail Rallus aquaticus Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Redwing Turdus iliacus Robin Erithacus rubecula Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Jay Garrulus glandarius Moorhen Gallinula chloropus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Goldcrest Regulus regulus Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Goosander Mergus merganser Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus Linnet Linaria cannabina Whitethroat Curruca communis Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus House Martin Delichon urbicum 🐝 Insects 26 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · Clarke's Mining Bee · Tree Bumblebee · Early Bumblebee +21
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum2025 Clarke's Mining Bee Andrena clarkella Tree Bumblebee Bombus hypnorum2025 Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major 🌿 Plants 8 species
spring summer winter
2025 ▾
Wood Avens · Ramsons · Daisy · Dandelion · Groundsel +3
Wood Avens Geum urbanum Ramsons Allium ursinum Daisy Bellis perennis Dandelion Taraxacum Groundsel Senecio vulgaris Common Field-speedwell Veronica persica Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 6,022 records · National Biodiversity Network Carrion Crow · Herring Gull · Magpie · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Blackbird +45
Carrion Crow Corvus corone Herring Gull Larus argentatus Magpie Pica pica Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Blackbird Turdus merula Dunnock Prunella modularis Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Common Gull Larus canus Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Great Tit Parus major Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Starling Sturnus vulgaris Rock Dove Columba livia Water Rail Rallus aquaticus Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Redwing Turdus iliacus Robin Erithacus rubecula Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Jay Garrulus glandarius Moorhen Gallinula chloropus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Goldcrest Regulus regulus Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Goosander Mergus merganser Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus Linnet Linaria cannabina Whitethroat Curruca communis Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus House Martin Delichon urbicum 🐝 Insects 26 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · Clarke's Mining Bee · Tree Bumblebee · Early Bumblebee +21
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum2025 Clarke's Mining Bee Andrena clarkella Tree Bumblebee Bombus hypnorum2025 Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major 🌿 Plants 8 species
spring summer winter
2025 ▾
Wood Avens · Ramsons · Daisy · Dandelion · Groundsel +3
Wood Avens Geum urbanum Ramsons Allium ursinum Daisy Bellis perennis Dandelion Taraxacum Groundsel Senecio vulgaris Common Field-speedwell Veronica persica Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Chocolate Mining Bee Andrena scotica
Chocolate Mining Bee Andrena scotica
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025
Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius2025
Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius2025
Fig Gall Tetraneura (Tetraneura) ulmi2025
Fig Gall Tetraneura (Tetraneura) ulmi2025
Painted Mining Bee Andrena fucata2025
Painted Mining Bee Andrena fucata2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
Gwynne's Mining Bee Andrena bicolor
Gwynne's Mining Bee Andrena bicolor
Juniper Shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus2025
Juniper Shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Wool Carder Bee Anthidium manicatum2025
Wool Carder Bee Anthidium manicatum2025
Dark Giant Horsefly Tabanus sudeticus2025
Dark Giant Horsefly Tabanus sudeticus2025
Patchwork Leafcutter Bee Megachile centuncularis2025
Patchwork Leafcutter Bee Megachile centuncularis2025
Large Yellow-face Bee Hylaeus signatus2025
Large Yellow-face Bee Hylaeus signatus2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025
Cercopis vulnerata Cercopis vulnerata2025
Cercopis vulnerata Cercopis vulnerata2025
Orange-tailed Mining Bee Andrena haemorrhoa2025
Orange-tailed Mining Bee Andrena haemorrhoa2025
Red Wasp Vespula rufa2025
Red Wasp Vespula rufa2025
Fork-tailed Flower Bee Anthophora furcata2025
Fork-tailed Flower Bee Anthophora furcata2025
Buckwheat Fagopyrum esculentum
Buckwheat Fagopyrum esculentum
Pink Purslane Claytonia sibirica
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