Boodle Wood - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
53.48992, -2.11409
Open directionsv
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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- ☕Starbucks — a good base for a longer summer day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- ☕Starbucks — a good base for a longer summer day out
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route▾
Medlock Valley WayWalking route▾
Fred Perry WayWalking route▾
Manchester Green Trail 1Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Tameside Trail (West - Broadbottom to Mossley)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
141 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 60Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 60National Cycle Network
Audenshaw Ashton LinkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Stalybridge & Diggle Loop LineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 626Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 626National Cycle Network
Ashton Canal CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Tame Valley LoopMountain bike route29 km▾
Named routeRef AdvancedLength 29 kmLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
6,701 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,701 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Magpie · Nuthatch · Blackbird · Moorhen +40
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Mole
Turkeytail · Netted Crust · Brittle Cinder · Ganoderma adspersum · Silver Leaf Disease +14
- TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
- Netted CrustByssomerulius corium
- Brittle CinderKretzschmaria deusta
- Ganoderma adspersumGanoderma adspersum
- Silver Leaf DiseaseChondrostereum purpureum
- Smoky BracketBjerkandera adusta
- Coesyn Melfed
🌿Plants4 species
winterspring
2026▾
Lesser Celandine · Garlic Mustard · Black Spleenwort · Ivy
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum
- IvyHedera helix
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,701 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Magpie · Nuthatch · Blackbird · Moorhen +40
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Mole
Turkeytail · Netted Crust · Brittle Cinder · Ganoderma adspersum · Silver Leaf Disease +14
- TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
- Netted CrustByssomerulius corium
- Brittle CinderKretzschmaria deusta
- Ganoderma adspersumGanoderma adspersum
- Silver Leaf DiseaseChondrostereum purpureum
- Smoky BracketBjerkandera adusta
- Coesyn Melfed
🌿Plants4 species
winterspring
2026▾
Lesser Celandine · Garlic Mustard · Black Spleenwort · Ivy
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum
- IvyHedera helix
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Flammulina velutipes
Flammulina velutipes
Physcia aipoliaPhyscia aipoliaPhyscia aipoliaPhyscia aipoliaJelly EarAuricularia auricula-judaeJelly EarAuricularia auricula-judaePeeling OysterlingCrepidotus mollisPeeling OysterlingCrepidotus mollisBlushing BracketDaedaleopsis confragosaBlushing BracketDaedaleopsis confragosaStump PuffballApioperdon pyriformeStump PuffballApioperdon pyriformeYellow BrainTremella mesentericaYellow BrainTremella mesentericaOak MossEvernia prunastriOak MossEvernia prunastriCoral SpotNectria cinnabarinaCoral SpotNectria cinnabarinaElder WhitewashXylodon sambuciElder WhitewashXylodon sambuciSplitgillSchizophyllum communeSplitgillSchizophyllum communeAmber JellyExidia recisaAmber JellyExidia recisaWinter PolyporeLentinus brumalisWinter PolyporeLentinus brumalisEvents & activities nearby
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