Gerrard Wood - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.59097, -2.14500
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
- 🐕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 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 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Rochdale WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef RochRegional walking route
GM Ringway Stage 12Walking route21.1 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 12 - Norden to Bury
Named routeLength 21.1 kmRegional walking route
GM Ringway Stage 10Walking route18.2 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 10 - Newhey to Littleborough
Named routeLength 18.2 kmRegional walking route
GM Ringway Stage 11Walking route19.9 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 11 - Littleborough to Norden
Named routeLength 19.9 kmRegional walking route
Oldham WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
152 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Chadderton Coal and Mineral Yard branch cyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Royton Branch CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Castleton Cycleway Phase OneCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Castleton Phase TwoCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 92Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 92Regional cycle route
Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Great North Trail (Peak District and South Pennines)Mountain bike route130.4 km▾
Named routeLength 130.4 kmNational Cycle Network
Photos
M62 eastbound at Balderstone
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Wildlife to spot
5,055 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,055 records · National Biodiversity NetworkJackdaw · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Rock Dove +24
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Mole · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects45 species
springsummer
2025▾
Green Dock Beetle · Marmalade Hoverfly · Common Green Grasshopper · 7-spot Ladybird · Trioza remota +40
- Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Trioza remotaTrioza remota
- Leucozona lucorumLeucozona lucorum
Beech · Sneezewort · Bittersweet · Coltsfoot · Cuckooflower +13
- BeechFagus sylvatica
- SneezewortAchillea ptarmica
- BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
- New Zealand PigmyweedCrassula helmsii
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,055 records · National Biodiversity NetworkJackdaw · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Rock Dove +24
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Mole · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects45 species
springsummer
2025▾
Green Dock Beetle · Marmalade Hoverfly · Common Green Grasshopper · 7-spot Ladybird · Trioza remota +40
- Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Trioza remotaTrioza remota
- Leucozona lucorumLeucozona lucorum
Beech · Sneezewort · Bittersweet · Coltsfoot · Cuckooflower +13
- BeechFagus sylvatica
- SneezewortAchillea ptarmica
- BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
- New Zealand PigmyweedCrassula helmsii
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024DaisyBellis perennis2024DaisyBellis perennis2024CleaversGalium aparine2024CleaversGalium aparine2024Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024Common NettleUrtica dioica2024Common NettleUrtica dioica2024Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2024Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2024Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2024Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2024Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024