Starling Wood - Broadleaved woodland
5 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
53.59223, -2.34558
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
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Acid grassland — heathland butterflies and rare invertebrates
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Warpers Trail - Witton Weavers WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Irwell Sculpture TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional 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 13Walking route18 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 13 - Bury to Bromley Cross
Named routeLength 18 kmRegional walking route
GM Ringway Stage 14Walking route21.9 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 14 - Bromley Cross to Blackrod
Named routeLength 21.9 kmRegional walking route
76 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Moss BankCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Bradley Fold CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Roch Valley GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Bury to Bolton CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Kirklees TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Daisyfield GreenwayCycling route▾
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Wildlife to spot
29,456 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
29,456 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCommon Gull · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Magpie · Carrion Crow +40
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
🦌Mammals2 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Bat · Grey Squirrel
- BatChiroptera
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects4 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Syrphus · Eupeodes · Eristalis tenax · Common Carder Bee
- SyrphusSyrphus
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
🌿Plants7 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Black Nightshade · Elder · Bulrush · Butterfly-bush · Hop +2
- Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025
- ElderSambucus nigra
- BulrushTypha latifolia2025
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025
- HopHumulus lupulus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
29,456 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCommon Gull · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Magpie · Carrion Crow +40
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
🦌Mammals2 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Bat · Grey Squirrel
- BatChiroptera
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects4 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Syrphus · Eupeodes · Eristalis tenax · Common Carder Bee
- SyrphusSyrphus
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
🌿Plants7 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Black Nightshade · Elder · Bulrush · Butterfly-bush · Hop +2
- Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025
- ElderSambucus nigra
- BulrushTypha latifolia2025
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025
- HopHumulus lupulus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
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