Starling Wood - Broadleaved woodland
6 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
53.59631, -2.32998
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 107m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 107m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Lowland fens priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Lowland fens — specialist fen birds and passage waders
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Warpers Trail - Witton Weavers WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Irwell Sculpture TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
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 13Walking route18 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 13 - Bury to Bromley Cross
Named routeLength 18 kmRegional walking route
Elton Vale Roadpublic footpath · 77 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 77 mPath type: residential
Elton Vale Roadpublic footpath · 138 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 138 mPath type: residential
Monkey Bridgepublic footpath · 69 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 69 mPath type: footway
81 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Moss BankCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Bradley Fold CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Harry Hill CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
Levehulme ParkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
33,919 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
33,919 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCommon Gull · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Mallard +33
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
Pipistrelle Bat species · Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Eristalis tenax · Syrphus · Eupeodes · Common Carder Bee · Stable Fly
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- SyrphusSyrphus
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Stable FlyStomoxys calcitrans
Black Nightshade · Himalayan Balsam · Zigzag Clover · Elder · Snowberry +15
- Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
- Zigzag CloverTrifolium medium2025
- ElderSambucus nigra
- SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025
- BulrushTypha latifolia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
33,919 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCommon Gull · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Mallard +33
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
Pipistrelle Bat species · Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Eristalis tenax · Syrphus · Eupeodes · Common Carder Bee · Stable Fly
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- SyrphusSyrphus
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Stable FlyStomoxys calcitrans
Black Nightshade · Himalayan Balsam · Zigzag Clover · Elder · Snowberry +15
- Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
- Zigzag CloverTrifolium medium2025
- ElderSambucus nigra
- SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025
- BulrushTypha latifolia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025HopHumulus lupulus2025HopHumulus lupulus2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Bladder CampionSilene vulgaris2025Bladder CampionSilene vulgaris2025Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare2025Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare2025Grey AlderAlnus incana2025Grey AlderAlnus incana2025Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2025Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2025Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2025Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2025Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2025Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2025