Belfield Community Woodland - Broadleaved woodland 1 ha
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53.61716, -2.13063
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 🥾 Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat ☕ Costa — 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 🥾 Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat ☕ Costa — a good base for a longer summer day out £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Free 🛝 Playground
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
4 marked walking trail(s)
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mary Towneley Loop Walking route ▾
Forms part of Pennine Bridleway National Trail
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Rochdale Way Walking route ▾
Named route Ref Roch Regional walking route
Show on map 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 GM Ringway Stage 10 Walking route 18.2 km ▾
GM Ringway Stage 10 - Newhey to Littleborough
Named route Length 18.2 km Regional walking route
Show on map GM Ringway Stage 11 Walking route 19.9 km ▾
GM Ringway Stage 11 - Littleborough to Norden
Named route Length 19.9 km Regional walking route
Show on map 179 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 66 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 66 National Cycle Network
Show on map Castleton Cycleway Phase One Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Castleton Phase Two Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Route 92 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 92 Regional cycle route
Show on map Whitworth Greenway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 230 m ▾
Named route Ref 66 Length 230 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Great North Trail (Peak District and South Pennines) Mountain bike route 130.4 km ▾
Named route Length 130.4 km National Cycle Network
Show on map Photos Belfield Bridge, Rochdale Canal, Lancashire
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Wildlife to spot
7,043 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 7,043 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Rock Dove +38
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Carrion Crow Corvus corone Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Rock Dove Columba livia Canada Goose Branta canadensis Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Robin Erithacus rubecula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Blackbird Turdus merula Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis House Sparrow Passer domesticus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Dunnock Prunella modularis Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Greylag Goose Anser anser Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Goldcrest Regulus regulus Great Tit Parus major Coal Tit Periparus ater Mute Swan Cygnus olor Herring Gull Larus argentatus Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Sand Martin Riparia riparia Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Coot Fulica atra Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Tawny Owl Strix aluco Skylark Alauda arvensis Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 🦌 Mammals 5 species
winter spring summer
2026 ▾
Mole · Roe Deer · Rabbit · Weasel · Grey Squirrel
Mole Talpa europaea Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2025 Weasel Mustela nivalis2025 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2025 ▾
Common Toad
7-spot Ladybird · Phaonia signata · Eristalis tenax · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Eristalis pertinax +20
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Phaonia signata Phaonia signata2025 Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius2025 Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2025 Chilenocaecilius ornatipennis Chilenocaecilius ornatipennis Yarrow · Common Bistort · Common Whitlowgrass · Ivy-leaved Crowfoot · Dandelion +16
Yarrow Achillea millefolium2025 Common Bistort Bistorta officinalis2025 Common Whitlowgrass Erophila verna2025 Ivy-leaved Crowfoot Ranunculus hederaceus Dandelion Taraxacum Slender Rush Juncus tenuis2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 7,043 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Rock Dove +38
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Carrion Crow Corvus corone Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Rock Dove Columba livia Canada Goose Branta canadensis Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Robin Erithacus rubecula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Blackbird Turdus merula Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis House Sparrow Passer domesticus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Dunnock Prunella modularis Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Greylag Goose Anser anser Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Goldcrest Regulus regulus Great Tit Parus major Coal Tit Periparus ater Mute Swan Cygnus olor Herring Gull Larus argentatus Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Sand Martin Riparia riparia Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Coot Fulica atra Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Tawny Owl Strix aluco Skylark Alauda arvensis Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 🦌 Mammals 5 species
winter spring summer
2026 ▾
Mole · Roe Deer · Rabbit · Weasel · Grey Squirrel
Mole Talpa europaea Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2025 Weasel Mustela nivalis2025 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2025 ▾
Common Toad
7-spot Ladybird · Phaonia signata · Eristalis tenax · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Eristalis pertinax +20
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Phaonia signata Phaonia signata2025 Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius2025 Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2025 Chilenocaecilius ornatipennis Chilenocaecilius ornatipennis Yarrow · Common Bistort · Common Whitlowgrass · Ivy-leaved Crowfoot · Dandelion +16
Yarrow Achillea millefolium2025 Common Bistort Bistorta officinalis2025 Common Whitlowgrass Erophila verna2025 Ivy-leaved Crowfoot Ranunculus hederaceus Dandelion Taraxacum Slender Rush Juncus tenuis2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Clarke's Mining Bee Andrena clarkella2025
Clarke's Mining Bee Andrena clarkella2025
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2025
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2025
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2025
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2025
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria2025
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria2025
Coelioxys Coelioxys2025
Coelioxys Coelioxys2025
Wool Carder Bee Anthidium manicatum2025
Wool Carder Bee Anthidium manicatum2025
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025
Cicadella viridis Cicadella viridis2025
Cicadella viridis Cicadella viridis2025
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025
Dolichovespula media Dolichovespula media2025
Dolichovespula media Dolichovespula media2025
Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera2025
Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera2025
Small Garden Bumblebee Bombus hortorum2025
Small Garden Bumblebee Bombus hortorum2025
Eupeodes Eupeodes2025
Eupeodes Eupeodes2025
Sepsis Sepsis2025
Sepsis Sepsis2025
Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum2025
Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum2025
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025
Sylvicola Sylvicola2025
Sylvicola Sylvicola2025
Skullcap Scutellaria galericulata2025
Skullcap Scutellaria galericulata2025
Large Bindweed Calystegia silvatica2025
Large Bindweed Calystegia silvatica2025
Centaurea nigra Centaurea nigra2025
Centaurea nigra Centaurea nigra2025
Calystegia sepium subsp. roseata Calystegia sepium subsp. roseata2025
Calystegia sepium subsp. roseata Calystegia sepium subsp. roseata2025
Corncockle Agrostemma githago2025
Corncockle Agrostemma githago2025
Corn Marigold Glebionis segetum2025
Corn Marigold Glebionis segetum2025
Rosebay Willowherb Chamaenerion angustifolium2025
Rosebay Willowherb Chamaenerion angustifolium2025
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum2025
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum2025
Wood Anemone Anemone nemorosa2025
Wood Anemone Anemone nemorosa2025
Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara2025
Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara2025
Wild Teasel Dipsacus fullonum2025
Wild Teasel Dipsacus fullonum2025
Cider Gum Eucalyptus gunnii2025
Cider Gum Eucalyptus gunnii2025
Shepherd's-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris2025
Shepherd's-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris2025
Smooth Sow-thistle Sonchus oleraceus2025
Smooth Sow-thistle Sonchus oleraceus2025
Daisy Bellis perennis2025
Daisy Bellis perennis2025 