Madder Mill Wood - Broadleaved woodland 1 ha
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🐶 Dogs🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 1 ha
Places › England › North West › Hyndburn Getting here
53.75994, -2.39197
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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 53m away — 12 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 53m away — 12 car parks within reach £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcomeDogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Route 6
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 5 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
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 Burnley Way Walking route ▾
Named route Ref BuW Regional walking route
Show on map Great Harwood Nature Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Huncoat Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map The Ribble Valley Jubilee Trail Walking route 105 km ▾
A new 65-mile circular hiking route through the scenic rolling countryside and spectacular uplands of the Ribble Valley and Forest of Bowland.
Named route Length 105 km Round trip Regional walking route
Show on map 54 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Weavers Wheel Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref WW Local cycle route
Show on map Weavers Wheel - Spoke 3 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 3 Local cycle route
Show on map Weavers Wheel - Spoke 4 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 4 Local cycle route
Show on map Route 6 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 6 National Cycle Network
Show on map Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 91 Regional cycle route
Show on map Hyndburn Greenway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
17,639 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 17,639 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 46 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Magpie · Black-headed Gull +41
Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Coot Fulica atra2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2025 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia2025 Dipper Cinclus cinclus2025 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2024 Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐝 Insects 24 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Marmalade Hoverfly · Eristalis tenax · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · 10-spot Ladybird · Blue-tailed Damselfly +19
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025 Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris 10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata2025 Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025 Emperor Dragonfly 🌿 Plants 19 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Field Bindweed · Lesser Celandine · Creeping Buttercup · Water Fern · Common Nettle +14
Field Bindweed Convolvulus arvensis2025 Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens Water Fern Azolla filiculoides2025 Common Nettle Urtica dioica2025 Common Toadflax Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 17,639 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 46 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Magpie · Black-headed Gull +41
Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Coot Fulica atra2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2025 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia2025 Dipper Cinclus cinclus2025 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2024 Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐝 Insects 24 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Marmalade Hoverfly · Eristalis tenax · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · 10-spot Ladybird · Blue-tailed Damselfly +19
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025 Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris 10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata2025 Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025 Emperor Dragonfly 🌿 Plants 19 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Field Bindweed · Lesser Celandine · Creeping Buttercup · Water Fern · Common Nettle +14
Field Bindweed Convolvulus arvensis2025 Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens Water Fern Azolla filiculoides2025 Common Nettle Urtica dioica2025 Common Toadflax Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Anax imperator2025
Anax imperator2025
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2025
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2025
Curculio betulae Curculio betulae2025
Curculio betulae Curculio betulae2025
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025
Rhingia campestris Rhingia campestris2025
Rhingia campestris Rhingia campestris2025
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria2025
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria2025
Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus2025
Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus2025
Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens2025
Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens2025
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2025
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2025
Cheilosia pagana Cheilosia pagana2025
Cheilosia pagana Cheilosia pagana2025
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025
Eupeodes corollae Eupeodes corollae2025
Eupeodes corollae Eupeodes corollae2025
Chrysotoxum festivum Chrysotoxum festivum2025
Chrysotoxum festivum Chrysotoxum festivum2025
Epistrophe grossulariae Epistrophe grossulariae2025
Epistrophe grossulariae Epistrophe grossulariae2025
Marsham's Nomad Bee Nomada marshamella2025
Marsham's Nomad Bee Nomada marshamella2025
Syrphus Syrphus2024
Syrphus Syrphus2024
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2024
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2024
Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis2024
Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis2024
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2024
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2024 Linaria vulgaris2025
Linaria vulgaris2025
Early Goldenrod Solidago gigantea2025
Early Goldenrod Solidago gigantea2025
Eyebright Euphrasia2025
Eyebright Euphrasia2025
Red Bistort Bistorta amplexicaulis2025
Red Bistort Bistorta amplexicaulis2025
Frogbit Hydrocharis morsus-ranae2025
Frogbit Hydrocharis morsus-ranae2025
Water-Lily Nymphaea x marliacea2025
Water-Lily Nymphaea x marliacea2025
Purple-loosestrife Lythrum salicaria2025
Purple-loosestrife Lythrum salicaria2025
Devil's-bit Scabious Succisa pratensis2025
Devil's-bit Scabious Succisa pratensis2025
Fringed Water-lily Nymphoides peltata2025
Fringed Water-lily Nymphoides peltata2025
Fox-and-cubs Pilosella aurantiaca2025
Fox-and-cubs Pilosella aurantiaca2025
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica2025
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica2025
Field Horsetail Equisetum arvense2025
Field Horsetail Equisetum arvense2025
Cowslip Primula veris2025
Cowslip Primula veris2025
Ash Fraxinus excelsior2024
Ash Fraxinus excelsior2024 