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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.27101, -2.10838
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 73m away — 3 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 73m away — 3 car parks within reach
Best for
8 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blackbird +55 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blackbird +55 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Marmalade Hoverfly, Alder Leaf Beetle +22 more · last seen 2025
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 20 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 19Walking route15.3 km▾
Named routeLength 15.3 kmRegional walking route
Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route▾
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 18Walking route13.7 km▾
Named routeLength 13.7 kmRegional walking route
North Cheshire WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 114kmRegional walking route
Shutlingsloe WalkWalking route10 km▾
Named routeLength 10 kmLocal walking route
Conway Crescentpublic footpath · 177 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 177 mPath type: residential
Greystoke Roadpublic footpath · 122 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 122 mPath type: residential
Hulley Roadpublic footpath · 52 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 52 mPath type: unclassified
56 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cheshire CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70Regional cycle route
Route 71Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 71Regional cycle route
Middlewood WayCycling route▾
Route 55Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 55National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route139 m▾
Named routeRef 55Length 139 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route46 m▾
Named routeRef 55Length 46 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-road
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Grit and Gears IIMountain bike route▾
Forest BridlewayMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Photos
22 photos from nearby open sources
Macclesfield Canal near Shores Clough in Cheshire
Photos
Macclesfield Canal near Shores Clough in Cheshire
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
40,592 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
40,592 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds58 species
summerautumn
2026Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw
+53 more speciesHide species list
All 58 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummer
2026Bat · Badger · Hedgehog · Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel
🐸Amphibians3 species
wintersummer
2026Common Frog · Smooth Newt · Common Toad
7-spot Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Alder Leaf Beetle · Eristalis tenax · Chrysotoxum festivum
+20 more speciesHide species list
All 25 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Chrysotoxum festivumChrysotoxum festivum
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
🌿Plants3 species
springwinter
2025Gorse · Water Fern · Guelder-rose
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
40,592 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds58 species
summerautumn
2026Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw
+53 more speciesHide species list
All 58 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummer
2026Bat · Badger · Hedgehog · Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel
🐸Amphibians3 species
wintersummer
2026Common Frog · Smooth Newt · Common Toad
7-spot Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Alder Leaf Beetle · Eristalis tenax · Chrysotoxum festivum
+20 more speciesHide species list
All 25 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Chrysotoxum festivumChrysotoxum festivum
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
🌿Plants3 species
springwinter
2025Gorse · Water Fern · Guelder-rose
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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