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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
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Places › England › North West › Manchester Getting here
53.51584, -2.23373
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Rock Dove, Woodpigeon, Magpie +49 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Rock Dove, Woodpigeon, Magpie +49 more · last seen 2026
Free
Plants — Large-flowered Hemp-nettle, Common Bistort, Common Nettle +17 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Red Campion, Herb-Robert, Creeping Buttercup +114 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Red Campion, Herb-Robert, Creeping Buttercup +114 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 11 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Cheshire Ring Canal Walk Walking route ▾
Medlock Valley Way Walking route ▾
Irwell Sculpture Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Irwell Sculpture Trail (spur) Walking route ▾
Rochdale Way Walking route ▾
Named route Ref Roch Regional walking route
Show on map 161 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 60 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 60 National Cycle Network
Show on map Broughton Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Media City Link Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Chadderton Coal and Mineral Yard branch cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Route 86 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 86 Local cycle route
Show on map Irwell River Park Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Philips Park Waterdale Trail Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Philips Park Figure 8 trail Mountain bike route ▾
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Wildlife to spot
5,037 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 5,037 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 30 species
spring autumn winter
2026 ▾
Willow Tit · Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Magpie · Lesser Black-backed Gull +25
Willow Tit Poecile montanus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2024 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Great Tit Parus major2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2024 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2024 Swift Apus apus2024 🦌 Mammals 2 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes European Pond Terrapin
European Pond Terrapin Emys orbicularis 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 15 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Red-tailed Bumblebee · 7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Harlequin Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug +10
Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2024 Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus 🌿 Plants 41 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Creeping Buttercup · Herb-Robert · Cornflower · Oxeye Daisy · Red Campion +36
Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum Cornflower Centaurea cyanus Oxeye Daisy Leucanthemum vulgare Red Campion Silene dioica Pedunculate Oak Quercus robur Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 5,037 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 30 species
spring autumn winter
2026 ▾
Willow Tit · Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Magpie · Lesser Black-backed Gull +25
Willow Tit Poecile montanus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2024 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Great Tit Parus major2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2024 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2024 Swift Apus apus2024 🦌 Mammals 2 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes European Pond Terrapin
European Pond Terrapin Emys orbicularis 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 15 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Red-tailed Bumblebee · 7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Harlequin Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug +10
Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2024 Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus 🌿 Plants 41 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Creeping Buttercup · Herb-Robert · Cornflower · Oxeye Daisy · Red Campion +36
Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum Cornflower Centaurea cyanus Oxeye Daisy Leucanthemum vulgare Red Campion Silene dioica Pedunculate Oak Quercus robur Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Agathomyia wankowiczii Agathomyia wankowiczii2024
Agathomyia wankowiczii Agathomyia wankowiczii2024
Rhododendron Leafhopper Graphocephala fennahi2024
Rhododendron Leafhopper Graphocephala fennahi2024
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum2024
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum2024
Trioza remota Trioza remota2024
Trioza remota Trioza remota2024
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2024
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2024
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2024
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2024
Common Poppy Papaver rhoeas
Common Poppy Papaver rhoeas
White Poplar Populus alba
White Poplar Populus alba
Mexican Aster Cosmos bipinnatus
Mexican Aster Cosmos bipinnatus
Black Medick Medicago lupulina
Black Medick Medicago lupulina
False Oxlip Primula veris x vulgaris = P. x polyantha
False Oxlip Primula veris x vulgaris = P. x polyantha
Lesser Swine-cress Lepidium didymum
Lesser Swine-cress Lepidium didymum
Cat's-ear Hypochaeris radicata
Cat's-ear Hypochaeris radicata
Enchanter's-nightshade Circaea lutetiana
Enchanter's-nightshade Circaea lutetiana
Marsh Cudweed Gnaphalium uliginosum
Marsh Cudweed Gnaphalium uliginosum
Silver Birch Betula pendula
Silver Birch Betula pendula
Broad-leaved Helleborine Epipactis helleborine
Broad-leaved Helleborine Epipactis helleborine
Red Clover Trifolium pratense
Red Clover Trifolium pratense
Common Vetch Vicia sativa
Common Vetch Vicia sativa
Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense
Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense
Common Toadflax Linaria vulgaris
Common Toadflax Linaria vulgaris
Southern Marsh-orchid Dactylorhiza praetermissa
Southern Marsh-orchid Dactylorhiza praetermissa
Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium
Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata
Columbine Aquilegia vulgaris
Columbine Aquilegia vulgaris
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium
Spotted-laurel Aucuba japonica
Spotted-laurel Aucuba japonica
Italian Lords-and-Ladies Arum italicum
Italian Lords-and-Ladies Arum italicum
Greater Periwinkle Vinca major
Greater Periwinkle Vinca major
Early Crocus Crocus tommasinianus
Early Crocus Crocus tommasinianus
Water-violet Hottonia palustris2024
Water-violet Hottonia palustris2024
Ash Fraxinus excelsior2024
Ash Fraxinus excelsior2024
Daisy Bellis perennis2024
Daisy Bellis perennis2024
Common Field-speedwell Veronica persica2024
Common Field-speedwell Veronica persica2024
Thyme-leaved Speedwell Veronica serpyllifolia2024
Thyme-leaved Speedwell Veronica serpyllifolia2024
Dandelion Taraxacum2024
Dandelion Taraxacum2024
Meadow Buttercup Ranunculus acris2024
Meadow Buttercup Ranunculus acris2024
Yarrow Achillea millefolium2024
Yarrow Achillea millefolium2024
Large-flowered Hemp-nettle Galeopsis speciosa2024
Large-flowered Hemp-nettle Galeopsis speciosa2024
Wild Privet Ligustrum vulgare2024
Wild Privet Ligustrum vulgare2024
Aspen Populus tremula2024
Aspen Populus tremula2024 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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