Daisy Nook Country Park
108 ha
Plan your visit
🌳Ancient🦅Birds💜Bluebells
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome108 ha
Getting here
53.50496, -2.11723
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Moorhen
- 💜Bluebell walks is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 239m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Moorhen
- 💜Bluebell walks is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 239m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🌳Ancient woodland
Very strong match
Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Moorhen, Robin +65 more · last seen 2026; Ancient woodland — owls, woodpeckers, warblers
Free
💜Bluebell walks
Very strong match
Ancient woodland — native bluebell habitat
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Garlic Mustard, Lesser Celandine, Bush Vetch +34 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Moorhen, Robin +65 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Coral Spot, Hypoxylon petriniae, Netted Crust +70 more · last seen 2025
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route▾
Medlock Valley WayWalking route▾
Manchester Green Trail 1Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Tameside Trail (West - Broadbottom to Mossley)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Oldham WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
105 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 60Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 60National Cycle Network
Audenshaw Ashton LinkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Oldham to Lees CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Chadderton Coal and Mineral Yard branch cyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Stalybridge & Diggle Loop LineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 626Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 626National Cycle Network
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Tame Valley LoopMountain bike route29 km▾
Named routeRef AdvancedLength 29 kmLocal cycle route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Looking west along the Fairbottom Branch Canal in Daisy Nook Country Park - geograph.org.uk - 1961
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
12,250 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,250 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Moorhen · Magpie · Nuthatch · Great Tit +37
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MagpiePica pica
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CootFulica atra
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Mole
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Norellia spinipes · Pterostichus niger
- Norellia spinipesNorellia spinipes
- Pterostichus nigerPterostichus niger
Turkeytail · Netted Crust · Coral Spot · Elder Whitewash · Splitgill +14
- TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
- Netted CrustByssomerulius corium
- Coral SpotNectria cinnabarina
- Elder WhitewashXylodon sambuci
- SplitgillSchizophyllum commune
- Amber JellyExidia recisa
- Winter PolyporeLentinus brumalis
🌿Plants5 species
winterspring
2026▾
Lesser Celandine · Garlic Mustard · Hart's-Tongue · Wall-rue · Holly
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
- HollyIlex aquifolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,250 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Moorhen · Magpie · Nuthatch · Great Tit +37
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MagpiePica pica
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CootFulica atra
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Mole
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Norellia spinipes · Pterostichus niger
- Norellia spinipesNorellia spinipes
- Pterostichus nigerPterostichus niger
Turkeytail · Netted Crust · Coral Spot · Elder Whitewash · Splitgill +14
- TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
- Netted CrustByssomerulius corium
- Coral SpotNectria cinnabarina
- Elder WhitewashXylodon sambuci
- SplitgillSchizophyllum commune
- Amber JellyExidia recisa
- Winter PolyporeLentinus brumalis
🌿Plants5 species
winterspring
2026▾
Lesser Celandine · Garlic Mustard · Hart's-Tongue · Wall-rue · Holly
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
- HollyIlex aquifolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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