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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome22 ha
Getting here
53.59424, -2.33082
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Mallard
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 207m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Mallard
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 207m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Mallard, Magpie +79 more · last seen 2026; Lowland fens — specialist fen birds and passage waders
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Mallard, Magpie +79 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Eristalis tenax, Common Carder Bee, Syrphus +26 more · last seen 2025; Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Bistort, Common Sedge, Zigzag Clover +61 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Warpers Trail - Witton Weavers WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Irwell Sculpture TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Rochdale WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef RochRegional walking route
GM Ringway Stage 12Walking route21.1 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 12 - Norden to Bury
Named routeLength 21.1 kmRegional walking route
GM Ringway Stage 13Walking route18 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 13 - Bury to Bromley Cross
Named routeLength 18 kmRegional walking route
Monkey Bridgepublic footpath · 69 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 69 mPath type: footway
Elton Vale Roadpublic footpath · 138 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 138 mPath type: residential
Elton Vale Roadpublic footpath · 77 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 77 mPath type: residential
80 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Moss BankCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Bradley Fold CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Harry Hill CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Roch Valley GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Bury to Bolton CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Kirklees TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Path towards the Lodge at Elton Vale
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
42,524 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
42,524 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds53 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Common Gull · Mallard +48
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Pipistrelle Bat species · Common Pipistrelle · Badger · Grey Squirrel
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- BadgerMeles meles
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects4 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Syrphus · Eupeodes · Eristalis tenax · Common Carder Bee
- SyrphusSyrphus
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
🌿Plants14 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Black Nightshade · Elder · Japanese Knotweed · Hart's-Tongue · Snowberry +9
- Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
42,524 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds53 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Common Gull · Mallard +48
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Pipistrelle Bat species · Common Pipistrelle · Badger · Grey Squirrel
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- BadgerMeles meles
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects4 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Syrphus · Eupeodes · Eristalis tenax · Common Carder Bee
- SyrphusSyrphus
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
🌿Plants14 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Black Nightshade · Elder · Japanese Knotweed · Hart's-Tongue · Snowberry +9
- Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
BulrushTypha latifolia2025BulrushTypha latifolia2025Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025DaisyBellis perennis2025DaisyBellis perennis2025ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025HopHumulus lupulus2025HopHumulus lupulus2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025