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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Jackdaw, Woodpigeon, Great Tit +65 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Jackdaw, Woodpigeon, Great Tit +65 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Himalayan Balsam, Waved Silk-moss +205 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Himalayan Balsam, Waved Silk-moss +205 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Wood-rust, Great Scented Liverwort, Bilberry +12 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Alder Leaf Beetle, Ephemera vulgata, Aphrophora alni +35 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Alder Leaf Beetle, Ephemera vulgata, Aphrophora alni +35 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

16 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Mary Towneley LoopWalking route

Forms part of Pennine Bridleway National Trail

Named routeRegional walking route

Todmorden Centenary WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Pennine Way (Warland Reservoir to Calder Valley)Walking route

Named routeNational walking route

Crags Walk, Hardcastle CragsWalking route1.3 km

Named routeLength 1.3 kmDuration 00:45Round tripLocal walking route

Calder Aire LinkWalking route

Named routePoint-to-pointLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

78 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Pennine CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network

Route 66Cycling route

Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network

West Yorkshire Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef WYCRRegional cycle route

Route 68Cycling route

Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route2.4 km

Named routeRef 68Length 2.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route113 m

Named routeRef 68Length 113 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

🚵

Mountain biking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Calder Aire LinkMountain bike route

Named route

Great North Trail (Peak District and South Pennines)Mountain bike route130.4 km

Named routeLength 130.4 kmNational Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

3,502 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,502 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds46 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Mallard · Canada Goose +41

JackdawColoeus monedula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
MagpiePica pica2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great TitParus major2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
TealAnas crecca
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
SwiftApus apus2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

spring

2025

Grey Squirrel · Mole · Roe Deer

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
MoleTalpa europaea
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐸

Amphibians2 species

spring

2025

Common Toad · Smooth Newt

Common ToadBufo bufo
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐝

Insects10 species

summer

2025

Willow Bean-galler · Cabbage Bug · Aphrophora alni · Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi · Trioza centranthi +5

Willow Bean-gallerEuura proxima
Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea
Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni
Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi
Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Psyllopsis fraxiniPsyllopsis fraxini
Ctenicera cupreaCtenicera cuprea
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii

🌿

Plants43 species

spring

2026

Waved Silk-moss · Neat Feather-moss · Marsh Woundwort · Sowbread · Common Feather-moss +38

Waved Silk-mossPlagiothecium undulatum
Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2025
SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium2025
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum
Greater Fork-mossDicranum majus
Bud-headed Groove-mossAulacomnium androgynum
White EarwortDiplophyllum albicans
Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
Silky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromalla
Little Shaggy-mossRhytidiadelphus loreus
Flagellate Feather-mossHyocomium armoricum
Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum
Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
Elegant Silk-mossPseudotaxiphyllum elegans
Wood-rustCephalozia curvifolia
Overleaf PelliaPellia epiphylla
Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata
RedshankPersicaria maculosa2025
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2025
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2025
GypsywortLycopus europaeus2025
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2025
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025
Bell HeatherErica cinerea2025
TormentilPotentilla erecta2025
Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum2025
Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2025
Fountain Apple-mossPhilonotis fontana2025
Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2025
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2025
Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2025
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2025
HollyIlex aquifolium2025
Goat WillowSalix caprea2025
Common Cow-wheatMelampyrum pratense2025
Round-leaved CrowfootRanunculus omiophyllus2025
Crowberry agg.Empetrum nigrum2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,502 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds46 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Mallard · Canada Goose +41

JackdawColoeus monedula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
MagpiePica pica2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great TitParus major2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
TealAnas crecca
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
SwiftApus apus2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

spring

2025

Grey Squirrel · Mole · Roe Deer

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
MoleTalpa europaea
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐸

Amphibians2 species

spring

2025

Common Toad · Smooth Newt

Common ToadBufo bufo
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐝

Insects10 species

summer

2025

Willow Bean-galler · Cabbage Bug · Aphrophora alni · Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi · Trioza centranthi +5

Willow Bean-gallerEuura proxima
Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea
Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni
Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi
Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Psyllopsis fraxiniPsyllopsis fraxini
Ctenicera cupreaCtenicera cuprea
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii

🌿

Plants43 species

spring

2026

Waved Silk-moss · Neat Feather-moss · Marsh Woundwort · Sowbread · Common Feather-moss +38

Waved Silk-mossPlagiothecium undulatum
Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2025
SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium2025
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum
Greater Fork-mossDicranum majus
Bud-headed Groove-mossAulacomnium androgynum
White EarwortDiplophyllum albicans
Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
Silky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromalla
Little Shaggy-mossRhytidiadelphus loreus
Flagellate Feather-mossHyocomium armoricum
Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum
Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
Elegant Silk-mossPseudotaxiphyllum elegans
Wood-rustCephalozia curvifolia
Overleaf PelliaPellia epiphylla
Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata
RedshankPersicaria maculosa2025
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2025
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2025
GypsywortLycopus europaeus2025
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2025
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025
Bell HeatherErica cinerea2025
TormentilPotentilla erecta2025
Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum2025
Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2025
Fountain Apple-mossPhilonotis fontana2025
Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2025
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2025
Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2025
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2025
HollyIlex aquifolium2025
Goat WillowSalix caprea2025
Common Cow-wheatMelampyrum pratense2025
Round-leaved CrowfootRanunculus omiophyllus2025
Crowberry agg.Empetrum nigrum2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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