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Fairfield Golf Club

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦70+ 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
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦70+ 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
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Lesser Black-backed Gull +67 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Lesser Black-backed Gull +67 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Blackthorn, Guelder-rose, Foxglove +65 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Blackthorn, Guelder-rose, Foxglove +65 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Green Shieldbug, 7-spot Ladybird +26 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Green Shieldbug, 7-spot Ladybird +26 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Blackthorn, Guelder-rose, Dandelion +3 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

10 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Midshires WayWalking route370 km

Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail

Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route

Tameside Trail (West - Broadbottom to Mossley)Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Oldham WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Trans-Pennine Trail (Stockport to Silkstone Common)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route

Named route

🚴

Cycling

195 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 626Cycling route

Named routeRef 626National Cycle Network

Ashton Canal CyclewayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Trans Pennine TrailCycling route

Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network

Heatons Cycle LinkCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Fallowfield LoopCycling route

Named route

Ashton to Oldham GreenwayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

16,728 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

16,728 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds72 species

wintersummerautumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Magpie · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Rock Dove · Black-headed Gull +67

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
CootFulica atra2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
TealAnas crecca2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Great TitParus major
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
SmewMergellus albellus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
SwiftApus apus2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Lesser ScaupAythya affinis2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2024
RedshankTringa totanus2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Green ParakeetPsittacara holochlorus2023
NuthatchSitta europaea2023
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2023

🦌

Mammals2 species

winterspringautumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Feral CatFelis catus2023

🐟

Fish1 species

summer

2025

Perch

PerchPerca fluviatilis

🐝

Insects29 species

springsummer

2026

Harlequin Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Helophilus pendulus · Scaeva pyrastri +24

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2025
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Water ScorpionNepa cinerea2025
SarcophagidaeSarcophagidae2025
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2025
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2025
Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2024
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2024
Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2024
Toxonevra muliebrisToxonevra muliebris2024
BumblebeeBombus2024
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2024
Common WaspVespula vulgaris2023

🌿

Plants68 species

summerautumnwinter

2026

Blackthorn · Guelder-rose · Foxglove · Red Clover · Himalayan Balsam +63

BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta2024
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2023
DandelionTaraxacum
Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana
TurnipBrassica rapa
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025
SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium2025
Scots PinePinus sylvestris2025
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025
Pale ToadflaxLinaria repens2025
Bear's-breechAcanthus mollis2025
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata2025
White CloverTrifolium repens2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis2025
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025
Bush VetchVicia sepium2025
Common TwaybladeNeottia ovata2025
HonestyLunaria annua2025
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna2025
False OxlipPrimula veris x vulgaris = P. x polyantha2025
Fern-leaved BeechFagus sylvatica 'Aspleniifolia'2024
Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus2024
ColtsfootTussilago farfara2024
Bullate CotoneasterCotoneaster rehderi2024
Sticky GroundselSenecio viscosus2024
Oxalis corniculata var. atropurpureaOxalis corniculata var. atropurpurea2024
Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2024
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2024
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2024
Hop TrefoilTrifolium campestre2024
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2024
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2024
Hard RushJuncus inflexus2024
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2024
Wood DockRumex sanguineus2024
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2024
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2024
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2024
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024
Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum2024
Oregon-grapeMahonia aquifolium2024
White DogwoodCornus alba2024
HazelCorylus avellana2023
Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris2023
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2023
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2023
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2023
Black MedickMedicago lupulina2023
Early GoldenrodSolidago gigantea2023
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2023
Hoary MustardHirschfeldia incana2023
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2023
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2023
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

16,728 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds72 species

wintersummerautumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Magpie · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Rock Dove · Black-headed Gull +67

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
CootFulica atra2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
TealAnas crecca2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Great TitParus major
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
SmewMergellus albellus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
SwiftApus apus2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Lesser ScaupAythya affinis2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2024
RedshankTringa totanus2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Green ParakeetPsittacara holochlorus2023
NuthatchSitta europaea2023
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2023

🦌

Mammals2 species

winterspringautumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Feral CatFelis catus2023

🐟

Fish1 species

summer

2025

Perch

PerchPerca fluviatilis

🐝

Insects29 species

springsummer

2026

Harlequin Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Helophilus pendulus · Scaeva pyrastri +24

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2025
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Water ScorpionNepa cinerea2025
SarcophagidaeSarcophagidae2025
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2025
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2025
Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2024
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2024
Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2024
Toxonevra muliebrisToxonevra muliebris2024
BumblebeeBombus2024
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2024
Common WaspVespula vulgaris2023

🌿

Plants68 species

summerautumnwinter

2026

Blackthorn · Guelder-rose · Foxglove · Red Clover · Himalayan Balsam +63

BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta2024
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2023
DandelionTaraxacum
Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana
TurnipBrassica rapa
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025
SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium2025
Scots PinePinus sylvestris2025
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025
Pale ToadflaxLinaria repens2025
Bear's-breechAcanthus mollis2025
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata2025
White CloverTrifolium repens2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis2025
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025
Bush VetchVicia sepium2025
Common TwaybladeNeottia ovata2025
HonestyLunaria annua2025
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna2025
False OxlipPrimula veris x vulgaris = P. x polyantha2025
Fern-leaved BeechFagus sylvatica 'Aspleniifolia'2024
Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus2024
ColtsfootTussilago farfara2024
Bullate CotoneasterCotoneaster rehderi2024
Sticky GroundselSenecio viscosus2024
Oxalis corniculata var. atropurpureaOxalis corniculata var. atropurpurea2024
Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2024
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2024
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2024
Hop TrefoilTrifolium campestre2024
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2024
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2024
Hard RushJuncus inflexus2024
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2024
Wood DockRumex sanguineus2024
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2024
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2024
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2024
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024
Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum2024
Oregon-grapeMahonia aquifolium2024
White DogwoodCornus alba2024
HazelCorylus avellana2023
Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris2023
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2023
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2023
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2023
Black MedickMedicago lupulina2023
Early GoldenrodSolidago gigantea2023
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2023
Hoary MustardHirschfeldia incana2023
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2023
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2023
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 David Dixon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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