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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

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🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

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7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Chiffchaff +64 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Chiffchaff +64 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Green Shieldbug, 7-spot Ladybird, Dock Bug +60 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Green Shieldbug, 7-spot Ladybird, Dock Bug +60 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Common Nettle, Hogweed, Cleavers +36 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Common Nettle, Hogweed, Cleavers +36 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Common Nettle, Hogweed, Bramble +9 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby · 25 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Fred Perry WayWalking route

Named route

North Cheshire WayWalking route

Named routeListed length 114kmRegional walking route

Wizard WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Bollin Valley WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Gorsey Roadpublic footpath · 46 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 46 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential

Priory Roadpublic footpath · 204 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 204 mPath type: residential

College Closepublic footpath · 126 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 126 mPath type: residential

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Cycling

43 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Cheshire CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef 70Regional cycle route

Airport Orbital CyclewayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Greater Manchester regional route 85Cycling route

Named routeRef 85Regional cycle route

Airport City CyclewayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Heritage LoopCycling route

Named routeRef Heritage LoopLocal cycle route

National Cycle Network 56Cycling route

Named routeRef 56National Cycle Network

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Horse riding

4 public paths nearby

Public paths

Broad Walkrestricted byway · 45 m

Public pathrestricted bywayLength 45 mPath type: residential

Kings Roadrestricted byway · 316 m

Public pathrestricted bywayLength 316 mPath type: residential

Wildlife to spot

24,968 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

24,968 records · National Biodiversity Network

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Birds71 species

spring

2026

Magpie · Woodpigeon · Chiffchaff · Mallard · Robin +66

MagpiePica pica
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
RobinErithacus rubecula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
CootFulica atra
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Great TitParus major2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025

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Mammals13 species

summer

2026

Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Soprano Pipistrelle · Leisler's Bat +8

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
NoctuleNyctalus noctula2025
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
Leisler's BatNyctalus leisleri2025
Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri2025
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2025
Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2025
MoleTalpa europaea
Nathusius's PipistrellePipistrellus nathusii2025
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025

🐸

Amphibians3 species

springsummer

2026

Common Frog · Common Toad · Smooth Newt

Common FrogRana temporaria
Common ToadBufo bufo2025
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2025

🐟

Fish1 species

summer

2025

Chub

ChubSqualius cephalus

🐝

Insects63 species

springsummer

2025

Green Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Dock Bug · Large Red Damselfly · Marmalade Hoverfly +58

Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris
Anthocomus rufusAnthocomus rufus
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans
Cantharis decipiensCantharis decipiens
Polydrusus cervinusPolydrusus cervinus
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Psyllopsis fraxiniPsyllopsis fraxini
EristalisEristalis
HornetVespa crabro
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
Poecilus cupreusPoecilus cupreus
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Ulopa reticulataUlopa reticulata
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Black-horned GemMicrochrysa polita
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis
Xylota segnisXylota segnis
Coenosia tigrinaCoenosia tigrina
CheilosiaCheilosia
Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Hazel Leaf-rollerApoderus coryli
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus
Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus
Ampedus balteatusAmpedus balteatus
Back-SwimmerNotonecta
Fox-coloured Pine CombhornNeodiprion sertifer
Phaonia rufiventrisPhaonia rufiventris
Common BluebottleCalliphora vicina
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus

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Plants39 species

spring

2025

Common Nettle · Hogweed · Cleavers · Bramble · Cock's-foot +34

Common NettleUrtica dioica
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
CleaversGalium aparine
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
RowanSorbus aucuparia
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Taraxacum agg.Taraxacum agg.
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
HopHumulus lupulus
Scots PinePinus sylvestris
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
ElderSambucus nigra
Red CampionSilene dioica
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Yellow ArchangelLamiastrum galeobdolon
HazelCorylus avellana
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Three-nerved SandwortMoehringia trinervia
YewTaxus baccata
Rubus tuberculatusRubus tuberculatus
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
DandelionTaraxacum
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
IvyHedera helix
Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana
Rumex sanguineus var. sanguineusRumex sanguineus var. sanguineus
Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
MoschatelAdoxa moschatellina

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

24,968 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds71 species

spring

2026

Magpie · Woodpigeon · Chiffchaff · Mallard · Robin +66

MagpiePica pica
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
RobinErithacus rubecula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
CootFulica atra
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Great TitParus major2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025

🦌

Mammals13 species

summer

2026

Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Soprano Pipistrelle · Leisler's Bat +8

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
NoctuleNyctalus noctula2025
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
Leisler's BatNyctalus leisleri2025
Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri2025
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2025
Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2025
MoleTalpa europaea
Nathusius's PipistrellePipistrellus nathusii2025
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025

🐸

Amphibians3 species

springsummer

2026

Common Frog · Common Toad · Smooth Newt

Common FrogRana temporaria
Common ToadBufo bufo2025
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2025

🐟

Fish1 species

summer

2025

Chub

ChubSqualius cephalus

🐝

Insects63 species

springsummer

2025

Green Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Dock Bug · Large Red Damselfly · Marmalade Hoverfly +58

Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris
Anthocomus rufusAnthocomus rufus
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans
Cantharis decipiensCantharis decipiens
Polydrusus cervinusPolydrusus cervinus
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Psyllopsis fraxiniPsyllopsis fraxini
EristalisEristalis
HornetVespa crabro
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
Poecilus cupreusPoecilus cupreus
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Ulopa reticulataUlopa reticulata
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Black-horned GemMicrochrysa polita
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis
Xylota segnisXylota segnis
Coenosia tigrinaCoenosia tigrina
CheilosiaCheilosia
Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Hazel Leaf-rollerApoderus coryli
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus
Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus
Ampedus balteatusAmpedus balteatus
Back-SwimmerNotonecta
Fox-coloured Pine CombhornNeodiprion sertifer
Phaonia rufiventrisPhaonia rufiventris
Common BluebottleCalliphora vicina
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus

🌿

Plants39 species

spring

2025

Common Nettle · Hogweed · Cleavers · Bramble · Cock's-foot +34

Common NettleUrtica dioica
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
CleaversGalium aparine
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
RowanSorbus aucuparia
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Taraxacum agg.Taraxacum agg.
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
HopHumulus lupulus
Scots PinePinus sylvestris
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
ElderSambucus nigra
Red CampionSilene dioica
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Yellow ArchangelLamiastrum galeobdolon
HazelCorylus avellana
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Three-nerved SandwortMoehringia trinervia
YewTaxus baccata
Rubus tuberculatusRubus tuberculatus
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
DandelionTaraxacum
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
IvyHedera helix
Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana
Rumex sanguineus var. sanguineusRumex sanguineus var. sanguineus
Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
MoschatelAdoxa moschatellina

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Alex McGregor · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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