Grassland near Oldham Edge
2 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.55301, -2.11106
Open directionsv
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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Rochdale WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef RochRegional walking route
Tameside Trail (West - Broadbottom to Mossley)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Oldham WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
GM Ringway Stage 9Walking route20.2 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 9 - Greenfield to Newhey
Named routeLength 20.2 kmRegional walking route
84 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Oldham to Lees CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Chadderton Coal and Mineral Yard branch cyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 626Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 626National Cycle Network
Royton Branch CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Castleton Cycleway Phase OneCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 92Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 92Regional cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Tame Valley LoopMountain bike route29 km▾
Named routeRef AdvancedLength 29 kmLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
5,887 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,887 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Canada Goose · Carrion Crow · Moorhen +35
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Great TitParus major
- CootFulica atra
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- TealAnas crecca
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Common GullLarus canus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Bat · Hedgehog · Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat
- BatChiroptera
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Wall Lizard
- Wall LizardPodarcis muralis
🐝Insects6 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Willow Emerald Damselfly · Norellia spinipes · Stag Beetle · Fever Fly · Eristalis +1
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
- Norellia spinipesNorellia spinipes
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025
- Fever FlyDilophus febrilis2025
- Eristalis
🌿Plants2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Japanese Rose · Field Wood-rush
- Japanese RoseRosa rugosa
- Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,887 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Canada Goose · Carrion Crow · Moorhen +35
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Great TitParus major
- CootFulica atra
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- TealAnas crecca
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Common GullLarus canus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Bat · Hedgehog · Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat
- BatChiroptera
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Wall Lizard
- Wall LizardPodarcis muralis
🐝Insects6 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Willow Emerald Damselfly · Norellia spinipes · Stag Beetle · Fever Fly · Eristalis +1
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
- Norellia spinipesNorellia spinipes
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025
- Fever FlyDilophus febrilis2025
- Eristalis
🌿Plants2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Japanese Rose · Field Wood-rush
- Japanese RoseRosa rugosa
- Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Eristalis2025
Eristalis2025
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2025Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2025