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Places › England › North West › Blackburn with Darwen Getting here
53.66375, -2.46260
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🐕 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 🐕 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🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Blanket bog — golden plover, curlew, dunlin and merlin
Free
Lowland fens priority habitat
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates
Free
🌲 Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 7 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Warpers Trail - Witton Weavers Way Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Reelers Trail - Witton Weavers Way Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Tacklers Trail - Witton Weavers Way Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Full walk - Witton Weavers Way Walking route ▾
Rossendale Way Walking route ▾
A high-level route around Bacup, Rawtenstall, Haslingden and Whitworth in the Rossendale Valley, crossing the open moors and farmland of the South Pennines which roughly follows the Rossendale Borough boundary.
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 91 Regional cycle route
Show on map N/A Cycling route 573 m ▾
Named route Length 573 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Photos Stream coming down from Turton Moor near A666 at Cadshaw
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Wildlife to spot
4,052 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 4,052 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 44 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Kestrel · Red Grouse (scotica) · Wren · Stonechat · Meadow Pipit +39
Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Red Grouse (scotica) Lagopus scotica2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Barn Owl Tyto alba Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Mole · Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Fallow Deer
Mole Talpa europaea Brown Hare Lepus europaeus Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Fallow Deer Dama dama Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria2025 Black Darter · Common Hawker · Brown Hawker · Clarke's Mining Bee · 7-spot Ladybird +13
Black Darter Sympetrum danae2025 Common Hawker Aeshna juncea2025 Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis2025 Clarke's Mining Bee Andrena clarkella 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa2025 Cross-leaved Heath · Prickly Heath · Green Alkanet · Cowberry · Reed Canary-grass +7
Cross-leaved Heath Erica tetralix2025 Prickly Heath Gaultheria mucronata Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens Cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea Reed Canary-grass Phalaris arundinacea Hart's-Tongue Asplenium scolopendrium2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 4,052 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 44 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Kestrel · Red Grouse (scotica) · Wren · Stonechat · Meadow Pipit +39
Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Red Grouse (scotica) Lagopus scotica2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Barn Owl Tyto alba Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Mole · Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Fallow Deer
Mole Talpa europaea Brown Hare Lepus europaeus Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Fallow Deer Dama dama Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria2025 Black Darter · Common Hawker · Brown Hawker · Clarke's Mining Bee · 7-spot Ladybird +13
Black Darter Sympetrum danae2025 Common Hawker Aeshna juncea2025 Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis2025 Clarke's Mining Bee Andrena clarkella 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa2025 Cross-leaved Heath · Prickly Heath · Green Alkanet · Cowberry · Reed Canary-grass +7
Cross-leaved Heath Erica tetralix2025 Prickly Heath Gaultheria mucronata Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens Cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea Reed Canary-grass Phalaris arundinacea Hart's-Tongue Asplenium scolopendrium2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2025
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2025
Small Garden Bumblebee Bombus hortorum
Small Garden Bumblebee Bombus hortorum
Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum
Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum
Gwynne's Mining Bee Andrena bicolor
Gwynne's Mining Bee Andrena bicolor
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Carabus problematicus Carabus problematicus2025
Carabus problematicus Carabus problematicus2025
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025
Heather (Girdled) Colletes Colletes succinctus2025
Heather (Girdled) Colletes Colletes succinctus2025 Marsh Violet
Marsh Violet
Viola palustris2025
Viola palustris2025
Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera2025
Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera2025
Marsh Thistle Cirsium palustre2025
Marsh Thistle Cirsium palustre2025
Sheep's Sorrel Rumex acetosella2025
Sheep's Sorrel Rumex acetosella2025
Wood Avens Geum urbanum2025
Wood Avens Geum urbanum2025
Cat's-ear Hypochaeris radicata2025
Cat's-ear Hypochaeris radicata2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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