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Harry's Wood

1 ha

📷 Steve Fareham · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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53.59757, -2.05977

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 343m away — 2 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 343m away — 2 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw +77 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw +77 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Foxglove, Fox-and-cubs, Red Campion +18 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Foxglove, Fox-and-cubs, Red Campion +18 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Meadow Brown, Green-veined White, Ringlet +25 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Green-veined White, Ringlet +25 more · last seen 2025

Free

Forest walks

Good match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

11 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Rochdale WayWalking route

Named routeRef RochRegional walking route

GM Ringway Stage 10Walking route18.2 km

GM Ringway Stage 10 - Newhey to Littleborough

Named routeLength 18.2 kmRegional walking route

GM Ringway Stage 11Walking route19.9 km

GM Ringway Stage 11 - Littleborough to Norden

Named routeLength 19.9 kmRegional walking route

Oldham WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Pennine Way (Crowden to Standedge)Walking route

Named routeNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

61 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 66Cycling route

Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network

Delph Donkey LineCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Royton Branch CyclewayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 92Cycling route

Named routeRef 92Regional cycle route

Saddleworth LinearCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

N/ACycling route19 m

Named routeRef 92Length 19 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

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

Named routeLength 130.4 kmNational Cycle Network

🐴

Horse riding

2 public paths nearby

Public paths

Cherry Lanebridleway · 68 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 68 mPath type: track

Cherry Lanebridleway · 184 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 184 mPath type: bridleway

Wildlife to spot

5,498 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,498 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds82 species

springautumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Wren · Magpie +77

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MagpiePica pica2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Great TitParus major2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
RavenCorvus corax2023
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
Common GullLarus canus2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2023
LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2023
RookCorvus frugilegus2023
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2023
CootFulica atra2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
SwiftApus apus2023
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2023
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023

🦌

Mammals8 species

spring

2025

Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Mole · Brown Hare · Bat +3

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
MoleTalpa europaea
Brown HareLepus europaeus2023
BatChiroptera2024
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
WeaselMustela nivalis2023
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2023

🐝

Insects28 species

summer

2025

Meadow Brown · Green-veined White · Ringlet · Gatekeeper · Small Heath +23

Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2023
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2023
Small WhitePieris rapae2023
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2023
AlticaAltica
Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria
NomadaNomada
Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2024
Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis2024
Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2024
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2024
Common Green SawflyTenthredo mesomela2024
Cerobasis guestfalicaCerobasis guestfalica2024
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024
Cantharis lividaCantharis livida2024
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2023
Common HawkerAeshna juncea2023
PeacockAglais io2023
Large WhitePieris brassicae2023

🌿

Plants21 species

springsummer

2025

Foxglove · Fox-and-cubs · Red Campion · Welsh Poppy · Ivy-leaved Toadflax +16

FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
Red CampionSilene dioica
Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2024
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
HeatherCalluna vulgaris
RowanSorbus aucuparia
Fringed Water-lilyNymphoides peltata
Zigzag CloverTrifolium medium
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium
Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix
Asian Bleeding-heartLamprocapnos spectabilis
Crowberry agg.Empetrum nigrum
Stag's-horn ClubmossLycopodium clavatum
Melancholy ThistleCirsium heterophyllum2024
Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica2024
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2024
Spotted Dead-nettleLamium maculatum2024
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2023
Red FescueFestuca rubra2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,498 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds82 species

springautumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Wren · Magpie +77

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MagpiePica pica2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Great TitParus major2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
RavenCorvus corax2023
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
Common GullLarus canus2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2023
LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2023
RookCorvus frugilegus2023
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2023
CootFulica atra2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
SwiftApus apus2023
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2023
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023

🦌

Mammals8 species

spring

2025

Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Mole · Brown Hare · Bat +3

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
MoleTalpa europaea
Brown HareLepus europaeus2023
BatChiroptera2024
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
WeaselMustela nivalis2023
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2023

🐝

Insects28 species

summer

2025

Meadow Brown · Green-veined White · Ringlet · Gatekeeper · Small Heath +23

Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2023
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2023
Small WhitePieris rapae2023
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2023
AlticaAltica
Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria
NomadaNomada
Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2024
Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis2024
Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2024
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2024
Common Green SawflyTenthredo mesomela2024
Cerobasis guestfalicaCerobasis guestfalica2024
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024
Cantharis lividaCantharis livida2024
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2023
Common HawkerAeshna juncea2023
PeacockAglais io2023
Large WhitePieris brassicae2023

🌿

Plants21 species

springsummer

2025

Foxglove · Fox-and-cubs · Red Campion · Welsh Poppy · Ivy-leaved Toadflax +16

FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
Red CampionSilene dioica
Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2024
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
HeatherCalluna vulgaris
RowanSorbus aucuparia
Fringed Water-lilyNymphoides peltata
Zigzag CloverTrifolium medium
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium
Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix
Asian Bleeding-heartLamprocapnos spectabilis
Crowberry agg.Empetrum nigrum
Stag's-horn ClubmossLycopodium clavatum
Melancholy ThistleCirsium heterophyllum2024
Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica2024
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2024
Spotted Dead-nettleLamium maculatum2024
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2023
Red FescueFestuca rubra2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

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Photos

📷 Steve Fareham · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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