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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
54.69279, -2.89086
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦52+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pheasant and Woodpigeon
- 🐕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
- 🐦52+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pheasant and Woodpigeon
- 🐕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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Pheasant, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +49 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Pheasant, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +49 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Semi-improved grassland — butterflies and wildflowers; Insects — Silver-Green Leaf Weevil, Eristalis intricaria, Helophilus pendulus · last seen 2024
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km20 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Route 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 7National Cycle Network
Lakes & Dales LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef LDLRegional cycle route
Route C2CCycling route▾
Old Coach Road alternative
Named routeRef C2CRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route6.8 km▾
Named routeRef 7Length 6.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.7 km▾
Named routeRef 6Length 2.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
4,275 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,275 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds29 species
springautumn
2025▾
Yellowhammer · Fieldfare · Carrion Crow · Chiffchaff · Curlew +24
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2020
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2020
- RavenCorvus corax
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2020
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2020
Hedgehog · Pine Marten · Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Pine MartenMartes martes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2020
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2020
Silver-Green Leaf Weevil · Helophilus pendulus · Eristalis intricaria
- Silver-Green Leaf WeevilPhyllobius argentatus
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2022
- Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2022
Snowdrop · Sycamore · Autumn Gentian · Wild Pear · Moschatel +120
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2022
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024
- Autumn GentianGentianella amarella2022
- Wild PearPyrus pyraster
- MoschatelAdoxa moschatellina
- Common ChickweedStellaria media2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,275 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds29 species
springautumn
2025▾
Yellowhammer · Fieldfare · Carrion Crow · Chiffchaff · Curlew +24
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2020
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2020
- RavenCorvus corax
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2020
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2020
Hedgehog · Pine Marten · Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Pine MartenMartes martes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2020
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2020
Silver-Green Leaf Weevil · Helophilus pendulus · Eristalis intricaria
- Silver-Green Leaf WeevilPhyllobius argentatus
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2022
- Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2022
Snowdrop · Sycamore · Autumn Gentian · Wild Pear · Moschatel +120
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2022
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024
- Autumn GentianGentianella amarella2022
- Wild PearPyrus pyraster
- MoschatelAdoxa moschatellina
- Common ChickweedStellaria media2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Burdock
Burdock
Arctium2023
Arctium2023
AshFraxinus excelsior2023AshFraxinus excelsior2023RedshankPersicaria maculosa2023RedshankPersicaria maculosa2023False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2023False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2023Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus2023Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus2023Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2023Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2023Rosa caninaRosa canina2023Rosa caninaRosa canina2023Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2023Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2023PolypodyPolypodium vulgare2023PolypodyPolypodium vulgare2023Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2023Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2023Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2023Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2023Rusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifolia2023Rusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifolia2023PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2023PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2023Fat-henChenopodium album2023Fat-henChenopodium album2023White StonecropSedum album2023White StonecropSedum album2023Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2023Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2023Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2023Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2023Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2023Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2023Bush VetchVicia sepium2023Bush VetchVicia sepium2023Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2023Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2023HazelCorylus avellana2023HazelCorylus avellana2023Zigzag CloverTrifolium medium2023Zigzag CloverTrifolium medium2023Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2023Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2023Intermediate Lady's-mantleAlchemilla xanthochlora2023Intermediate Lady's-mantleAlchemilla xanthochlora2023Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2023Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2023GroundselSenecio vulgaris2023GroundselSenecio vulgaris2023Hedge BedstrawGalium album2023Hedge BedstrawGalium album2023YarrowAchillea millefolium2023YarrowAchillea millefolium2023Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2023Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2023Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2023Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2023Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2023Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2023Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2023Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2023Toad Rush agg.Juncus bufonius2023Toad Rush agg.Juncus bufonius2023Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2023Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2023Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2023Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2023Hybrid FescueSchedonorus pratensis x Lolium perenne = X Schedolium loliaceum2023Hybrid FescueSchedonorus pratensis x Lolium perenne = X Schedolium loliaceum2023Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2023Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2023AlderAlnus glutinosa2023AlderAlnus glutinosa2023Wood Crane's-billGeranium sylvaticum2023Wood Crane's-billGeranium sylvaticum2023Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2023Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2023Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2023Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2023Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2023Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2023HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2023HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2023Bitter-CressCardamine2023Bitter-CressCardamine2023Bird CherryPrunus padus2023Bird CherryPrunus padus2023Downy BirchBetula pubescens2023Downy BirchBetula pubescens2023CleaversGalium aparine2023CleaversGalium aparine2023Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2023Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2023Water AvensGeum rivale2023Water AvensGeum rivale2023Wood DockRumex sanguineus2023Wood DockRumex sanguineus2023Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2023Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2023Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2023Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2023Common CouchElymus repens2023Common CouchElymus repens2023Norway MapleAcer platanoides2023Norway MapleAcer platanoides2023Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2023Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2023Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2023Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2023Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2023Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2023Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis2023Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis2023RowanSorbus aucuparia2023RowanSorbus aucuparia2023Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2023Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2023Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2023Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2023Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2023Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2023Giant BellflowerCampanula latifolia2023Giant BellflowerCampanula latifolia2023Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2023Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2023IvyHedera helix2023IvyHedera helix2023Wych ElmUlmus glabra2023Wych ElmUlmus glabra2023GooseberryRibes uva-crispa2023GooseberryRibes uva-crispa2023Greater PlantainPlantago major2023Greater PlantainPlantago major2023Six-rowed BarleyHordeum vulgare2023Six-rowed BarleyHordeum vulgare2023Red CloverTrifolium pratense2023Red CloverTrifolium pratense2023CrosswortCruciata laevipes2023CrosswortCruciata laevipes2023HawthornCrataegus monogyna2023HawthornCrataegus monogyna2023NipplewortLapsana communis2023NipplewortLapsana communis2023FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2023FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2023Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2023Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2023Soft-rushJuncus effusus2023Soft-rushJuncus effusus2023Phleum pratensePhleum pratense2023Phleum pratensePhleum pratense2023Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2023Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2023DandelionTaraxacum2023DandelionTaraxacum2023Wood AvensGeum urbanum2023Wood AvensGeum urbanum2023Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2023Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2023Saw-wortSerratula tinctoria2023Saw-wortSerratula tinctoria2023Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2023Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2023White CloverTrifolium repens2023White CloverTrifolium repens2023Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus2023Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus2023Common OracheAtriplex patula2023Common OracheAtriplex patula2023MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2023MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2023Red CampionSilene dioica2023Red CampionSilene dioica2023BlackthornPrunus spinosa2023BlackthornPrunus spinosa2023Common SorrelRumex acetosa2023Common SorrelRumex acetosa2023Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2023Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2023Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis2023Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis2023Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2023Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2023Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2023Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2023RamsonsAllium ursinum2023RamsonsAllium ursinum2023Goat WillowSalix caprea2023Goat WillowSalix caprea2023Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2023Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2023Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2023Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2023Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2023Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2023Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2023Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2023Meadow FescueSchedonorus pratensis2023Meadow FescueSchedonorus pratensis2023Giant FescueSchedonorus giganteus2023Giant FescueSchedonorus giganteus2023Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2023Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2023Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2023Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2023Bay WillowSalix pentandra2023Bay WillowSalix pentandra2023Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2023SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2023SilverweedPotentilla anserina2023SilverweedPotentilla anserina2023Common NettleUrtica dioica2023Common NettleUrtica dioica2023Hard RushJuncus inflexus2023Hard RushJuncus inflexus2023Tufted VetchVicia cracca2023Tufted VetchVicia cracca2023Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2023Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2023Bearded CouchElymus caninus2023Bearded CouchElymus caninus2023HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2023HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2023Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2023Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2023Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2023Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2023Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2023Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2023Pyrenean SquillScilla liliohyacinthus2023Pyrenean SquillScilla liliohyacinthus2023Events & activities nearby
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