Brownedge Plantation - Mixed woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.27225, -1.91513
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
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Dane Valley WayWalking route66 km▾
Buxton to Northwich
Named routeLength 66 kmRegional walking route
Buxton Heritage TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 20Walking route▾
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Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 1Walking route▾
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10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Buxton Cycle Route 2Cycling route▾
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High Peak CyclewayCycling route▾
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Buxton Cycle Route 4Cycling route▾
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Buxton Cycle Route 1Cycling route▾
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Buxton Cycle Route 3Cycling route▾
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Buxton Cycle Route 5Cycling route▾
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Photos
Woodland Fringe near Lightwood Reservoirs
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Wildlife to spot
52,541 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
52,541 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLong-tailed Tit · Robin · House Sparrow · Jackdaw · Magpie +35
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Grey Squirrel · Mole · Feral Sheep · Rabbit · Domestic Dog
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Feral SheepOvis aries
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog · Palmate Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Phaonia signata · Vine Weevil · Varied Carpet Beetle · Trichocera regelationis · 7-spot Ladybird
- Phaonia signataPhaonia signata
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Trichocera regelationisTrichocera regelationis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
🌿Plants13 species
winterspring
2026▾
Coltsfoot · Lesser Celandine · Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage · Flowering Currant · Common Ragwort +8
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
- Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- HollyIlex aquifolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
52,541 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLong-tailed Tit · Robin · House Sparrow · Jackdaw · Magpie +35
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Grey Squirrel · Mole · Feral Sheep · Rabbit · Domestic Dog
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Feral SheepOvis aries
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog · Palmate Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Phaonia signata · Vine Weevil · Varied Carpet Beetle · Trichocera regelationis · 7-spot Ladybird
- Phaonia signataPhaonia signata
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Trichocera regelationisTrichocera regelationis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
🌿Plants13 species
winterspring
2026▾
Coltsfoot · Lesser Celandine · Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage · Flowering Currant · Common Ragwort +8
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
- Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- HollyIlex aquifolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Primrose
Primrose
Primula vulgaris
Primula vulgaris
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