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Norman Hill Reservoir

13 ha

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome13 ha

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53.61450, -2.04879

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Canada Goose
🚴Start cycling visits early on summer days — trails are best before the heat builds via Great North Trail
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Canada Goose
🚴Start cycling visits early on summer days — trails are best before the heat builds via Great North Trail
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

10 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Carrion Crow, Canada Goose, Magpie +74 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Carrion Crow, Canada Goose, Magpie +74 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Rowan, Heather, Coltsfoot +28 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Rowan, Heather, Coltsfoot +28 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Meadow Brown, Green-veined White, Small Heath +24 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Green-veined White, Small Heath +24 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mountain biking

Good match

Named MTB route nearby: Great North Trail (Peak District and South Pennines)

Varies

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

11 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Mary Towneley LoopWalking route

Forms part of Pennine Bridleway National Trail

Named routeRegional walking route

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

🚴

Cycling

43 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 66Cycling route

Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network

West Yorkshire Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef WYCRRegional cycle route

Route 92Cycling route

Named routeRef 92Regional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route19 m

Named routeRef 66Length 19 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route27 m

Named routeRef 66Length 27 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route129 m

Named routeRef 66Length 129 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

6 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

4,008 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,008 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds79 species

springsummer

2026

Carrion Crow · Canada Goose · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw +74

Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
MagpiePica pica2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Great TitParus major2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
RavenCorvus corax2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2022
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
DunnockPrunella modularis2023
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2021
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2023
CootFulica atra2023
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
TealAnas crecca2023
Common GullLarus canus2023
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2022
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2024
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023
SiskinSpinus spinus2023
Barn OwlTyto alba2023
SwiftApus apus2021
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2021

🦌

Mammals8 species

springwinter

2025

Roe Deer · Mole · Rabbit · Bat · Indet. Deer +3

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
MoleTalpa europaea
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
BatChiroptera2024
Indet. DeerCervidae2023
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2022
WeaselMustela nivalis2022
Bank VoleMyodes glareolus2022

🐝

Insects27 species

summer

2025

Meadow Brown · Green-veined White · Small Heath · Ringlet · Peacock +22

Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
PeacockAglais io2023
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2023
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2022
Small WhitePieris rapae2023
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2021
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2023
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2023
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2022
Large WhitePieris brassicae2023
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2022
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2021
Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva
AlticaAltica
Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria
NomadaNomada
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2024
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2024
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2022
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2021
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2021
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2020

🌿

Plants31 species

summer

2025

Rowan · Heather · Coltsfoot · Creeping Thistle · Foxglove +26

RowanSorbus aucuparia
HeatherCalluna vulgaris
ColtsfootTussilago farfara2021
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Fringed Water-lilyNymphoides peltata
Hare's-tail CottongrassEriophorum vaginatum
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
GorseUlex europaeus2022
YarrowAchillea millefolium2021
Zigzag CloverTrifolium medium
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
Asian Bleeding-heartLamprocapnos spectabilis
Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2023
Red FescueFestuca rubra2023
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2022
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2022
RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2022
Cornelian-cherryCornus mas2022
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2021
Love-in-a-mistNigella damascena2021
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2021
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2021
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2021
Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata2021
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2021
Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2021
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2021
Fir ClubmossHuperzia selago2021

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,008 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds79 species

springsummer

2026

Carrion Crow · Canada Goose · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw +74

Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
MagpiePica pica2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Great TitParus major2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
RavenCorvus corax2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2022
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
DunnockPrunella modularis2023
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2021
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2023
CootFulica atra2023
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
TealAnas crecca2023
Common GullLarus canus2023
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2022
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2024
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023
SiskinSpinus spinus2023
Barn OwlTyto alba2023
SwiftApus apus2021
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2021

🦌

Mammals8 species

springwinter

2025

Roe Deer · Mole · Rabbit · Bat · Indet. Deer +3

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
MoleTalpa europaea
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
BatChiroptera2024
Indet. DeerCervidae2023
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2022
WeaselMustela nivalis2022
Bank VoleMyodes glareolus2022

🐝

Insects27 species

summer

2025

Meadow Brown · Green-veined White · Small Heath · Ringlet · Peacock +22

Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
PeacockAglais io2023
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2023
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2022
Small WhitePieris rapae2023
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2021
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2023
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2023
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2022
Large WhitePieris brassicae2023
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2022
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2021
Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva
AlticaAltica
Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria
NomadaNomada
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2024
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2024
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2022
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2021
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2021
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2020

🌿

Plants31 species

summer

2025

Rowan · Heather · Coltsfoot · Creeping Thistle · Foxglove +26

RowanSorbus aucuparia
HeatherCalluna vulgaris
ColtsfootTussilago farfara2021
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Fringed Water-lilyNymphoides peltata
Hare's-tail CottongrassEriophorum vaginatum
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
GorseUlex europaeus2022
YarrowAchillea millefolium2021
Zigzag CloverTrifolium medium
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
Asian Bleeding-heartLamprocapnos spectabilis
Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2023
Red FescueFestuca rubra2023
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2022
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2022
RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2022
Cornelian-cherryCornus mas2022
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2021
Love-in-a-mistNigella damascena2021
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2021
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2021
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2021
Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata2021
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2021
Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2021
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2021
Fir ClubmossHuperzia selago2021

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 michael ely · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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