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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
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
☕Parliament Sq Cafe & Deli — a good base for a longer summer day out

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
☕Parliament Sq Cafe & Deli — a good base for a longer summer day out

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingCaféParking· PaidPlaygroundToilets

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Rock Dove +58 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Rock Dove +58 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Thale Cress, Field Wood-rush, Groundsel +46 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Thale Cress, Field Wood-rush, Groundsel +46 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Norellia spinipes, Rosemary Beetle, Tree Bumblebee +21 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Norellia spinipes, Rosemary Beetle, Tree Bumblebee +21 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Hogweed, Bramble, Ground-elder +3 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Rochdale WayWalking route

Named routeRef RochRegional walking route

Tameside Trail (West - Broadbottom to Mossley)Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Oldham WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

GM Ringway Stage 9Walking route20.2 km

GM Ringway Stage 9 - Greenfield to Newhey

Named routeLength 20.2 kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

101 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Oldham to Lees CyclewayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Chadderton Coal and Mineral Yard branch cyclewayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 626Cycling route

Named routeRef 626National Cycle Network

Royton Branch CyclewayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Saddleworth LinearCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Ashton to Oldham GreenwayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Tame Valley LoopMountain bike route29 km

Named routeRef AdvancedLength 29 kmLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

6,190 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,190 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds65 species

winterspring

2026

Woodpigeon · Magpie · Rock Dove · Blackbird · Robin +60

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Great TitParus major2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
CootFulica atra2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
SwiftApus apus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
RavenCorvus corax2023
Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Buteo buteo buteoButeo buteo buteo2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2022

🦌

Mammals6 species

autumn

2025

Pipistrelle · Hedgehog · Brown Rat · Red Fox · Badger +1

PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
BadgerMeles meles2024
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023

🦎

Reptiles2 species

springautumn

2026

Yellow-bellied Slider · Wall Lizard

Yellow-bellied SliderTrachemys scripta subsp. scripta
Wall LizardPodarcis muralis2025

🐝

Insects24 species

spring

2026

Norellia spinipes · Rosemary Beetle · Tree Bumblebee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Western Honey Bee +19

Norellia spinipesNorellia spinipes
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2025
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
Egle ciliataEgle ciliata
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025
Pterostichus melanariusPterostichus melanarius2025
EristalisEristalis2025
Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2025
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2024
Marsh SnipeflyRhagio tringarius2024
Psyllopsis fraxini agg.Psyllopsis fraxini agg.2024
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2024
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
Clarke's Mining BeeAndrena clarkella2024
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2023
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023

🌿

Plants49 species

summer

2025

Thale Cress · Field Wood-rush · Groundsel · Himalayan Balsam · Large Bindweed +44

Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana
Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2024
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
Japanese RoseRosa rugosa
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2024
NipplewortLapsana communis2024
Bush VetchVicia sepium2024
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2024
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2024
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2024
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2024
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024
White CloverTrifolium repens2024
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2024
BrambleRubus fruticosus2024
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2024
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2024
Curled DockRumex crispus2024
Wall LettuceMycelis muralis2024
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2024
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2024
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2024
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024
ElderSambucus nigra2024
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2024
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2024
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2024
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2024
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2024
DaisyBellis perennis2024
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2024
RowanSorbus aucuparia2023
HazelCorylus avellana2023
Norway MapleAcer platanoides2023
Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus2023
FritillaryFritillaria meleagris2023
Siberian SquillScilla siberica2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,190 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds65 species

winterspring

2026

Woodpigeon · Magpie · Rock Dove · Blackbird · Robin +60

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Great TitParus major2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
CootFulica atra2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
SwiftApus apus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
RavenCorvus corax2023
Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Buteo buteo buteoButeo buteo buteo2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2022

🦌

Mammals6 species

autumn

2025

Pipistrelle · Hedgehog · Brown Rat · Red Fox · Badger +1

PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
BadgerMeles meles2024
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023

🦎

Reptiles2 species

springautumn

2026

Yellow-bellied Slider · Wall Lizard

Yellow-bellied SliderTrachemys scripta subsp. scripta
Wall LizardPodarcis muralis2025

🐝

Insects24 species

spring

2026

Norellia spinipes · Rosemary Beetle · Tree Bumblebee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Western Honey Bee +19

Norellia spinipesNorellia spinipes
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2025
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
Egle ciliataEgle ciliata
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025
Pterostichus melanariusPterostichus melanarius2025
EristalisEristalis2025
Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2025
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2024
Marsh SnipeflyRhagio tringarius2024
Psyllopsis fraxini agg.Psyllopsis fraxini agg.2024
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2024
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
Clarke's Mining BeeAndrena clarkella2024
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2023
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023

🌿

Plants49 species

summer

2025

Thale Cress · Field Wood-rush · Groundsel · Himalayan Balsam · Large Bindweed +44

Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana
Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2024
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
Japanese RoseRosa rugosa
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2024
NipplewortLapsana communis2024
Bush VetchVicia sepium2024
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2024
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2024
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2024
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2024
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024
White CloverTrifolium repens2024
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2024
BrambleRubus fruticosus2024
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2024
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2024
Curled DockRumex crispus2024
Wall LettuceMycelis muralis2024
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2024
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2024
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2024
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024
ElderSambucus nigra2024
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2024
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2024
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2024
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2024
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2024
DaisyBellis perennis2024
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2024
RowanSorbus aucuparia2023
HazelCorylus avellana2023
Norway MapleAcer platanoides2023
Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus2023
FritillaryFritillaria meleagris2023
Siberian SquillScilla siberica2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 David Dixon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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