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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Places › England › Yorkshire and the Humber › Rotherham Getting here
53.37508, -1.35974
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🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Goldfinch, Grey Heron, Blackbird +73 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Goldfinch, Grey Heron, Blackbird +73 more · last seen 2026
Free
Plants — Water Chickweed, Pedunculate Oak, Hogweed +16 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Blue-tailed Damselfly, Azure Damselfly, Common Darter +86 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Blue-tailed Damselfly, Azure Damselfly, Common Darter +86 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Water Chickweed, Creeping Thistle, Pedunculate Oak +122 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Water Chickweed, Creeping Thistle, Pedunculate Oak +122 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 7 signed routes nearby · 16 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Cuckoo Way Walking route ▾
Five Weirs Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Ref Five
Show on map Sheffield Canal Walking route ▾
Named route Ref Canal
Show on map Rowbotham's Round Walking route ▾
Sheffield Country Walk Walking route 85 km ▾
Named route Length 85 km Regional walking route
Show on map 137 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Norfolk Park Cycling Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Norfolk Park Local cycle route
Show on map Route 6 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 6 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 67 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 67 National Cycle Network
Show on map Sheffield Local Cycle Network Cycling route ▾
Sheffield Local Cycle Network
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Rotherham Local Cycle Network Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Route 627 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 627 National Cycle Network
Show on map 10 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Photos Orgreave Lakes from Orgreave Common
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Wildlife to spot
31,778 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 31,778 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 51 species
spring autumn winter
2026 ▾
Mallard · Grey Heron · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Long-tailed Tit +46
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Tit Parus major Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Coot Fulica atra2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Mute Swan Cygnus olor Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Greenfinch Chloris chloris Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Blackbird Turdus merula Goosander Mergus merganser Jay Garrulus glandarius Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Magpie Pica pica Dunnock Prunella modularis Redwing Turdus iliacus Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla House Sparrow Passer domesticus Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Curlew Numenius arquata2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 🦌 Mammals 5 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Squirrel · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Bat · Badger
Squirrel Sciurus2025 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Bat Chiroptera2025 Badger Meles meles2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Lissotriton
Migrant Hawker · Common Darter · Chironomus plumosus · Comma · Willow Emerald Damselfly +2
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2025 Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025 Chironomus plumosus Chironomus plumosus Comma Polygonia c-album2025 Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis2025 Biscuit Beetle Stegobium paniceum Narrow-leaved Ragwort
Narrow-leaved Ragwort Senecio inaequidens Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 31,778 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 51 species
spring autumn winter
2026 ▾
Mallard · Grey Heron · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Long-tailed Tit +46
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Tit Parus major Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Coot Fulica atra2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Mute Swan Cygnus olor Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Greenfinch Chloris chloris Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Blackbird Turdus merula Goosander Mergus merganser Jay Garrulus glandarius Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Magpie Pica pica Dunnock Prunella modularis Redwing Turdus iliacus Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla House Sparrow Passer domesticus Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Curlew Numenius arquata2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 🦌 Mammals 5 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Squirrel · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Bat · Badger
Squirrel Sciurus2025 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Bat Chiroptera2025 Badger Meles meles2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Lissotriton
Migrant Hawker · Common Darter · Chironomus plumosus · Comma · Willow Emerald Damselfly +2
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2025 Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025 Chironomus plumosus Chironomus plumosus Comma Polygonia c-album2025 Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis2025 Biscuit Beetle Stegobium paniceum Narrow-leaved Ragwort
Narrow-leaved Ragwort Senecio inaequidens Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2025
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2025 