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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome25 ha
Getting here
53.45105, -1.98626
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Woodpigeon
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 73m away — 4 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Woodpigeon
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 73m away — 4 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Jackdaw, Woodpigeon, Magpie +57 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Jackdaw, Woodpigeon, Magpie +57 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Cuckoo-Spit Insect, 7-spot Ladybird, Limnephilus lunatus +37 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Wall-rue, Broad-leaved Helleborine, Hazel +139 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🚵Mountain biking
Good match
Named MTB route nearby: Great North Trail (Peak District and South Pennines)
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km14 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Goyt WayWalking route16 km▾
Named routeLength 16 kmLocal walking route
Etherow - Goyt Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Tameside Trail (West - Broadbottom to Mossley)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Tameside Trail (East - Broadbottom to Mossley)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
46 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Trans-Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef TPTRegional cycle route
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Longdendale TrailCycling route▾
Stalybridge & Diggle Loop LineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Great North Trail (Peak District and South Pennines)Mountain bike route130.4 km▾
Named routeLength 130.4 kmNational Cycle Network
Tame Valley LoopMountain bike route29 km▾
Named routeRef AdvancedLength 29 kmLocal cycle route
6 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
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Wildlife to spot
21,659 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
21,659 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Blackbird +40
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Mole · Grey Squirrel
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Palmate Newt · Common Frog
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects5 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Black Clock · Harlequin Ladybird · Limnephilus lunatus · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Acrossus rufipes
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2025
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025
- Acrossus rufipesAcrossus rufipes2025
🌿Plants13 species
springautumn
2026▾
Red Dead-nettle · Honeysuckle · Sycamore · Yellow Archangel · Blackthorn +8
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025
- HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Yellow ArchangelLamiastrum galeobdolon
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
21,659 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Blackbird +40
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Mole · Grey Squirrel
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Palmate Newt · Common Frog
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects5 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Black Clock · Harlequin Ladybird · Limnephilus lunatus · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Acrossus rufipes
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2025
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025
- Acrossus rufipesAcrossus rufipes2025
🌿Plants13 species
springautumn
2026▾
Red Dead-nettle · Honeysuckle · Sycamore · Yellow Archangel · Blackthorn +8
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025
- HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Yellow ArchangelLamiastrum galeobdolon
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
