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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome54 ha
Getting here
53.40388, -1.16033
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Moorhen
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Moorhen
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mallard, Moorhen, Teal +58 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Mallard, Moorhen, Teal +58 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, Common Blue Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly +25 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Dog's Mercury, Adder's-tongue, Wild Privet +243 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Doorstep WalkWalking route▾
11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 674Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 674National Cycle Network
Rotherham Local Cycle NetworkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route235 m▾
Named routeRef 674Length 235 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route656 m▾
Named routeRef 674Length 656 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route545 m▾
Named routeRef 674Length 545 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route179 m▾
Named routeRef 674Length 179 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
9 public paths nearby
Public paths
Flat Lanebridleway · 161 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 161 mSurface cobblestonePath type: track
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Wildlife to spot
4,038 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,038 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Jackdaw · Grey Wagtail · Long-tailed Tit +35
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- TealAnas crecca
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- CootFulica atra
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GadwallMareca strepera
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Common Blue Damselfly · Psyllopsis fraxini agg. · Harmonia axyridis form spectabilis · Blue-tailed Damselfly
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Psyllopsis fraxini agg.Psyllopsis fraxini agg.
- Harmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilis
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Wild Privet · Silver Birch · Creeping Thistle · Lords-and-Ladies · Adder's-tongue +99
- Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
- Silver BirchBetula pendula
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Adder's-tongueOphioglossum vulgatum
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,038 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Jackdaw · Grey Wagtail · Long-tailed Tit +35
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- TealAnas crecca
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- CootFulica atra
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GadwallMareca strepera
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Common Blue Damselfly · Psyllopsis fraxini agg. · Harmonia axyridis form spectabilis · Blue-tailed Damselfly
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Psyllopsis fraxini agg.Psyllopsis fraxini agg.
- Harmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilis
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Wild Privet · Silver Birch · Creeping Thistle · Lords-and-Ladies · Adder's-tongue +99
- Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
- Silver BirchBetula pendula
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Adder's-tongueOphioglossum vulgatum
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
