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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome30 ha
Getting here
53.38738, -2.23672
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 230m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 230m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +67 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +67 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Common Carder Bee, Green Shieldbug +99 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Meadow Buttercup, Hedgerow Crane's-bill, Cleavers +26 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km14 signed routes nearby · 6 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
Trans-Pennine Trail (Stockport to Silkstone Common)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route▾
Trans-Pennine Trail (Ashton-upon-Mersey to Stockport)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
GM Ringway Stage 1Walking route11.7 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 1 - St Peter's Square to Sale Water Park
Named routeLength 11.7 kmRegional walking route
235 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Airport Orbital CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Greater Manchester regional route 85Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 85Regional cycle route
Airport City CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
A6 alternate routeCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Errwood Road CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Heritage LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef Heritage LoopLocal cycle route
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
36,684 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
36,684 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Long-tailed Tit · Rock Dove · Blue Tit +38
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- SwiftApus apus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse · Common Pipistrelle
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Common Red Soldier Beetle · Harlequin Ladybird · Volucella pellucens · Common Carder Bee · Eristalis pertinax +43
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum
- 14-spot Ladybird
🌿Plants3 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Cleavers · Spear Thistle · Perforate St John's-wort
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
36,684 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Long-tailed Tit · Rock Dove · Blue Tit +38
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- SwiftApus apus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse · Common Pipistrelle
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Common Red Soldier Beetle · Harlequin Ladybird · Volucella pellucens · Common Carder Bee · Eristalis pertinax +43
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum
- 14-spot Ladybird
🌿Plants3 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Cleavers · Spear Thistle · Perforate St John's-wort
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
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