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Silverwood Siding

7 ha

📷 Jonathan Thacker · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦94+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Magpie
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 306m away — 4 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦94+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Magpie
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 306m away — 4 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mute Swan, Magpie, Coot +91 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mute Swan, Magpie, Coot +91 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Good match

Public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Harlequin Ladybird · last seen 2026; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 19 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Selby)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Old Salt RoadWalking route

Named route

The Heron WayWalking route

Named route

🚴

Cycling

23 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 6Cycling route

Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network

Trans Pennine TrailCycling route

Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network

Rotherham Local Cycle NetworkCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Main RouteCycling route283 m

Named routeRef 6Length 283 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route5 m

Named routeRef 6Length 5 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route142 m

Named routeRef 6Length 142 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

🐴

Horse riding

1 public path nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

21,930 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

21,930 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

autumnwinter

2026

Tufted Duck · Mute Swan · Great Crested Grebe · Great Tit · Pied Wagtail +49

Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
MagpiePica pica2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
CootFulica atra2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
SmewMergellus albellus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
ScaupAythya marila2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Muscovy DuckCairina moschata2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
TealAnas crecca2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Brown Rat

Brown RatRattus norvegicus

🐝

Insects1 species

winter

2026

Harlequin Ladybird

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

21,930 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

autumnwinter

2026

Tufted Duck · Mute Swan · Great Crested Grebe · Great Tit · Pied Wagtail +49

Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
MagpiePica pica2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
CootFulica atra2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
SmewMergellus albellus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
ScaupAythya marila2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Muscovy DuckCairina moschata2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
TealAnas crecca2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Brown Rat

Brown RatRattus norvegicus

🐝

Insects1 species

winter

2026

Harlequin Ladybird

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Jonathan Thacker · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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