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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.51176, -2.15472
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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
- 🛝Playground 235m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 235m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Canada Goose +60 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Canada Goose +60 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Cuckooflower, Selfheal, Ramsons +126 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Cuckooflower, Selfheal, Ramsons +126 more · last seen 2026
Free
Plants — Ramsons, Common Nettle, Ground-elder +14 more foraging species
Varies
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route▾
Medlock Valley WayWalking route▾
Rochdale WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef RochRegional walking route
Manchester Green Trail 1Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Tameside Trail (West - Broadbottom to Mossley)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
121 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 60Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 60National Cycle Network
Audenshaw Ashton LinkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Oldham to Lees CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Chadderton Coal and Mineral Yard branch cyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 626Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 626National Cycle Network
Ashton Canal CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
6,811 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,811 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Rock Dove · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Black-headed Gull · Canada Goose +27
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Columba palumbus palumbusColumba palumbus palumbus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
🦌Mammals7 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Hedgehog · Red Fox · Mole +2
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects7 species
springsummer
2025▾
Field Grasshopper · Solomon's-seal Sawfly · Harmonia axyridis form conspicua · Melanostoma · Syrphus +2
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Solomon's-seal SawflyPhymatocera aterrima
- Harmonia axyridis form conspicuaHarmonia axyridis form conspicua
- MelanostomaMelanostoma
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Cuckooflower · Ramsons · Japanese Knotweed · Selfheal · Herb-Robert +37
- CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025
- RamsonsAllium ursinum2025
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
- Common BistortBistorta officinalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,811 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Rock Dove · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Black-headed Gull · Canada Goose +27
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Columba palumbus palumbusColumba palumbus palumbus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
🦌Mammals7 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Hedgehog · Red Fox · Mole +2
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects7 species
springsummer
2025▾
Field Grasshopper · Solomon's-seal Sawfly · Harmonia axyridis form conspicua · Melanostoma · Syrphus +2
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Solomon's-seal SawflyPhymatocera aterrima
- Harmonia axyridis form conspicuaHarmonia axyridis form conspicua
- MelanostomaMelanostoma
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Cuckooflower · Ramsons · Japanese Knotweed · Selfheal · Herb-Robert +37
- CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025
- RamsonsAllium ursinum2025
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
- Common BistortBistorta officinalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
HollyIlex aquifolium2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2025PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2025Prunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaGreater DuckweedSpirodela polyrhiza2025Greater DuckweedSpirodela polyrhiza2025Parsley-leaved BrambleRubus laciniatus2025Parsley-leaved BrambleRubus laciniatus2025Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025OsierSalix viminalis2025OsierSalix viminalis2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025CleaversGalium aparine2025CleaversGalium aparine2025Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2025Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2025Norway MapleAcer platanoides2025Norway MapleAcer platanoides2025DaisyBellis perennis2025DaisyBellis perennis2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025FringecupsTellima grandiflora2025FringecupsTellima grandiflora2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2025Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2025Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus2025Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2025Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2025Hedera helixHedera helix2025Hedera helixHedera helix2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2025Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2025WoodruffGalium odoratum2025WoodruffGalium odoratum2025Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2025Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2025Spotted Dead-nettleLamium maculatum2025Spotted Dead-nettleLamium maculatum2025FritillaryFritillaria meleagris2025FritillaryFritillaria meleagris2025SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2025SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium2025SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium2025Autumn CrocusCrocus nudiflorus2024Autumn CrocusCrocus nudiflorus2024Events & activities nearby
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