STAMFORD PARK, STALYBRIDGE 23 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🍂 Seasonal
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53.49008, -2.06864
Open directionsv ✦ Grade II Registered Park and Garden — Historic designed landscape on the National Heritage List for England of special interest, warranting efforts to preserve it.
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here ☕ Highfield Pavillion Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out 🌤️ Visiting this summer
☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here ☕ Highfield Pavillion Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out 🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Paid 🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
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🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Canada Goose, Magpie +58 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Canada Goose, Magpie +58 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Ribwort Plantain, Wood Avens, Yarrow +97 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Ribwort Plantain, Wood Avens, Yarrow +97 more · last seen 2026
Free
Plants — White Dead-nettle, Bramble, Dandelion +9 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Broad-bodied Chaser, Common Blue Damselfly, Harlequin Ladybird +31 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Broad-bodied Chaser, Common Blue Damselfly, Harlequin Ladybird +31 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cheshire Ring Canal Walk Walking route ▾
Medlock Valley Way Walking route ▾
Tameside Trail (West - Broadbottom to Mossley) Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Oldham Way Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Tameside Trail (East - Broadbottom to Mossley) Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 68 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Audenshaw Ashton Link Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Stalybridge & Diggle Loop Line Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Route 626 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 626 National Cycle Network
Show on map Ashton Canal Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Saddleworth Linear Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Trans Pennine Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 62 National Cycle Network
Show on map 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Great North Trail (Peak District and South Pennines) Mountain bike route 130.4 km ▾
Named route Length 130.4 km National Cycle Network
Show on map Tame Valley Loop Mountain bike route 29 km ▾
Named route Ref Advanced Length 29 km Local cycle route
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7,463 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 7,463 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 45 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Rock Dove · Magpie · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow +40
Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Magpie Pica pica Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Sand Martin Riparia riparia2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Bat
Pond Terrapin
Pond Terrapin Trachemys scripta 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Toad
Broad-bodied Chaser · Common Blue Damselfly · Eristalis tenax · Orange Ladybird · Vine Weevil +3
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata Vine Weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula Blue-tailed Damselfly Black Spleenwort · Ribwort Plantain · Ivy · Wood Avens · Holly +3
Black Spleenwort Asplenium adiantum-nigrum Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata Ivy Hedera helix Wood Avens Geum urbanum Holly Ilex aquifolium Wall-rue Asplenium ruta-muraria2025 Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 7,463 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 45 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Rock Dove · Magpie · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow +40
Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Magpie Pica pica Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Sand Martin Riparia riparia2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Bat
Pond Terrapin
Pond Terrapin Trachemys scripta 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Toad
Broad-bodied Chaser · Common Blue Damselfly · Eristalis tenax · Orange Ladybird · Vine Weevil +3
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata Vine Weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula Blue-tailed Damselfly Black Spleenwort · Ribwort Plantain · Ivy · Wood Avens · Holly +3
Black Spleenwort Asplenium adiantum-nigrum Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata Ivy Hedera helix Wood Avens Geum urbanum Holly Ilex aquifolium Wall-rue Asplenium ruta-muraria2025 Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Ischnura elegans
Ischnura elegans
Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius
Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius 2025
2025
Fox-and-cubs Pilosella aurantiaca2025
Fox-and-cubs Pilosella aurantiaca2025 