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🦅 Birds🦉 Wildlife🦋 Insects
Dogs welcome
Places › England › North West › Tameside Getting here
53.44465, -2.07422
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦 66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Mallard +63 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Mallard +63 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Flower Bug, Coenosia tigrina, Hybos culiciformis +119 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Common Flower Bug, Coenosia tigrina, Hybos culiciformis +119 more · last seen 2026
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Giant Hogweed, Thyme-leaved Speedwell · last seen 2025; Plants — Giant Hogweed, Thyme-leaved Speedwell · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 15 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Midshires Way Walking route 370 km ▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named route Length 370 km Regional walking route
Show on map GM Ringway Stage 6 Walking route 13.4 km ▾
GM Ringway Stage 6 - Strines to Marple
Named route Length 13.4 km Regional walking route
Show on map Tameside Trail (West - Broadbottom to Mossley) 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 Trans-Pennine Trail (Charlesworth alternative route) Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 109 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Alan Newton Way Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map 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 Trans-Pennine Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref TPT Regional cycle route
Show on map Ashton Canal Cycleway 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
Show on map Photos Entrance to Swains Valley Allotments
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Wildlife to spot
28,927 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 28,927 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 39 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Mallard · Robin · Blackbird +34
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Robin Erithacus rubecula Blackbird Turdus merula Carrion Crow Corvus corone Dipper Cinclus cinclus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Nuthatch Sitta europaea Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Redwing Turdus iliacus Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata Starling Sturnus vulgaris Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Goosander Mergus merganser Rock Dove Columba livia Teal Anas crecca Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Great Tit Parus major Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Rook Corvus frugilegus Peregrine Falco peregrinus Dunnock Prunella modularis Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Greenfinch Chloris chloris Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Tawny Owl Strix aluco Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Coal Tit Periparus ater Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Daubenton's Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Roe Deer
Daubenton's Bat Myotis daubentonii Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Noctule Nyctalus noctula Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Cream-spot Ladybird · Dasysyrphus tricinctus · Andrion regensteinense · Cheilosia caerulescens · Parent Bug +8
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata Dasysyrphus tricinctus Dasysyrphus tricinctus2025 Andrion regensteinense Andrion regensteinense2025 Cheilosia caerulescens Cheilosia caerulescens2025 Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea2025 Notostira elongata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 28,927 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 39 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Mallard · Robin · Blackbird +34
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Robin Erithacus rubecula Blackbird Turdus merula Carrion Crow Corvus corone Dipper Cinclus cinclus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Nuthatch Sitta europaea Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Redwing Turdus iliacus Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata Starling Sturnus vulgaris Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Goosander Mergus merganser Rock Dove Columba livia Teal Anas crecca Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Great Tit Parus major Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Rook Corvus frugilegus Peregrine Falco peregrinus Dunnock Prunella modularis Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Greenfinch Chloris chloris Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Tawny Owl Strix aluco Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Coal Tit Periparus ater Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Daubenton's Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Roe Deer
Daubenton's Bat Myotis daubentonii Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Noctule Nyctalus noctula Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Cream-spot Ladybird · Dasysyrphus tricinctus · Andrion regensteinense · Cheilosia caerulescens · Parent Bug +8
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata Dasysyrphus tricinctus Dasysyrphus tricinctus2025 Andrion regensteinense Andrion regensteinense2025 Cheilosia caerulescens Cheilosia caerulescens2025 Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea2025 Notostira elongata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Notostira elongata2025
Notostira elongata2025
Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata2025
Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata2025
Morellia Morellia2025
Morellia Morellia2025
Phaonia Phaonia2025
Phaonia Phaonia2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Colon Sawfly Tenthredo colon2025
Colon Sawfly Tenthredo colon2025
Stictopleurus punctatonervosus Stictopleurus punctatonervosus2025
Stictopleurus punctatonervosus Stictopleurus punctatonervosus2025
Common Green Grasshopper Omocestus viridulus2025
Common Green Grasshopper Omocestus viridulus2025 