Upper Roddlesworth Reservoir 22 ha
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53.69306, -2.51812
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — dragonfly and damselfly activity peaks along water edges 🍄 Mushroom 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
🌞 Midsummer — dragonfly and damselfly activity peaks along water edges 🍄 Mushroom 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 £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mallard, Robin, Black-headed Gull +77 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mallard, Robin, Black-headed Gull +77 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Common Rustgill, Bonet Odro, Torth Felen +61 more · last seen 2025; Fungi — Common Rustgill, Bonet Odro, Torth Felen +61 more · last seen 2025
Varies
Plants — Crowberry, Bilberry, Hazel +15 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Cranberry, Cross-leaved Heath, American Skunk-cabbage +66 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Cranberry, Cross-leaved Heath, American Skunk-cabbage +66 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Black Darter, Early Bumblebee, Emerald Damselfly +33 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Black Darter, Early Bumblebee, Emerald Damselfly +33 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 5 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Warpers Trail - Witton Weavers Way Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Reelers Trail - Witton Weavers Way Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Tacklers Trail - Witton Weavers Way Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Full walk - Witton Weavers Way Walking route ▾
Beamers Trail - Witton Weavers Way Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 12 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Weavers Wheel Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref WW Local cycle route
Show on map Weavers Wheel - Spoke 3 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 3 Local cycle route
Show on map Route 6 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 6 National Cycle Network
Show on map Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 91 Regional cycle route
Show on map Weavers Wheel - Spoke 1 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 1 Local cycle route
Show on map Weavers Wheel - Spoke 2 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 2 Local cycle route
Show on map Photos Footpath beside the Upper Roddlesworth Reservoir
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Wildlife to spot
9,688 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 9,688 records · National Biodiversity Network Wren · Mallard · Robin · Red Grouse (scotica) · Nuthatch +28
Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Red Grouse (scotica) Lagopus scotica2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Canada Goose Branta canadensis Coal Tit Periparus ater Jay Garrulus glandarius Great Tit Parus major2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Barn Owl Tyto alba2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 🦌 Mammals 5 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Mole · Roe Deer · Fallow Deer · Badger · Grey Squirrel
Mole Talpa europaea Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Fallow Deer Dama dama Badger Meles meles Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 Blackfoot Polypore · Variable Oysterling · Waxy Crust · Blushing Bracket · Grey Coral +59
Blackfoot Polypore Polyporus leptocephalus Variable Oysterling Crepidotus variabilis Waxy Crust Vuilleminia comedens Blushing Bracket Daedaleopsis confragosa Grey Coral Clavulina cinerea Common Jelly Spot Dacrymyces stillatus Iodine Bonnet Cranberry · Cross-leaved Heath · American Skunk-cabbage · Crowberry · Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage +2
Cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos Cross-leaved Heath Erica tetralix American Skunk-cabbage Lysichiton americanus Crowberry Empetrum nigrum subsp. nigrum Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium Hazel Corylus avellana Prickly Heath Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 9,688 records · National Biodiversity Network Wren · Mallard · Robin · Red Grouse (scotica) · Nuthatch +28
Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Red Grouse (scotica) Lagopus scotica2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Canada Goose Branta canadensis Coal Tit Periparus ater Jay Garrulus glandarius Great Tit Parus major2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Barn Owl Tyto alba2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 🦌 Mammals 5 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Mole · Roe Deer · Fallow Deer · Badger · Grey Squirrel
Mole Talpa europaea Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Fallow Deer Dama dama Badger Meles meles Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 Blackfoot Polypore · Variable Oysterling · Waxy Crust · Blushing Bracket · Grey Coral +59
Blackfoot Polypore Polyporus leptocephalus Variable Oysterling Crepidotus variabilis Waxy Crust Vuilleminia comedens Blushing Bracket Daedaleopsis confragosa Grey Coral Clavulina cinerea Common Jelly Spot Dacrymyces stillatus Iodine Bonnet Cranberry · Cross-leaved Heath · American Skunk-cabbage · Crowberry · Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage +2
Cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos Cross-leaved Heath Erica tetralix American Skunk-cabbage Lysichiton americanus Crowberry Empetrum nigrum subsp. nigrum Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium Hazel Corylus avellana Prickly Heath Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Mycena filopes
Mycena filopes
Hairy Curtain Crust Stereum hirsutum
Hairy Curtain Crust Stereum hirsutum
Phragmocephala atra Phragmocephala atra
Phragmocephala atra Phragmocephala atra
Oak Crust Peniophora quercina
Oak Crust Peniophora quercina
Razor Strop Fungus Fomitopsis betulina
Razor Strop Fungus Fomitopsis betulina
Crystal Brain Exidia nucleata
Crystal Brain Exidia nucleata
Ganoderma adspersum Ganoderma adspersum
Ganoderma adspersum Ganoderma adspersum
Birch Besom Taphrina betulina
Birch Besom Taphrina betulina
Netted Crust Byssomerulius corium
Netted Crust Byssomerulius corium
Bleeding Oak Crust Stereum gausapatum
Bleeding Oak Crust Stereum gausapatum
Sycamore Tarspot Rhytisma acerinum
Sycamore Tarspot Rhytisma acerinum
Rush Disco Lachnum apalum
Rush Disco Lachnum apalum
Snowy Disco Lachnum virgineum
Snowy Disco Lachnum virgineum
Leptosphaeria doliolum Leptosphaeria doliolum
Leptosphaeria doliolum Leptosphaeria doliolum
Wrinkled Club Clavulina rugosa
Wrinkled Club Clavulina rugosa
Smoky Bracket Bjerkandera adusta
Smoky Bracket Bjerkandera adusta
Warlock's Butter Exidia plana
Warlock's Butter Exidia plana
Bark Bonnet Phloeomana speirea
Bark Bonnet Phloeomana speirea
King Alfred's Cakes Daldinia concentrica
King Alfred's Cakes Daldinia concentrica
Rancid Bonnet Mycena olida
Rancid Bonnet Mycena olida
Root Rot Heterobasidion annosum
Root Rot Heterobasidion annosum
Crimped Gill Plicatura crispa
Crimped Gill Plicatura crispa
Bracken Map Rhopographus filicinus
Bracken Map Rhopographus filicinus
Candlesnuff Fungus Xylaria hypoxylon
Candlesnuff Fungus Xylaria hypoxylon
Peniophora limitata Peniophora limitata
Peniophora limitata Peniophora limitata
Dead Moll's Fingers Xylaria longipes
Dead Moll's Fingers Xylaria longipes
White Brain Exidia thuretiana
White Brain Exidia thuretiana
Peeling Oysterling Crepidotus mollis
Peeling Oysterling Crepidotus mollis
Common Mazegill Datronia mollis
Common Mazegill Datronia mollis
Wrinkled Crust Phlebia radiata
Wrinkled Crust Phlebia radiata
Frosty Bonnet Mycena tenerrima
Frosty Bonnet Mycena tenerrima
Brittle Cinder Kretzschmaria deusta
Brittle Cinder Kretzschmaria deusta
Common Inkcap Coprinopsis atramentaria
Common Inkcap Coprinopsis atramentaria
Phaeotremella frondosa Phaeotremella frondosa
Phaeotremella frondosa Phaeotremella frondosa
Lumpy Bracket Trametes gibbosa
Lumpy Bracket Trametes gibbosa
Hypoxylon petriniae Hypoxylon petriniae
Hypoxylon petriniae Hypoxylon petriniae
Silver Leaf Disease Chondrostereum purpureum
Silver Leaf Disease Chondrostereum purpureum
Coesyn Melfed Flammulina velutipes
Coesyn Melfed Flammulina velutipes
Olive Oysterling Sarcomyxa serotina
Olive Oysterling Sarcomyxa serotina
Ascocoryne cylichnium Ascocoryne cylichnium
Ascocoryne cylichnium Ascocoryne cylichnium
Turkeytail Trametes versicolor
Turkeytail Trametes versicolor
Alder Bracket Mensularia radiata
Alder Bracket Mensularia radiata
Beech Woodwart Hypoxylon fragiforme
Beech Woodwart Hypoxylon fragiforme
Witch's Butter Exidia glandulosa
Witch's Butter Exidia glandulosa
Bleeding Broadleaf Crust Stereum rugosum
Bleeding Broadleaf Crust Stereum rugosum
Rusty Crust Skeletocutis amorpha
Rusty Crust Skeletocutis amorpha
Glistening Inkcap Coprinellus micaceus
Glistening Inkcap Coprinellus micaceus
Beechmast Candlesnuff Xylaria carpophila
Beechmast Candlesnuff Xylaria carpophila
Blackening Brittlegill Russula nigricans
Blackening Brittlegill Russula nigricans
Small Stagshorn Calocera cornea
Small Stagshorn Calocera cornea
Jelly Ear Auricularia auricula-judae
Jelly Ear Auricularia auricula-judae
Hairy Leg Bell Galerina vittiformis
Hairy Leg Bell Galerina vittiformis
Butter Cap Rhodocollybia butyracea
Butter Cap Rhodocollybia butyracea
Porcelain Fungus Mucidula mucida
Porcelain Fungus Mucidula mucida
Bonet Odro Mycena galopus
Bonet Odro Mycena galopus
Torth Felen Hypholoma fasciculare
Torth Felen Hypholoma fasciculare
Common Rustgill Gymnopilus penetrans
Common Rustgill Gymnopilus penetrans
Oak Pin Cudoniella acicularis
Oak Pin Cudoniella acicularis Gaultheria mucronata2025
Gaultheria mucronata2025
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