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🌳Ancient🦅Birds💜Bluebells
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome56 ha
Getting here
53.42900, -1.31843
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- 💜Bluebell walks is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 115m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- 💜Bluebell walks is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 115m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🌳Ancient woodland
Very strong match
Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Woodpigeon +58 more · last seen 2026; Ancient woodland — owls, woodpeckers, warblers
Free
💜Bluebell walks
Very strong match
Ancient woodland — native bluebell habitat
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Bee Orchid, Common Spotted-orchid +42 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Woodpigeon +58 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Sheffield Country WalkWalking route85 km▾
Named routeLength 85 kmRegional walking route
Old Salt RoadWalking route▾
46 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 674Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 674National Cycle Network
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Route 67Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
Sheffield Local Cycle NetworkCycling route▾
Sheffield Local Cycle Network
Named routeLocal cycle route
Rotherham Local Cycle NetworkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route283 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 283 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
Allotments off Herringthorpe Valley Road
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
21,205 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
21,205 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
winterspring
2026▾
Swift · House Martin · Robin · Long-tailed Tit · Nuthatch +28
- SwiftApus apus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
Hedgehog · Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Leisler's Bat
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Leisler's BatNyctalus leisleri
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Large Skipper · Ringlet · Small Tortoiseshell +27
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
- Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
- Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Pleated Inkcap · Yellow Fieldcap
- Pleated InkcapParasola plicatilis
- Yellow FieldcapBolbitius titubans
Bee Orchid · Devil's-bit Scabious · Pyramidal Orchid · Common Spotted-orchid · Japanese Knotweed +13
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
- Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2025
- Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis2025
- Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2025
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2023
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
21,205 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
winterspring
2026▾
Swift · House Martin · Robin · Long-tailed Tit · Nuthatch +28
- SwiftApus apus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
Hedgehog · Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Leisler's Bat
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Leisler's BatNyctalus leisleri
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Large Skipper · Ringlet · Small Tortoiseshell +27
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
- Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
- Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Pleated Inkcap · Yellow Fieldcap
- Pleated InkcapParasola plicatilis
- Yellow FieldcapBolbitius titubans
Bee Orchid · Devil's-bit Scabious · Pyramidal Orchid · Common Spotted-orchid · Japanese Knotweed +13
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
- Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2025
- Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis2025
- Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2025
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2023
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2025Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2025Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea2025Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea2025Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2025Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2025Toad RushJuncus bufonius2024Toad RushJuncus bufonius2024Rue-leaved SaxifrageSaxifraga tridactylites2024Rue-leaved SaxifrageSaxifraga tridactylites2024HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025Spotted-laurelAucuba japonica2025Spotted-laurelAucuba japonica2025Oregon-grapeMahonia aquifolium2025Oregon-grapeMahonia aquifolium2025Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2025Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2025Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2025Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2025Wall LettuceMycelis muralis2024Wall LettuceMycelis muralis2024Events & activities nearby
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