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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome188 ha
Getting here
53.37516, -1.36089
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Goldfinch
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Goldfinch
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Goldfinch, Grey Heron +73 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Goldfinch, Grey Heron +73 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Blue-tailed Damselfly, Azure Damselfly, Common Darter +86 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Water Chickweed, Creeping Thistle, Pedunculate Oak +123 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 16 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Cuckoo WayWalking route▾
Five Weirs WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef Five
Sheffield CanalWalking route▾
Named routeRef Canal
Rowbotham's RoundWalking route▾
Sheffield Country WalkWalking route85 km▾
Named routeLength 85 kmRegional walking route
138 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Norfolk Park Cycling RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef Norfolk ParkLocal cycle route
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
Route 627Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 627National Cycle Network
10 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
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Orgreave Lakes from Orgreave Common
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Wildlife to spot
31,581 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
31,581 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Mallard · Grey Heron · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Long-tailed Tit +46
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- CootFulica atra2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
🦌Mammals5 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Squirrel · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Bat · Badger
- SquirrelSciurus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- BatChiroptera2025
- BadgerMeles meles2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Lissotriton
Migrant Hawker · Common Darter · Chironomus plumosus · Comma · Willow Emerald Damselfly +2
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Chironomus plumosusChironomus plumosus
- CommaPolygonia c-album2025
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
- Biscuit BeetleStegobium paniceum
Narrow-leaved Ragwort
- Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
31,581 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Mallard · Grey Heron · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Long-tailed Tit +46
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- CootFulica atra2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
🦌Mammals5 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Squirrel · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Bat · Badger
- SquirrelSciurus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- BatChiroptera2025
- BadgerMeles meles2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Lissotriton
Migrant Hawker · Common Darter · Chironomus plumosus · Comma · Willow Emerald Damselfly +2
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Chironomus plumosusChironomus plumosus
- CommaPolygonia c-album2025
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
- Biscuit BeetleStegobium paniceum
Narrow-leaved Ragwort
- Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2025GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2025