Redisher Wood LNR Nature Reserve in Greater Manchester

Redisher Wood LNR is a nature reserve in Greater Manchester that is managed by Bury Metropolitan Borough Council.

An old mill lodge formed by a dam on the Holcombe Brook in Redisher wood.

An area of ancient and semi-natural woodland below Harcles Hill.

A series of small waterfalls on a tributary of Holcombe Brook.

A woodland nature reserve and hiking area along the Holcombe Brook.

Redisher Wood LNR by munki-boy

Birds found in Redisher Wood LNR

There have been 50 species of birds recorded in the Redisher Wood LNR area.

Bar-Headed Goose (Anser indicus)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Chiloe Wigeon (Anas sibilatrix)
Common Swift (Apus apus)
French Partridge (Alectoris rufa)
Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Great White Egret (Ardea alba)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Knot (Calidris canutus)
Little Owl (Athene noctua)
Long-Eared Owl (Asio otus)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Pale-Bellied Brent Goose (Branta bernicla subsp. hrota)
Pintail (Anas acuta)
Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Ruff (Calidris pugnax)
Scaup (Aythya marila)
Short-Eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret)
Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)
Long-Tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
Mandarin (Aix galericulata)
Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata)
Pink-Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Pochard (Aythya ferina)
Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
Yellow-billed Pintail (Anas georgica)

Mammals found in Redisher Wood LNR

There have been 23 species of mammals recorded in the Redisher Wood LNR area.

45 Khz Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus)
American Mink (Neovison vison)
Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus)
Common Shrew (Sorex araneus)
Domestic Cat (Felis catus)
Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)
Mole (Talpa europaea)
Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus)
Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)
Stoat (Mustela erminea)
Weasel (Mustela nivalis)
55 Khz Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pygmaeus)
Badger (Meles meles)
Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus)
Daubenton's Bat (Myotis daubentonii)
Field Mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus)
Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
House Mouse (Mus musculus)
Noctule (Nyctalus noctula)
Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus)
Water Vole (Arvicola amphibius)