Ogden Halifax |
Ogden Water Country Park
Ogden Halifax |
Ogden Water Country Park
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Contact details
- Ogden Lane, Keighley Road, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX2 8XZ
- 01422 249136
- https://www.calderdale.gov.uk/v2/residents/leisure-and-culture/parks-and-open-spaces/nature-reserves/ogden-water
Information on Ogden Water Country Park
Attraction type:
Interests
- Disabled Access
- Family
- Pet friendly
- Walking Friendly
- Wildlife & Nature
Ogden Water offers excellent opportunities to escape from the stresses and strains of everyday life. A large reservoir surrounded by mixed coniferous and broadleaf woodlands, Ogden Water is a popular destination for picnics, walking, family outings and nature activities.
With numerous formal and informal paths, Ogden Water offers the ideal place to explore woodlands, grasslands, streams and ponds.
Enjoy a picnic at the picnic tables whilst taking in the stunning views.
The surrounding woodlands teem with songbirds in April and May. These include robins, chaffinches, great tits, goldfinches, goldcrests, green and great spotted woodpeckers, jays and bullfinches.
Summer brings swallows, house martins and swifts that perform dazzling aerobatics over the reservoir surface as they chase after food. Summer also brings a plethora of insects, from bumblebees to butterflies, moths to (unfortunately) midges. The early evening air is also filled with hungry bats.
During autumn, crossbills are often seen on the edge of the estate where the woodlands and moorlands meet. Also, the night air is disturbed by the hoots and calls of tawny owls.
Winter brings large numbers of thrushes, redwings and fieldfares to the surrounding fields.
On the open moorland, curlew and red grouse can often be seen. There are also sightings of twites, wheatears and merlins. Long and short-eared owls have been seen about the area too.
You can often get close to mammals with grey squirrels and rabbits fairly easy to see. However, early visitors may also see roe deer and foxes as they walk around the woodlands.
Dogs are welcome but must be cleaned up after and kept under close control or on a lead around the waterside path.
Cycling is not permitted on the site, but there are a number of bridleways passing close by.
There are hourly buses to Ogden Water from Halifax bus station.