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==Natural history== [[File:Etherow Hollingworth 123047 d5a5762d.jpg|thumb|left|upright|The river in [[Hollingworth]]]] The upper reaches of the River Etherow pass through [[peat]] [[moorland]], inhabited by [[red fox]]es, [[vole]]s and an introduced population of [[mountain hare]]. [[Red grouse]], [[ring ouzel]], [[northern wheatear|wheatear]] and [[European golden plover|golden plover]] may be seen. [[Common kestrel|Kestrels]], [[merlin (bird)|merlin]]s and [[short-eared owl]]s nest here. The reservoirs attract [[mallard]]s, and also [[common teal|teal]], [[common pochard|pochard]], [[common sandpiper]]s, [[black-headed gull]]s and [[Canada geese]]. The woodlands are home to [[common redstart|redstart]], [[great spotted woodpecker]], and [[spotted flycatcher]].<ref name=SAFS21>{{Citation| last = Peak District National Park| title = Peak District National Park: Study Area Fact sheets 21| url = http://www.peakdistrict-nationalpark.info/studyArea/factsheets/21.html| access-date = 28 November 2008| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080918074301/http://www.peakdistrict-nationalpark.info/studyArea/factsheets/21.html| archive-date = 18 September 2008}}</ref> [[Water rail]] have been recorded at Etherow Country Park.<ref name=CNR/>
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