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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome36 ha
Getting here
52.95214, -2.67541
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Coot
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🐾Farm Shop on site — a good way to combine wildlife and an animal visit in the same trip
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Coot
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🐾Farm Shop on site — a good way to combine wildlife and an animal visit in the same trip
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mallard, Coot, Woodpigeon +67 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Mallard, Coot, Woodpigeon +67 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 2-spot Ladybird, Pine Ladybird, 22-spot Ladybird +47 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — New Zealand Pigmyweed, Soft-rush, Creeping Bent +60 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cheshire CircuitWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Shropshire Way - Wem to WhitchurchWalking route25 km▾
Named routeRef ShW12aLength 25 kmRegional walking route
Mosses Trail YellowWalking route2.8 km▾
Named routeLength 2.8 kmLocal walking route
Maelor WayWalking route39 km▾
Named routeLength 39 kmRegional walking route
South Cheshire WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 51kmRegional walking route
29 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mercian WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 45National Cycle Network
Hamlets and HedgerowsCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Byway (Shropshire)Cycling route▾
National Byway route in Shropshire
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Route 455Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 455National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route370 m▾
Named routeRef 45Length 370 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route3.5 km▾
Named routeRef 45Length 3.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
6 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
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Admission building at Alderford Lake
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Wildlife to spot
13,255 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,255 records · National Biodiversity NetworkJay · Woodpigeon · Coot · Long-tailed Tit · Great Spotted Woodpecker +20
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CootFulica atra
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GadwallMareca strepera
- TealAnas crecca
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Rabbit
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Dorhn’s Alder Mining Sawfly
- Dorhn’s Alder Mining SawflyFenusa dohrnii
Downy Birch · Ground-ivy · Rosebay Willowherb · Lesser Burdock · Creeping Buttercup +126
- Downy BirchBetula pubescens
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
- Lesser BurdockArctium minus
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- BroomCytisus scoparius
- Wild CherryPrunus avium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,255 records · National Biodiversity NetworkJay · Woodpigeon · Coot · Long-tailed Tit · Great Spotted Woodpecker +20
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CootFulica atra
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GadwallMareca strepera
- TealAnas crecca
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Rabbit
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Dorhn’s Alder Mining Sawfly
- Dorhn’s Alder Mining SawflyFenusa dohrnii
Downy Birch · Ground-ivy · Rosebay Willowherb · Lesser Burdock · Creeping Buttercup +126
- Downy BirchBetula pubescens
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
- Lesser BurdockArctium minus
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- BroomCytisus scoparius
- Wild CherryPrunus avium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas