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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome35 ha
Getting here
53.53496, -2.65785
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 192m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 192m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Black-headed Gull +70 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Black-headed Gull +70 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Migrant Hawker, Common Blue Damselfly +42 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Hemp-agrimony, Broom, Butterfly-bush +65 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
GM Ringway Stage 15Walking route16.2 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 15 - Blackrod to Wigan
Named routeLength 16.2 kmRegional walking route
Wigan WayWalking route▾
GM Ringway Stage 16Walking route16.3 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 16 - Wigan to Leigh
Named routeLength 16.3 kmRegional walking route
17 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pier to Pier cycle routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef 562National Cycle Network
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
Route 55Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 55National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route28 m▾
Named routeRef 55Length 28 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface blocks
Main RouteCycling route45 m▾
Named routeRef 55Length 45 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface cobbles
Main RouteCycling route1 km▾
Named routeRef 55Length 1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
11,993 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
11,993 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Rock Dove +37
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Great TitParus major
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- BitternBotaurus stellaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Otter · Mole · Hedgehog · American Mink
- OtterLutra lutra
- MoleTalpa europaea
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- American MinkNeovison vison
Pond Terrapin
- Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Common Blue Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Western Honey Bee · Migrant Hawker · 2-spot Ladybird +9
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
- Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles
Hemp-agrimony · Oxford Ragwort · Creeping Thistle · Ash · Maidenhair Spleenwort +24
- Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2025
- Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
- AshFraxinus excelsior2025
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025
- IvyHedera helix
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,993 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Rock Dove +37
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Great TitParus major
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- BitternBotaurus stellaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Otter · Mole · Hedgehog · American Mink
- OtterLutra lutra
- MoleTalpa europaea
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- American MinkNeovison vison
Pond Terrapin
- Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Common Blue Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Western Honey Bee · Migrant Hawker · 2-spot Ladybird +9
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
- Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles
Hemp-agrimony · Oxford Ragwort · Creeping Thistle · Ash · Maidenhair Spleenwort +24
- Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2025
- Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
- AshFraxinus excelsior2025
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025
- IvyHedera helix
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025Common HawkerAeshna juncea2025Common HawkerAeshna juncea2025Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2025Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans2025Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Pachyrhinus lethierryiPachyrhinus lethierryi2025Pachyrhinus lethierryiPachyrhinus lethierryi2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Floating PennywortHydrocotyle ranunculoides2025Floating PennywortHydrocotyle ranunculoides2025ArrowheadSagittaria sagittifolia2025ArrowheadSagittaria sagittifolia2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2025Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025Greater PeriwinkleVinca major2025Greater PeriwinkleVinca major2025Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2025Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2025CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2025Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2025Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2025Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Chinese QuinceChaenomeles speciosa2025Chinese QuinceChaenomeles speciosa2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2025Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2025