Littlewood - Woodland
0 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
53.45532, -2.69285
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Sankey Canal TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef SCTLocal cycle route
Photos
Blackbrook joins St Helens Canal
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Wildlife to spot
35,654 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
35,654 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
springautumn
2026▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Canada Goose · Carrion Crow +44
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- White StorkCiconia ciconia2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Daubenton's Bat · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects7 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Red Soldier Beetle · Four-spotted Chaser · Orange Ladybird · Broad-bodied Chaser · Azure Damselfly +2
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
🌿Plants47 species
springsummer
2026▾
Bugle · Hemp-agrimony · Enchanter's-nightshade · Bluebell · Wood Speedwell +42
- BugleAjuga reptans2025
- Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2025
- Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025
- Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
35,654 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
springautumn
2026▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Canada Goose · Carrion Crow +44
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- White StorkCiconia ciconia2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Daubenton's Bat · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects7 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Red Soldier Beetle · Four-spotted Chaser · Orange Ladybird · Broad-bodied Chaser · Azure Damselfly +2
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
🌿Plants47 species
springsummer
2026▾
Bugle · Hemp-agrimony · Enchanter's-nightshade · Bluebell · Wood Speedwell +42
- BugleAjuga reptans2025
- Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2025
- Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025
- Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Heather
Heather
Calluna vulgaris
Calluna vulgaris
Prunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaHazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaBroomCytisus scoparius2025BroomCytisus scoparius2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025Common ReedPhragmites australis2025Common ReedPhragmites australis2025AlderAlnus glutinosa2025AlderAlnus glutinosa2025ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025Bladder CampionSilene vulgaris2025Bladder CampionSilene vulgaris2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2025KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2025Stag's-horn SumachRhus typhina2025Stag's-horn SumachRhus typhina2025SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025Rosa caninaRosa canina2025Rosa caninaRosa canina2025Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2025Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2025Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025Lesser BurdockArctium minus2025Lesser BurdockArctium minus2025FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025Pot MarigoldCalendula officinalis2025Pot MarigoldCalendula officinalis2025Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa2025Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa2025Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2025Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2025Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2025Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2025ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris2025ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris2025Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025ElderSambucus nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2025Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2025False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae2025False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2025Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2025Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2025Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2025Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia2025Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia2025Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2025Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2025Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2025Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2025Events & activities nearby
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