Barhill Wood
✦ Ancient woodland6 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Free entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
52.99282, -2.35328
Open directionsv
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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Hobby, Woodpigeon, Peregrine +66 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Hobby, Woodpigeon, Peregrine +66 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Creeping Buttercup, Cock's-foot, Creeping Thistle +65 more · last seen 2026
Free
Plants — Common Nettle, Bramble, Dandelion +10 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Painted Lady, Peacock, Green Shieldbug +29 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Painted Lady, Peacock, Green Shieldbug +29 more · last seen 2025
Free
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Newcastle WayWalking route40 km▾
Market Drayton to Mow Cop
Named routeLength 40 kmRegional walking route
South Cheshire WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 51kmRegional walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Silverdale GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 551National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route930 m▾
Named routeRef 551Length 930 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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Wildlife to spot
9,438 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,438 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHobby · Blackbird · Jackdaw · Magpie · Woodpigeon +40
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Great TitParus major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RavenCorvus corax
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
🦌Mammals6 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Fallow Deer · Badger +1
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- BadgerMeles meles
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Mesembrina meridiana · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Green Dock Beetle · Scathophaga stercoraria · Dock Bug +3
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Marmalade Hoverfly
Dog's Mercury · Butterbur · Dandelion · Black Medick · Slender Speedwell +7
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- ButterburPetasites hybridus2025
- DandelionTaraxacum2025
- Black MedickMedicago lupulina2025
- Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis2025
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,438 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHobby · Blackbird · Jackdaw · Magpie · Woodpigeon +40
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Great TitParus major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RavenCorvus corax
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
🦌Mammals6 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Fallow Deer · Badger +1
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- BadgerMeles meles
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Mesembrina meridiana · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Green Dock Beetle · Scathophaga stercoraria · Dock Bug +3
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Marmalade Hoverfly
Dog's Mercury · Butterbur · Dandelion · Black Medick · Slender Speedwell +7
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- ButterburPetasites hybridus2025
- DandelionTaraxacum2025
- Black MedickMedicago lupulina2025
- Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis2025
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Episyrphus balteatus
Episyrphus balteatus
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
2025
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025DaisyBellis perennis2025DaisyBellis perennis2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana2025Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana2025Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2025Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2025Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2025Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2025Events & activities nearby
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