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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
🛝Playground 140m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🛝Playground 140m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

3 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Moorhen, Woodpigeon, Mallard +53 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Moorhen, Woodpigeon, Mallard +53 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Hawthorn Shieldbug +11 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

9 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Two Saints WayWalking route148 km

Two Saints Way - Chester Cathedral to/from Lichfield Cathedral. In the late Middle Ages a steady stream of pilgrims walked this way – both housing shrines to two game-changing Mercian saints in the 7th century - St Werburgh and St Chad

Named routeRef TSWLength 148 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route

Baker WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Marches WayWalking route

Named route

Longster TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Longster Trail (alternative)Walking route

Named route

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Cycling

138 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Mercian WayCycling route

Named routeRef 45National Cycle Network

Burton Marsh GreenwayCycling route

Named routeRef 568National Cycle Network

Brown RouteCycling route

Named routeRef BrownLocal cycle route

Chester - Sealand RoadCycling route

Named routeRef TurquoiseLocal cycle route

Cycle ChesterCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route

Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

81,754 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

81,754 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds42 species

winter

2026

Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Robin · Mallard · Dunnock +37

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
TealAnas crecca
MagpiePica pica2025
Great TitParus major2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
BuzzardButeo buteo
RedwingTurdus iliacus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

spring

2026

Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Water Vole

Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Water VoleArvicola amphibius

🐝

Insects3 species

spring

2026

Dark-edged Bee-fly · Water Scorpion · Apion frumentarium

Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Water ScorpionNepa cinerea
Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

81,754 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds42 species

winter

2026

Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Robin · Mallard · Dunnock +37

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
TealAnas crecca
MagpiePica pica2025
Great TitParus major2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
BuzzardButeo buteo
RedwingTurdus iliacus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

spring

2026

Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Water Vole

Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Water VoleArvicola amphibius

🐝

Insects3 species

spring

2026

Dark-edged Bee-fly · Water Scorpion · Apion frumentarium

Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Water ScorpionNepa cinerea
Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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