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🦉 Wildlife🍂 Seasonal🦅 Birds
Dogs welcome
Places › England › North West › Trafford Getting here
53.46357, -2.28902
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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 🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking🚻 Toilets
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Sea-buckthorn, Butterfly-bush, Ribwort Plantain +99 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Sea-buckthorn, Butterfly-bush, Ribwort Plantain +99 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Rock Dove, Woodpigeon, Lesser Black-backed Gull +44 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Rock Dove, Woodpigeon, Lesser Black-backed Gull +44 more · last seen 2026
Free
Plants — Common Nettle, Red Dead-nettle, Common Chickweed +10 more foraging species
Varies
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Green Shieldbug, Common Carder Bee, Hawthorn Shieldbug +33 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Green Shieldbug, Common Carder Bee, Hawthorn Shieldbug +33 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 12 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cheshire Ring Canal Walk Walking route ▾
Medlock Valley Way Walking route ▾
Irwell Sculpture Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Irwell Sculpture Trail (spur) Walking route ▾
Trans-Pennine Trail (Warrington to Ashton-upon-Mersey) Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 329 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Irwell River Park Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Ashton Canal Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Irlam & Cadishead Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref ICC Local cycle route
Show on map Stretford Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Chorlton Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Trans Pennine Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 62 National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
25,161 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 25,161 records · National Biodiversity Network Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Rock Dove · Herring Gull +30
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Magpie Pica pica Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Blackbird Turdus merula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Tit Parus major House Sparrow Passer domesticus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 carbo cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo carbo2025 Larus argentatus argentatus Larus argentatus argentatus2025 Southern Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Red Fox
🌿 Plants 9 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Bee Orchid · Fritillary · Shepherd's-purse · Red Dead-nettle · Common Chickweed +4
Bee Orchid Ophrys apifera Fritillary Fritillaria meleagris Shepherd's-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum Common Chickweed Stellaria media Sticky Groundsel Senecio viscosus2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 25,161 records · National Biodiversity Network Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Rock Dove · Herring Gull +30
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Magpie Pica pica Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Blackbird Turdus merula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Tit Parus major House Sparrow Passer domesticus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 carbo cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo carbo2025 Larus argentatus argentatus Larus argentatus argentatus2025 Southern Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Red Fox
🌿 Plants 9 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Bee Orchid · Fritillary · Shepherd's-purse · Red Dead-nettle · Common Chickweed +4
Bee Orchid Ophrys apifera Fritillary Fritillaria meleagris Shepherd's-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum Common Chickweed Stellaria media Sticky Groundsel Senecio viscosus2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wood Avens Geum urbanum2025
Wood Avens Geum urbanum2025
Ivy-leaved Toadflax Cymbalaria muralis2025
Ivy-leaved Toadflax Cymbalaria muralis2025
Narrow-leaved Ragwort Senecio inaequidens2025
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