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Big Wood

2 ha

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Starling
🌿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

🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Starling
🌿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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Starling, Blackbird +58 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Starling, Blackbird +58 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Red Dead-nettle, Common Nettle, Hawthorn +20 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Western Honey Bee, 7-spot Ladybird, 14-spot Ladybird +90 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Western Honey Bee, 7-spot Ladybird, 14-spot Ladybird +90 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Common Field-speedwell, Purple Toadflax, Shining Crane's-bill +207 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Common Field-speedwell, Purple Toadflax, Shining Crane's-bill +207 more · last seen 2025

Free

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby · 3 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Trans-Pennine Trail (Southport to Liverpool)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Outlet Lanepublic footpath · 1.1 km

Public pathpublic footpathLength 1.1 kmPath type: unclassified

🚴

Cycling

74 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Trans Pennine TrailCycling route

Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network

Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route

Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route

NCN 862Cycling route

Named routeRef 862National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route1.1 km

Named routeRef 862Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route10 m

Named routeRef 862Length 10 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface blocks

Main RouteCycling route386 m

Named routeRef 862Length 386 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

2,965 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,965 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds33 species

summerautumn

2026

House Martin · Woodpigeon · Herring Gull · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw +28

House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
TealAnas crecca
WigeonMareca penelope2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024

🦌

Mammals2 species

springwinter

2025

Bat · Mole

BatChiroptera
MoleTalpa europaea2024

🐝

Insects20 species

summer

2025

Cartodere bifasciata · Green Shieldbug · 14-spot Ladybird · Coccidula rufa · Notaris scirpi +15

Cartodere bifasciataCartodere bifasciata
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2024
Coccidula rufaCoccidula rufa
Notaris scirpiNotaris scirpi
Pachyrhinus lethierryiPachyrhinus lethierryi
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2024
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024
Pterostichus melanariusPterostichus melanarius2024
Chilenocaecilius ornatipennisChilenocaecilius ornatipennis2024
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus2024
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2024
Valenzuela flavidusValenzuela flavidus2024
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2024
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
Helophilus trivittatusHelophilus trivittatus2024
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024

🌿

Plants69 species

summerwinter

2025

Highclere Holly · Annual Meadow-grass · Yarrow · Purple Toadflax · Cleavers +64

Highclere HollyIlex aquifolium x perado = I. x altaclerensis2024
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024
YarrowAchillea millefolium2024
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2024
CleaversGalium aparine2024
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2024
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2024
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024
Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2024
Musk-mallowMalva moschata
Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna2024
OatAvena sativa2024
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2024
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus2024
Ivy-leaved DuckweedLemna trisulca2024
White Dead-nettleLamium album2024
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2024
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024
Oxalis corniculata var. atropurpureaOxalis corniculata var. atropurpurea2024
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2024
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2024
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2024
Common NettleUrtica dioica2024
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024
BeechFagus sylvatica2024
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2024
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2024
Common ChickweedStellaria media2024
Mexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianus2024
Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2024
Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum2024
Hedge BedstrawGalium album2024
CorianderCoriandrum sativum2024
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2024
Hybrid BirchBetula pendula x pubescens = B. x aurata2024
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2024
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2024
Sweet AlisonLobularia maritima2024
Small NettleUrtica urens2024
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2024
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2024
Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2024
Wall BarleyHordeum murinum2024
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024
Wild-oatAvena fatua2024
Narrow-leaved VetchVicia sativa subsp. nigra2024
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2024
Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2024
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2024
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2024
Black BentAgrostis gigantea2024
White CloverTrifolium repens2024
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2024
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2024
PotatoSolanum tuberosum2024
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2024
Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla2024
Marsh Yellow-cressRorippa palustris2024
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,965 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds33 species

summerautumn

2026

House Martin · Woodpigeon · Herring Gull · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw +28

House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
TealAnas crecca
WigeonMareca penelope2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024

🦌

Mammals2 species

springwinter

2025

Bat · Mole

BatChiroptera
MoleTalpa europaea2024

🐝

Insects20 species

summer

2025

Cartodere bifasciata · Green Shieldbug · 14-spot Ladybird · Coccidula rufa · Notaris scirpi +15

Cartodere bifasciataCartodere bifasciata
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2024
Coccidula rufaCoccidula rufa
Notaris scirpiNotaris scirpi
Pachyrhinus lethierryiPachyrhinus lethierryi
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2024
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024
Pterostichus melanariusPterostichus melanarius2024
Chilenocaecilius ornatipennisChilenocaecilius ornatipennis2024
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus2024
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2024
Valenzuela flavidusValenzuela flavidus2024
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2024
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
Helophilus trivittatusHelophilus trivittatus2024
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024

🌿

Plants69 species

summerwinter

2025

Highclere Holly · Annual Meadow-grass · Yarrow · Purple Toadflax · Cleavers +64

Highclere HollyIlex aquifolium x perado = I. x altaclerensis2024
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024
YarrowAchillea millefolium2024
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2024
CleaversGalium aparine2024
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2024
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2024
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024
Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2024
Musk-mallowMalva moschata
Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna2024
OatAvena sativa2024
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2024
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus2024
Ivy-leaved DuckweedLemna trisulca2024
White Dead-nettleLamium album2024
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2024
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024
Oxalis corniculata var. atropurpureaOxalis corniculata var. atropurpurea2024
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2024
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2024
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2024
Common NettleUrtica dioica2024
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024
BeechFagus sylvatica2024
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2024
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2024
Common ChickweedStellaria media2024
Mexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianus2024
Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2024
Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum2024
Hedge BedstrawGalium album2024
CorianderCoriandrum sativum2024
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2024
Hybrid BirchBetula pendula x pubescens = B. x aurata2024
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2024
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2024
Sweet AlisonLobularia maritima2024
Small NettleUrtica urens2024
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2024
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2024
Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2024
Wall BarleyHordeum murinum2024
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024
Wild-oatAvena fatua2024
Narrow-leaved VetchVicia sativa subsp. nigra2024
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2024
Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2024
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2024
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2024
Black BentAgrostis gigantea2024
White CloverTrifolium repens2024
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2024
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2024
PotatoSolanum tuberosum2024
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2024
Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla2024
Marsh Yellow-cressRorippa palustris2024
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

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Crop field towards Big Wood

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