🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
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Getting here
53.51837, -2.74029
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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
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Great Tit, Reed Bunting +65 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Great Tit, Reed Bunting +65 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Hawthorn, Broad Bean, Sycamore +65 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Hawthorn, Broad Bean, Sycamore +65 more · last seen 2025
Free
Plants — Hawthorn, Hazel, Common Nettle +7 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Western Honey Bee · last seen 2025; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Western Honey Bee · last seen 2025
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Rainford Linear ParkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pier to Pier cycle routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef 562National Cycle Network
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
Sankey Canal TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef SCTLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
21,785 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
21,785 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Robin · Blackbird · Great Tit · Chaffinch · Woodpigeon +45
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Western Honey Bee
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
Hawthorn · Broad Bean · Red Clover · Chicory · Gorse +14
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Broad BeanVicia faba
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense
- ChicoryCichorium intybus
- GorseUlex europaeus
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
21,785 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Robin · Blackbird · Great Tit · Chaffinch · Woodpigeon +45
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Western Honey Bee
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
Hawthorn · Broad Bean · Red Clover · Chicory · Gorse +14
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Broad BeanVicia faba
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense
- ChicoryCichorium intybus
- GorseUlex europaeus
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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