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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
☕Dobbies Garden Centre — a good base for a longer summer day out

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
☕Dobbies Garden Centre — a good base for a longer summer day out

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

CaféParking

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Magpie +73 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Magpie +73 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Common Nettle, Hogweed, Blackthorn +19 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Great Willowherb, Himalayan Balsam, Common Nettle +182 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Great Willowherb, Himalayan Balsam, Common Nettle +182 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Common Red Soldier Beetle, 7-spot Ladybird, Red-tailed Bumblebee +46 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Red Soldier Beetle, 7-spot Ladybird, Red-tailed Bumblebee +46 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Trans-Pennine Trail (Southport to Liverpool)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Cleveleys to LiverpoolWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

70 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Pier to Pier cycle routeCycling route

Named routeRef 562National Cycle Network

Route 810Cycling route

Named routeRef 810National Cycle Network

Trans Pennine TrailCycling route

Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network

Route 62Cycling route

Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network

ShrimpCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route

Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

28,953 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

28,953 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

winter

2026

Magpie · Peregrine · Herring Gull · Woodpigeon · Starling +53

MagpiePica pica2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Great TitParus major
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
CootFulica atra2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
TealAnas crecca2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
SmewMergellus albellus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
TwiteLinaria flavirostris2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025

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Insects1 species

autumn

2025

Chilenocaecilius ornatipennis

Chilenocaecilius ornatipennisChilenocaecilius ornatipennis

🌿

Plants24 species

autumnwinter

2026

Wall Lettuce · Wall-rue · Pellitory-of-the-wall · Herb-Robert · Maidenhair Spleenwort +19

Wall LettuceMycelis muralis
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2025
Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

28,953 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

winter

2026

Magpie · Peregrine · Herring Gull · Woodpigeon · Starling +53

MagpiePica pica2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Great TitParus major
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
CootFulica atra2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
TealAnas crecca2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
SmewMergellus albellus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
TwiteLinaria flavirostris2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025

🐝

Insects1 species

autumn

2025

Chilenocaecilius ornatipennis

Chilenocaecilius ornatipennisChilenocaecilius ornatipennis

🌿

Plants24 species

autumnwinter

2026

Wall Lettuce · Wall-rue · Pellitory-of-the-wall · Herb-Robert · Maidenhair Spleenwort +19

Wall LettuceMycelis muralis
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2025
Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Norman Caesar · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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