Plan your visit
🦅Birds🧺Picnic🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome110 ha
Getting here
53.39386, -3.04215
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Caffe Cream — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Caffe Cream — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Herring Gull +61 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
café, toilets; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, toilets, café
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Herring Gull +61 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Green Shieldbug, Dock Bug +50 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wirral Circular TrailWalking route60 km▾
Named routeRef WCTLength 60 kmRegional walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Liverpool to Warrington)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Cleveleys to LiverpoolWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Birkenhead to Welsh BorderWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
135 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 56Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 56National Cycle Network
Route 56Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 56National Cycle Network
Clatterbridge Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 810Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 810National Cycle Network
Radial Route 3Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
Inner OrbitalCycling route▾
Named routeRef ILocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
9,863 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,863 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springautumn
2026▾
Rock Dove · Magpie · Herring Gull · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow +38
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Common TernSterna hirundo2025
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle · Feral Cat · Red Fox · Daubenton's Bat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Feral CatFelis catus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
🐝Insects8 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Dock Bug · Green Shieldbug · Hornet Hoverfly · Batman Hoverfly +3
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- Water MeasurerHydrometra stagnorum
🌿Plants3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Rubus wirralensis · Yew · Hogweed
- Rubus wirralensisRubus wirralensis
- YewTaxus baccata
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,863 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springautumn
2026▾
Rock Dove · Magpie · Herring Gull · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow +38
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Common TernSterna hirundo2025
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle · Feral Cat · Red Fox · Daubenton's Bat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Feral CatFelis catus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
🐝Insects8 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Dock Bug · Green Shieldbug · Hornet Hoverfly · Batman Hoverfly +3
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- Water MeasurerHydrometra stagnorum
🌿Plants3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Rubus wirralensis · Yew · Hogweed
- Rubus wirralensisRubus wirralensis
- YewTaxus baccata
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas