Blythe Bridge Recreation Ground
6 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
52.96631, -2.05495
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Goldfinch and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Goldfinch and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Goldfinch, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +70 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Mammals — Mole, Badger, Rabbit +16 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Peacock, Red Admiral, Small White +26 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Stone Circles ChallengeWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Photos
Forsbrook and Blythe Bridge Village Hall
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
5,606 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,606 records · National Biodiversity NetworkJackdaw · Raven · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow +34
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2023
Mole · Badger · Rabbit · Red Fox · Otter +2
- MoleTalpa europaea
- BadgerMeles meles
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- OtterLutra lutra2024
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus2024
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐝Insects4 species
springsummer
2025▾
Scaeva pyrastri · Batman Hoverfly · Common Cockchafer · Volucella pellucens
- Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024
- Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2024
- Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2023
Spear Thistle · Smooth Sow-thistle · Common Ragwort · Ribwort Plantain · Large-flowered Evening-primrose +38
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2023
- Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2023
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2023
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Large-flowered Evening-primroseOenothera glazioviana2025
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,606 records · National Biodiversity NetworkJackdaw · Raven · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow +34
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2023
Mole · Badger · Rabbit · Red Fox · Otter +2
- MoleTalpa europaea
- BadgerMeles meles
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- OtterLutra lutra2024
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus2024
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐝Insects4 species
springsummer
2025▾
Scaeva pyrastri · Batman Hoverfly · Common Cockchafer · Volucella pellucens
- Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024
- Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2024
- Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2023
Spear Thistle · Smooth Sow-thistle · Common Ragwort · Ribwort Plantain · Large-flowered Evening-primrose +38
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2023
- Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2023
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2023
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Large-flowered Evening-primroseOenothera glazioviana2025
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
2025
2025
Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2025Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2025DaisyBellis perennis2025DaisyBellis perennis2025LungwortPulmonaria officinalis2025LungwortPulmonaria officinalis2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2023SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2023Wood AvensGeum urbanum2023Wood AvensGeum urbanum2023Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2023Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2023Common NettleUrtica dioica2023Common NettleUrtica dioica2023Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2023Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2023Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2023Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2023CleaversGalium aparine2023CleaversGalium aparine2023Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2023Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2023Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2023Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2023Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2023Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2023Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2023Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2023White WillowSalix alba2023White WillowSalix alba2023Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2023Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2023Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2023Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2023False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2023False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2023Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna2023Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna2023SilverweedPotentilla anserina2023SilverweedPotentilla anserina2023Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2023Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2023Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2023Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2023Lesser BurdockArctium minus2023Lesser BurdockArctium minus2023Sticky GroundselSenecio viscosus2023Sticky GroundselSenecio viscosus2023Square-stalked WillowherbEpilobium tetragonum2023Square-stalked WillowherbEpilobium tetragonum2023Druce's Crane's-billGeranium endressii x versicolor = G. x oxonianum2023Druce's Crane's-billGeranium endressii x versicolor = G. x oxonianum2023Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2023Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2023Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2023Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2023Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2023Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2023BrambleRubus fruticosus2023BrambleRubus fruticosus2023Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2023Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2023MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2023MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2023Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2023Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2023Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2023Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2023AshFraxinus excelsior2023AshFraxinus excelsior2023Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris var. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris var. vulgaris2023Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris var. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris var. vulgaris2023Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023Events & activities nearby
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