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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
🛝Playground 204m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground 204m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Mallard, Magpie +57 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Mallard, Magpie +57 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Small Red-eyed Damselfly, Four-spotted Chaser, Emperor Dragonfly +69 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Small Red-eyed Damselfly, Four-spotted Chaser, Emperor Dragonfly +69 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage, Hogweed, Hawthorn +154 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage, Hogweed, Hawthorn +154 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Hogweed, Hawthorn, Wood-sorrel +17 more foraging species

Varies

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Rainford Linear ParkWalking route

Named routeLocal cycle route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Sankey Canal TrailCycling route

Named routeRef SCTLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

35,090 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

35,090 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds40 species

spring

2026

Blackbird · Herring Gull · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Great Crested Grebe +35

BlackbirdTurdus merula
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
CootFulica atra2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great TitParus major
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2025

🦌

Mammals8 species

summer

2026

Daubenton's Bat · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Rabbit +3

Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2025
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
NoctuleNyctalus noctula
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2025
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
MoleTalpa europaea2025

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2025

Red-eared Terrapin

Red-eared TerrapinTrachemys scripta subsp. elegans

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2026

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects10 species

springsummer

2026

Paranchus albipes · Green Shieldbug · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Orange Ladybird · Broad-bodied Chaser +5

Paranchus albipesParanchus albipes
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2025
XylotaXylota2025
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025

🌿

Plants51 species

spring

2026

Hart's-Tongue · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Himalayan Balsam · Yellow Iris · Marsh-marigold +46

Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2025
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2025
HornbeamCarpinus betulus2025
Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris2025
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2025
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2025
Prunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasifera
HazelCorylus avellana
Shaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiata2025
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2025
CleaversGalium aparine2025
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025
BeechFagus sylvatica2025
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2025
Bladder CampionSilene vulgaris2025
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025
Pot MarigoldCalendula officinalis2025
Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2025
Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2025
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025
ElderSambucus nigra2025
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025
Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2025
False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae2025
Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
WoodruffGalium odoratum2025
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025
Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2025
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025
Red CampionSilene dioica2025
IvyHedera helix2025
Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
RamsonsAllium ursinum2025
Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

35,090 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds40 species

spring

2026

Blackbird · Herring Gull · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Great Crested Grebe +35

BlackbirdTurdus merula
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
CootFulica atra2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great TitParus major
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2025

🦌

Mammals8 species

summer

2026

Daubenton's Bat · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Rabbit +3

Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2025
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
NoctuleNyctalus noctula
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2025
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
MoleTalpa europaea2025

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2025

Red-eared Terrapin

Red-eared TerrapinTrachemys scripta subsp. elegans

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2026

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects10 species

springsummer

2026

Paranchus albipes · Green Shieldbug · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Orange Ladybird · Broad-bodied Chaser +5

Paranchus albipesParanchus albipes
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2025
XylotaXylota2025
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025

🌿

Plants51 species

spring

2026

Hart's-Tongue · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Himalayan Balsam · Yellow Iris · Marsh-marigold +46

Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2025
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2025
HornbeamCarpinus betulus2025
Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris2025
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2025
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2025
Prunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasifera
HazelCorylus avellana
Shaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiata2025
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2025
CleaversGalium aparine2025
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025
BeechFagus sylvatica2025
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2025
Bladder CampionSilene vulgaris2025
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025
Pot MarigoldCalendula officinalis2025
Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2025
Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2025
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025
ElderSambucus nigra2025
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025
Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2025
False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae2025
Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
WoodruffGalium odoratum2025
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025
Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2025
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025
Red CampionSilene dioica2025
IvyHedera helix2025
Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
RamsonsAllium ursinum2025
Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Colin Pyle · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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