🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
53.60976, -2.74847
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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 — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Blackbird +68 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Blackbird +68 more · last seen 2026
Free
Plants — Hogweed, Hawthorn, Ground-elder +12 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Peacock, 7-spot Ladybird, Red Admiral +119 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Peacock, 7-spot Ladybird, Red Admiral +119 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Holly, Gorse, Hogweed +111 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Holly, Gorse, Hogweed +111 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 public paths nearby
Public paths
Harrock Lanepublic footpath · 550 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 550 mSurface asphaltPath type: track
21 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pier to Pier cycle routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef 562National Cycle Network
Standish Mineral LineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route74 m▾
Named routeRef 562Length 74 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route13 m▾
Named routeRef 562Length 13 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface bareearth
Main RouteCycling route317 m▾
Named routeRef 562Length 317 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface bareearth
2 public paths nearby
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Wildlife to spot
4,137 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,137 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Carrion Crow +37
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2024▾
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Stoat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2023
- StoatMustela erminea2023
🐝Insects10 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Marmalade Hoverfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Endomychus coccineus · Slender Ground-hopper · Ferdinandea cuprea +5
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Endomychus coccineusEndomychus coccineus2024
- Slender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata2024
- Ferdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cuprea
Italian Lords-and-Ladies · Turkish Sage · Broom · Arrowhead
- Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum
- Turkish SagePhlomis russeliana2024
- BroomCytisus scoparius2024
- ArrowheadSagittaria sagittifolia2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,137 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Carrion Crow +37
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2024▾
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Stoat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2023
- StoatMustela erminea2023
🐝Insects10 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Marmalade Hoverfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Endomychus coccineus · Slender Ground-hopper · Ferdinandea cuprea +5
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Endomychus coccineusEndomychus coccineus2024
- Slender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata2024
- Ferdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cuprea
Italian Lords-and-Ladies · Turkish Sage · Broom · Arrowhead
- Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum
- Turkish SagePhlomis russeliana2024
- BroomCytisus scoparius2024
- ArrowheadSagittaria sagittifolia2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2024Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2024Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024Black DarterSympetrum danae2024Black DarterSympetrum danae2024Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae2024Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae2024Events & activities nearby
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