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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground on site — 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
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

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🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

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11 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, Carrion Crow, Mallard +86 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Mallard +86 more · last seen 2025

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Bittersweet, Common Fleabane, Mugwort +46 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Bittersweet, Common Fleabane, Mugwort +46 more · last seen 2025

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground; Playing field

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 14 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

King Charles III England Coast Path: Cleveleys to LiverpoolWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

Ribble WayWalking route114 km

The Ribble Way follows the valley of the River Ribble from the mouth to the source near to the Pennine Way National Trail on Gayle Moor.

Named routeLength 114 kmRegional walking route

Thornfieldpublic footpath · 181 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 181 mPath type: service

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Cycling

15 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Penwortham to LeylandCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route

Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route

Route 62Cycling route

Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route97 m

Named routeRef 62Length 97 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route2.3 km

Named routeRef 62Length 2.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route895 m

Named routeRef 62Length 895 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

7,141 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

7,141 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds91 species

winterspring

2025

Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Mallard · Blackbird · Chaffinch +86

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
BlackbirdTurdus merula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RobinErithacus rubecula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MagpiePica pica
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
LapwingVanellus vanellus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
BuzzardButeo buteo
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
JackdawColoeus monedula
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
DunnockPrunella modularis
TealAnas crecca
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
RookCorvus frugilegus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
SwallowHirundo rustica2023
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
GoosanderMergus merganser
House SparrowPasser domesticus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
RedshankTringa totanus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
NuthatchSitta europaea
RavenCorvus corax
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
SwiftApus apus2022
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2023
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
Common GullLarus canus
CurlewNumenius arquata
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2024
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2023
Little OwlAthene noctua2023
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2023
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2022
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2022
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
Black SwanCygnus atratus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Greylag GooseAnser anser
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2022
House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
Common TernSterna hirundo2021
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2021
CootFulica atra2021

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Mammals11 species

winterspringsummer

2026

Brown Hare · Fallow Deer · Mole · Badger · Grey Squirrel +6

Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
Fallow DeerDama dama
MoleTalpa europaea2025
BadgerMeles meles2025
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2023
WeaselMustela nivalis2022
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
NoctuleNyctalus noctula2021
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2021

🐸

Amphibians2 species

summerwinter

2024

Great Crested Newt · Common Toad

Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Common ToadBufo bufo

🐟

Fish1 species

autumn

2025

European Eel

European EelAnguilla anguilla

🐝

Insects42 species

spring

2025

7-spot Ladybird · Alder Leaf Beetle · Common Carder Bee · Physocephala rufipes · Vine Weevil +37

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2024
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
Physocephala rufipesPhysocephala rufipes
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2024
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024
Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus2024
Common WaspVespula vulgaris2024
Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2023
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2023
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2022
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Poecilus cupreusPoecilus cupreus2024
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2024
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2024
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2024
Agriotes acuminatusAgriotes acuminatus2024
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2024
Suillia atricornisSuillia atricornis2023
Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus2023
Pterostichus melanariusPterostichus melanarius2023
Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus2023
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2023
Meadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrata2023
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2023
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2022
Tachina feraTachina fera2022
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2022
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2022
Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2022
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2022
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021
Pill BeetleByrrhus pilula2021
Oulema obscuraOulema obscura2021
Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2021
PondskaterGerris2021
Agriotes obscurusAgriotes obscurus2021

🌿

Plants49 species

summer

2025

Bittersweet · Common Fleabane · Common Field-speedwell · Shaggy Soldier · Mugwort +44

BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Shaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiata
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2024
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2022
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2022
Floating PennywortHydrocotyle ranunculoides2022
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2022
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum
RedshankPersicaria maculosa
Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris
Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum
Biting StonecropSedum acre2024
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024
RamsonsAllium ursinum2024
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2024
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2023
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2023
Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2023
Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum2023
Coastal RedwoodSequoia sempervirens2023
Common ReedPhragmites australis2022
Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2022
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2022
Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica2022
White CloverTrifolium repens2022
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2022
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2022
Greater PlantainPlantago major2022
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2022
Water-plantainAlisma plantago-aquatica2022
Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2022
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2022
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2022
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2022
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2022
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2022
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2021
Three-nerved SandwortMoehringia trinervia2021

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

7,141 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds91 species

winterspring

2025

Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Mallard · Blackbird · Chaffinch +86

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
BlackbirdTurdus merula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RobinErithacus rubecula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MagpiePica pica
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
LapwingVanellus vanellus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
BuzzardButeo buteo
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
JackdawColoeus monedula
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
DunnockPrunella modularis
TealAnas crecca
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
RookCorvus frugilegus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
SwallowHirundo rustica2023
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
GoosanderMergus merganser
House SparrowPasser domesticus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
RedshankTringa totanus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
NuthatchSitta europaea
RavenCorvus corax
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
SwiftApus apus2022
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2023
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
Common GullLarus canus
CurlewNumenius arquata
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2024
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2023
Little OwlAthene noctua2023
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2023
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2022
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2022
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
Black SwanCygnus atratus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Greylag GooseAnser anser
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2022
House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
Common TernSterna hirundo2021
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2021
CootFulica atra2021

🦌

Mammals11 species

winterspringsummer

2026

Brown Hare · Fallow Deer · Mole · Badger · Grey Squirrel +6

Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
Fallow DeerDama dama
MoleTalpa europaea2025
BadgerMeles meles2025
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2023
WeaselMustela nivalis2022
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
NoctuleNyctalus noctula2021
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2021

🐸

Amphibians2 species

summerwinter

2024

Great Crested Newt · Common Toad

Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Common ToadBufo bufo

🐟

Fish1 species

autumn

2025

European Eel

European EelAnguilla anguilla

🐝

Insects42 species

spring

2025

7-spot Ladybird · Alder Leaf Beetle · Common Carder Bee · Physocephala rufipes · Vine Weevil +37

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2024
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
Physocephala rufipesPhysocephala rufipes
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2024
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024
Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus2024
Common WaspVespula vulgaris2024
Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2023
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2023
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2022
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Poecilus cupreusPoecilus cupreus2024
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2024
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2024
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2024
Agriotes acuminatusAgriotes acuminatus2024
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2024
Suillia atricornisSuillia atricornis2023
Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus2023
Pterostichus melanariusPterostichus melanarius2023
Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus2023
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2023
Meadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrata2023
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2023
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2022
Tachina feraTachina fera2022
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2022
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2022
Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2022
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2022
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021
Pill BeetleByrrhus pilula2021
Oulema obscuraOulema obscura2021
Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2021
PondskaterGerris2021
Agriotes obscurusAgriotes obscurus2021

🌿

Plants49 species

summer

2025

Bittersweet · Common Fleabane · Common Field-speedwell · Shaggy Soldier · Mugwort +44

BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Shaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiata
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2024
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2022
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2022
Floating PennywortHydrocotyle ranunculoides2022
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2022
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum
RedshankPersicaria maculosa
Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris
Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum
Biting StonecropSedum acre2024
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024
RamsonsAllium ursinum2024
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2024
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2023
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2023
Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2023
Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum2023
Coastal RedwoodSequoia sempervirens2023
Common ReedPhragmites australis2022
Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2022
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2022
Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica2022
White CloverTrifolium repens2022
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2022
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2022
Greater PlantainPlantago major2022
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2022
Water-plantainAlisma plantago-aquatica2022
Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2022
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2022
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2022
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2022
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2022
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2022
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2021
Three-nerved SandwortMoehringia trinervia2021

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 David Dixon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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