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Places › England › North West › Cheshire West and Chester Getting here
53.12703, -2.86217
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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 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 🅿️ Aldford Village Car Park 248m away — 4 car parks within reach 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 🅿️ Aldford Village Car Park 248m away — 4 car parks within reach £ 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 — Mallard, Coot, Teal +77 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Mallard, Coot, Teal +77 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Banded Demoiselle, Common Club-tail, Azure Damselfly +112 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Banded Demoiselle, Common Club-tail, Azure Damselfly +112 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Hawthorn, Meadowsweet, Common Nettle
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 3 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Two Saints Way Walking route 148 km ▾
Two Saints Way - Chester Cathedral to/from Lichfield Cathedral. In the late Middle Ages a steady stream of pilgrims walked this way – both housing shrines to two game-changing Mercian saints in the 7th century - St Werburgh and St Chad
Named route Ref TSW Length 148 km Point-to-point Regional walking route
Show on map Marches Way Walking route ▾
Rose Farm DEFRA Conservation Walks Walking route ▾
9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mercian Way Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 45 National Cycle Network
Show on map Brown Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Brown Local cycle route
Show on map Purple Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Purple Local cycle route
Show on map River to Ridge Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Cheshire Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 70 Regional cycle route
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 319 m ▾
Named route Ref 45 Length 319 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
5,221 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 5,221 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 49 species
winter spring
2025 ▾
Mallard · Blue Tit · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Woodpigeon · Dunnock +44
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Dunnock Prunella modularis Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blackbird Turdus merula Robin Erithacus rubecula Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata Mute Swan Cygnus olor Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Great Tit Parus major Carrion Crow Corvus corone Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Greylag Goose Anser anser Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Stock Dove Columba oenas Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Goosander Mergus merganser Goldcrest Regulus regulus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Greenfinch Chloris chloris Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Coal Tit Periparus ater Tawny Owl Strix aluco Nuthatch Sitta europaea Teal Anas crecca2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca2024 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2024 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus2024 Skylark Alauda arvensis2024 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2024 Badger
Banded Demoiselle · Beautiful Demoiselle · Azure Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Red-eyed Damselfly +42
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma najas Common Club-tail Gomphus vulgatissimus Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Lords-and-Ladies · Lesser Celandine
Lords-and-Ladies Arum maculatum Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 5,221 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 49 species
winter spring
2025 ▾
Mallard · Blue Tit · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Woodpigeon · Dunnock +44
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Dunnock Prunella modularis Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blackbird Turdus merula Robin Erithacus rubecula Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata Mute Swan Cygnus olor Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Great Tit Parus major Carrion Crow Corvus corone Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Greylag Goose Anser anser Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Stock Dove Columba oenas Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Goosander Mergus merganser Goldcrest Regulus regulus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Greenfinch Chloris chloris Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Coal Tit Periparus ater Tawny Owl Strix aluco Nuthatch Sitta europaea Teal Anas crecca2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca2024 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2024 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus2024 Skylark Alauda arvensis2024 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2024 Badger
Banded Demoiselle · Beautiful Demoiselle · Azure Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Red-eyed Damselfly +42
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma najas Common Club-tail Gomphus vulgatissimus Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Lords-and-Ladies · Lesser Celandine
Lords-and-Ladies Arum maculatum Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pyrochroa serraticornis2024
Pyrochroa serraticornis2024
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum
Cheilosia impressa Cheilosia impressa
Cheilosia impressa Cheilosia impressa
Green Dock Beetle Gastrophysa viridula
Green Dock Beetle Gastrophysa viridula
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata2024
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata2024
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
Cercopis vulnerata Cercopis vulnerata
Cercopis vulnerata Cercopis vulnerata
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa2024
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa2024
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2024
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2024
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Splayed Deerfly Chrysops caecutiens
Splayed Deerfly Chrysops caecutiens
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis
Sphaerophoria scripta Sphaerophoria scripta
Sphaerophoria scripta Sphaerophoria scripta
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius
Syrphus Syrphus
Syrphus Syrphus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Parasyrphus nigritarsis Parasyrphus nigritarsis
Parasyrphus nigritarsis Parasyrphus nigritarsis
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Byturus ochraceus Byturus ochraceus
Byturus ochraceus Byturus ochraceus
Liophloeus tessulatus Liophloeus tessulatus
Liophloeus tessulatus Liophloeus tessulatus
Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens
Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Carabus granulatus Carabus granulatus2024
Carabus granulatus Carabus granulatus2024
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum2024
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum2024
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2024
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2024
Volucella bombylans Volucella bombylans2024
Volucella bombylans Volucella bombylans2024
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2024
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2024
Broad Centurion Chloromyia formosa2024
Broad Centurion Chloromyia formosa2024
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria2024
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria2024
Nemopoda nitidula Nemopoda nitidula2024
Nemopoda nitidula Nemopoda nitidula2024
Common Leaf Weevil Phyllobius pyri2024
Common Leaf Weevil Phyllobius pyri2024
Xylota segnis Xylota segnis2024
Xylota segnis Xylota segnis2024
Cantharis pellucida Cantharis pellucida2024
Cantharis pellucida Cantharis pellucida2024
Cantharis nigricans Cantharis nigricans2024
Cantharis nigricans Cantharis nigricans2024
Cheilosia illustrata Cheilosia illustrata2024
Cheilosia illustrata Cheilosia illustrata2024
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2024
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2024 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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