Black Wood - Broadleaved woodland
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🦋Insects🦉Wildlife🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
52.99088, -2.79453
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿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
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿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
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects
Free
Lowland meadows priority habitat
Free
Lowland meadows — wild flowers, berries and seasonal plants
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Maelor WayWalking route39 km▾
Named routeLength 39 kmRegional walking route
Marches WayWalking route▾
Dee WayWalking route▾
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Cheshire CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70Regional cycle route
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Horned black and white cattle
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Wildlife to spot
1,854 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,854 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBarn Owl · Wren · Chiffchaff · Woodpigeon · Chaffinch +20
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2017
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2017
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2017
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2017
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2017
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2017
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2017
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2017
- JackdawColoeus monedula2017
- SwallowHirundo rustica2017
- RobinErithacus rubecula2017
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2017
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2017
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2017
- MagpiePica pica2017
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2017
- Great TitParus major2017
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2017
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2017
- JayGarrulus glandarius2017
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2016
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2016
- NuthatchSitta europaea2016
🦌Mammals13 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Wood Mouse · Yellow-necked Mouse · Hazel Dormouse · Brown Long-eared Bat · Hedgehog +8
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2019
- Yellow-necked MouseApodemus flavicollis2019
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2018
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2019
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2017▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Tree Bumblebee · Early Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers · Hornet +15
- Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2020
- Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2020
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2020
- White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2020
- HornetVespa crabro
- Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum
Nettle Clustercup Rust · Common Orange Lichen
- Nettle Clustercup RustPuccinia urticata s. lat.
- Common Orange LichenXanthoria parietina
Wood Speedwell · Ramsons · Wood Melick · Bluebell · Lords-and-Ladies +62
- Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2016
- RamsonsAllium ursinum2016
- Wood MelickMelica uniflora2016
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2016
- Changing Forget-me-notMyosotis discolor
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,854 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBarn Owl · Wren · Chiffchaff · Woodpigeon · Chaffinch +20
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2017
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2017
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2017
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2017
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2017
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2017
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2017
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2017
- JackdawColoeus monedula2017
- SwallowHirundo rustica2017
- RobinErithacus rubecula2017
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2017
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2017
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2017
- MagpiePica pica2017
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2017
- Great TitParus major2017
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2017
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2017
- JayGarrulus glandarius2017
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2016
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2016
- NuthatchSitta europaea2016
🦌Mammals13 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Wood Mouse · Yellow-necked Mouse · Hazel Dormouse · Brown Long-eared Bat · Hedgehog +8
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2019
- Yellow-necked MouseApodemus flavicollis2019
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2018
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2019
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2017▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Tree Bumblebee · Early Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers · Hornet +15
- Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2020
- Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2020
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2020
- White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2020
- HornetVespa crabro
- Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum
Nettle Clustercup Rust · Common Orange Lichen
- Nettle Clustercup RustPuccinia urticata s. lat.
- Common Orange LichenXanthoria parietina
Wood Speedwell · Ramsons · Wood Melick · Bluebell · Lords-and-Ladies +62
- Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2016
- RamsonsAllium ursinum2016
- Wood MelickMelica uniflora2016
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2016
- Changing Forget-me-notMyosotis discolor
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2021
2021
Small MouseMuridae2019Small MouseMuridae2019MoleTalpa europaea2016MoleTalpa europaea2016BadgerMeles melesBadgerMeles melesGrey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2020Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2020SorexSorex2019SorexSorex2019Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2018Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2018OtterLutra lutra2017OtterLutra lutra2017Common ShrewSorex araneus2016Common ShrewSorex araneus20162020
2020
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2020Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2020Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2020Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2020Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2020Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2020Sericostoma personatumSericostoma personatum2018Sericostoma personatumSericostoma personatum2018Hydropsyche pellucidulaHydropsyche pellucidula2018Hydropsyche pellucidulaHydropsyche pellucidula2018Chaetopteryx villosaChaetopteryx villosa2018Chaetopteryx villosaChaetopteryx villosa2018Hydropsyche instabilisHydropsyche instabilis2018Hydropsyche instabilisHydropsyche instabilis2018Rhyacophila dorsalisRhyacophila dorsalis2018Rhyacophila dorsalisRhyacophila dorsalis2018Silo pallipesSilo pallipes2018Silo pallipesSilo pallipes2018Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2017Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2017Brown Silver-linePetrophora chlorosata2016Brown Silver-linePetrophora chlorosata2016Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2016Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula20167-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20167-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2016Green-veined WhitePieris napi2016Green-veined WhitePieris napi20162016
2016
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