David's Rough - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
53.30148, -2.97689
Open directionsv
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
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Paid
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
North Cheshire WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 114kmRegional walking route
Wirral WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Wirral Circular TrailWalking route60 km▾
Named routeRef WCTLength 60 kmRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Birkenhead to Welsh BorderWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
40 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Burton Marsh GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 568National Cycle Network
Route 563Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 563National Cycle Network
Route 71Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 71Regional cycle route
Cheshire CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70Regional cycle route
Route 56Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 56National Cycle Network
Clatterbridge Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Photos
Railings by M53 for bridge over railway
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Wildlife to spot
35,662 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
35,662 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds29 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Shoveler · Black-tailed Godwit · Wigeon · Ruff · Pintail +24
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
- WigeonMareca penelope
- RuffCalidris pugnax2025
- PintailAnas acuta
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2025
- MerlinFalco columbarius2025
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
- BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
- PochardAythya ferina
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus2025
- DunlinCalidris alpina2025
- SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Egretta garzetta garzettaEgretta garzetta garzetta2025
- Limosa limosa islandicaLimosa limosa islandica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
- Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
- GarganeySpatula querquedula2025
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
- OspreyPandion haliaetus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Brown Hawker
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Deceiver · Heath Waxcap · Torth Felen · Butter Cap · Common Bonnet +99
- DeceiverLaccaria laccata
- Heath WaxcapGliophorus laetus
- Torth FelenHypholoma fasciculare
- Butter CapRhodocollybia butyracea
- Common BonnetMycena galericulata
- Snapping BonnetMycena vitilis
- Silver Leaf DiseaseChondrostereum purpureum
Yew · Rusty Willow
- YewTaxus baccata
- Rusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifolia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
35,662 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds29 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Shoveler · Black-tailed Godwit · Wigeon · Ruff · Pintail +24
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
- WigeonMareca penelope
- RuffCalidris pugnax2025
- PintailAnas acuta
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2025
- MerlinFalco columbarius2025
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
- BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
- PochardAythya ferina
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus2025
- DunlinCalidris alpina2025
- SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Egretta garzetta garzettaEgretta garzetta garzetta2025
- Limosa limosa islandicaLimosa limosa islandica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
- Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
- GarganeySpatula querquedula2025
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
- OspreyPandion haliaetus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Brown Hawker
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Deceiver · Heath Waxcap · Torth Felen · Butter Cap · Common Bonnet +99
- DeceiverLaccaria laccata
- Heath WaxcapGliophorus laetus
- Torth FelenHypholoma fasciculare
- Butter CapRhodocollybia butyracea
- Common BonnetMycena galericulata
- Snapping BonnetMycena vitilis
- Silver Leaf DiseaseChondrostereum purpureum
Yew · Rusty Willow
- YewTaxus baccata
- Rusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifolia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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