Kennel Wood - Broadleaved woodland
5 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
53.30143, -2.95027
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
- 🛝Playground 225m away — 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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 225m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
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 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
North Cheshire WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 114kmRegional walking route
Wirral WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Canalside TrailWalking route▾
Wirral Circular TrailWalking route60 km▾
Named routeRef WCTLength 60 kmRegional walking route
Mersey WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
44 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 563Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 563National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National 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
Traffic Free ChesterCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
7,186 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,186 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Woodpigeon · Wren · Magpie · Collared Dove +27
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Corvus corax coraxCorvus corax corax
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SwiftApus apus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Ardea cinerea cinereaArdea cinerea cinerea2024
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea/rostrata2024
- Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Mole · Hedgehog
- MoleTalpa europaea
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Eristalis pertinax · Eristalis nemorum · Cheilosia illustrata · Black Snipefly · Common Red Soldier Beetle +79
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2024
- Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2024
- Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2024
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024
- Elder AphidAphis (Aphis) sambuci
Hogweed · Yew · Rusty Willow · Guelder-rose · Rubus tuberculatus +1
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- YewTaxus baccata
- Rusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifolia
- Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
- Rubus tuberculatusRubus tuberculatus
- Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,186 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Woodpigeon · Wren · Magpie · Collared Dove +27
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Corvus corax coraxCorvus corax corax
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SwiftApus apus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Ardea cinerea cinereaArdea cinerea cinerea2024
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea/rostrata2024
- Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Mole · Hedgehog
- MoleTalpa europaea
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Eristalis pertinax · Eristalis nemorum · Cheilosia illustrata · Black Snipefly · Common Red Soldier Beetle +79
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2024
- Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2024
- Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2024
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024
- Elder AphidAphis (Aphis) sambuci
Hogweed · Yew · Rusty Willow · Guelder-rose · Rubus tuberculatus +1
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- YewTaxus baccata
- Rusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifolia
- Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
- Rubus tuberculatusRubus tuberculatus
- Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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