Beech Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.31855, -2.71419
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
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 km11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cheshire CircuitWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route▾
Trans-Pennine Trail (Liverpool to Warrington)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Mersey WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Weaver WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
144 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Runcorn LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef Runcorn LoopLocal cycle route
Pier to Pier cycle routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef 562National Cycle Network
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
17,364 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,364 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
springautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Blackbird +47
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- TealAnas crecca
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- RedshankTringa totanus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Common GullLarus canus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
🦌Mammals1 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects9 species
springautumn
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · 11-spot Ladybird · Rhyzobius litura · Paradromius linearis · Bembidion lampros +4
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 11-spot LadybirdCoccinella undecimpunctata2025
- Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura2025
- Paradromius linearisParadromius linearis2025
- Bembidion lamprosBembidion lampros2025
Erigeron · Adria Bellflower · Groundsel · Red Fescue · Red Dead-nettle +5
- ErigeronErigeron
- Adria BellflowerCampanula portenschlagiana
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Red FescueFestuca rubra
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- DandelionTaraxacum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,364 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
springautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Blackbird +47
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- TealAnas crecca
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- RedshankTringa totanus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Common GullLarus canus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
🦌Mammals1 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects9 species
springautumn
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · 11-spot Ladybird · Rhyzobius litura · Paradromius linearis · Bembidion lampros +4
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 11-spot LadybirdCoccinella undecimpunctata2025
- Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura2025
- Paradromius linearisParadromius linearis2025
- Bembidion lamprosBembidion lampros2025
Erigeron · Adria Bellflower · Groundsel · Red Fescue · Red Dead-nettle +5
- ErigeronErigeron
- Adria BellflowerCampanula portenschlagiana
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Red FescueFestuca rubra
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- DandelionTaraxacum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Violet Ground Beetle
Violet Ground Beetle
Carabus violaceus2025
Carabus violaceus2025
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