Little Boar's Wood - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.33849, -2.78526
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 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cheshire CircuitWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Liverpool to Warrington)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Mersey WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Sandstone TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Mersey Valley Timberland TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
114 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
Liverpool Loop LineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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
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Wildlife to spot
102,941 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
102,941 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCanada Goose · Blue Tit · Black-headed Gull · Great Tit · Lapwing +44
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great TitParus major
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- TealAnas crecca
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2025
- Regulus regulus regulusRegulus regulus regulus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Lesser Celandine · Red Dead-nettle · Common Nettle · Snowdrop · Gorse +40
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- GorseUlex europaeus
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Sea BeetBeta vulgaris subsp. maritima
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
102,941 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCanada Goose · Blue Tit · Black-headed Gull · Great Tit · Lapwing +44
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great TitParus major
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- TealAnas crecca
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2025
- Regulus regulus regulusRegulus regulus regulus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Lesser Celandine · Red Dead-nettle · Common Nettle · Snowdrop · Gorse +40
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- GorseUlex europaeus
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Sea BeetBeta vulgaris subsp. maritima
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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