Daresbury Firs - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
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🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.33899, -2.64123
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 232m away — 14 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 232m away — 14 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
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
Named cycling route nearby: Bridgewater Way
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Cheshire CircuitWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route▾
Trans-Pennine Trail (Liverpool to Warrington)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Warrington to Ashton-upon-Mersey)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Mersey WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
157 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
8 Black Bear ParkCycling route▾
Named routeRef 8Local cycle route
5 Appleton ThornCycling route▾
Named routeRef 5Local cycle route
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
9,335 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,335 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Woodpigeon · Robin · Woodchat Shrike · Blackbird +36
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- CootFulica atra
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- SwiftApus apus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Migrant Hawker · Violet Ground Beetle · Lunar Hornet Moth · Common Green Grasshopper · Four-spotted Chaser +11
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus
- Lunar Hornet MothSesia bembeciformis
- Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Black-tailed Skimmer
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,335 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Woodpigeon · Robin · Woodchat Shrike · Blackbird +36
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- CootFulica atra
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- SwiftApus apus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Migrant Hawker · Violet Ground Beetle · Lunar Hornet Moth · Common Green Grasshopper · Four-spotted Chaser +11
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus
- Lunar Hornet MothSesia bembeciformis
- Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Black-tailed Skimmer
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Orthetrum cancellatum
Orthetrum cancellatum
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerumCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerumEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaMecinus pascuorumMecinus pascuorumMecinus pascuorumMecinus pascuorumDark-winged BlackPachygaster atraDark-winged BlackPachygaster atraAcorn WeevilCurculio glandiumAcorn WeevilCurculio glandiumBroad CenturionChloromyia formosaBroad CenturionChloromyia formosa