Daresbury Firs - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.34454, -2.63215
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 km9 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
139 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
11 Whittle HallCycling route▾
Named routeRef 11Local cycle route
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
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Steps from Keckwick Lane leading to Daresbury Firs
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Wildlife to spot
9,549 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,549 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Woodpigeon · Woodchat Shrike · Blackbird · Carrion Crow +36
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- MagpiePica pica
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- CootFulica atra
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- SwiftApus apus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Great TitParus major
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2026▾
Badger · Rabbit
- BadgerMeles meles
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
Migrant Hawker · Violet Ground Beetle · Lunar Hornet Moth · Common Green Grasshopper · Green Shieldbug +4
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus
- Lunar Hornet MothSesia bembeciformis
- Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Mecinus pascuorumMecinus pascuorum
- Dark-winged Black
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,549 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Woodpigeon · Woodchat Shrike · Blackbird · Carrion Crow +36
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- MagpiePica pica
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- CootFulica atra
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- SwiftApus apus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Great TitParus major
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2026▾
Badger · Rabbit
- BadgerMeles meles
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
Migrant Hawker · Violet Ground Beetle · Lunar Hornet Moth · Common Green Grasshopper · Green Shieldbug +4
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus
- Lunar Hornet MothSesia bembeciformis
- Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Mecinus pascuorumMecinus pascuorum
- Dark-winged Black
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pachygaster atra
Pachygaster atra
Acorn WeevilCurculio glandiumAcorn WeevilCurculio glandiumBroad CenturionChloromyia formosaBroad CenturionChloromyia formosa