Haddock's Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.34441, -2.70990
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
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Saltmarsh — dunlin, redshank and grey plover on passage and in winter
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 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
Mersey WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Weaver WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
145 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
11 Whittle HallCycling route▾
Named routeRef 11Local cycle route
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
60,147 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
60,147 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Mute Swan · Tufted Duck · Black-headed Gull · Canada Goose +23
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CootFulica atra
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- TealAnas crecca
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Mole · Rabbit
- MoleTalpa europaea
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Common Carpet · Bright-line Brown-eye · Brimstone Moth · Large Yellow Underwing · Crambidae +14
- Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata
- Bright-line Brown-eyeLacanobia oleracea
- Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata
- Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba
- CrambidaeCrambidae
- Mottled BeautyAlcis repandata
- Common EmeraldHemithea aestivaria
Alexanders · Narrow-leaved Ragwort · Biting Stonecrop · Butterfly-bush · Shepherd's-purse +42
- AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
- Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens
- Biting StonecropSedum acre
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- Common ReedPhragmites australis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
60,147 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Mute Swan · Tufted Duck · Black-headed Gull · Canada Goose +23
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CootFulica atra
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- TealAnas crecca
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Mole · Rabbit
- MoleTalpa europaea
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Common Carpet · Bright-line Brown-eye · Brimstone Moth · Large Yellow Underwing · Crambidae +14
- Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata
- Bright-line Brown-eyeLacanobia oleracea
- Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata
- Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba
- CrambidaeCrambidae
- Mottled BeautyAlcis repandata
- Common EmeraldHemithea aestivaria
Alexanders · Narrow-leaved Ragwort · Biting Stonecrop · Butterfly-bush · Shepherd's-purse +42
- AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
- Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens
- Biting StonecropSedum acre
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- Common ReedPhragmites australis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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