Pensby Wood - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
53.34325, -3.08680
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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Wirral Circular TrailWalking route60 km▾
Named routeRef WCTLength 60 kmRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Birkenhead to Welsh BorderWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Wirral WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Parkgate WalkWalking route5 km▾
Named routeLength 5 kmLocal walking route
71 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cheshire CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70Regional cycle route
Route 56Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 56National Cycle Network
Clatterbridge Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Signals and SaltmarshCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Burton Marsh GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 568National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route211 m▾
Named routeRef 56Length 211 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Photos
Barnston Road showing Beech Farmhouse
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Wildlife to spot
22,457 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
22,457 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Herring Gull · Magpie · Blackbird · Carrion Crow +33
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RavenCorvus corax
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- SwiftApus apus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Badger · Brown Hare
- BadgerMeles meles
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians2 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects6 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Southern Green Shieldbug · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Dark-edged Bee-fly +1
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
22,457 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Herring Gull · Magpie · Blackbird · Carrion Crow +33
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RavenCorvus corax
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- SwiftApus apus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Badger · Brown Hare
- BadgerMeles meles
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians2 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects6 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Southern Green Shieldbug · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Dark-edged Bee-fly +1
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas