Haddock's Wood - Broadleaved woodland
14 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome14 ha
Getting here
53.34753, -2.70483
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Mudflats — internationally important for wading birds and wildfowl
Free
Mudflats priority habitat
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 · 3 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
Mersey Valley Timberland TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
138 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
63,904 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
63,904 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Tufted Duck · Coot · Black-headed Gull · Mute Swan +28
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- CootFulica atra
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Great TitParus major
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- TealAnas crecca
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- MagpiePica pica
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Mole · Rabbit
- MoleTalpa europaea
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
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
- Small Fan-footed WaveIdaea biselata
Alexanders · Shepherd's-purse · Common Chickweed · Narrow-leaved Ragwort · Butterfly-bush +39
- AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- Biting StonecropSedum acre
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
63,904 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Tufted Duck · Coot · Black-headed Gull · Mute Swan +28
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- CootFulica atra
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Great TitParus major
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- TealAnas crecca
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- MagpiePica pica
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Mole · Rabbit
- MoleTalpa europaea
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
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
- Small Fan-footed WaveIdaea biselata
Alexanders · Shepherd's-purse · Common Chickweed · Narrow-leaved Ragwort · Butterfly-bush +39
- AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- Biting StonecropSedum acre
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
