Broadleaved woodland near Garston
2 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.35110, -2.90077
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 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wirral Circular TrailWalking route60 km▾
Named routeRef WCTLength 60 kmRegional walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Liverpool to Warrington)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Mersey WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Allerton Country WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
115 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
University Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
Woolton & WavertreeCycling route▾
Named routeRef WooltonLocal cycle route
City Centre - OtterspoolCycling route▾
Named routeRef OtterspoolLocal cycle route
Route 56Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 56National Cycle Network
Route 56Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 56National Cycle Network
Liverpool Loop LineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Parish Church of St Michael, Garston
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Wildlife to spot
22,233 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
22,233 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Blackbird · Black-headed Gull +32
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- DunlinCalidris alpina2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
🦌Mammals2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
Harlequin Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Firethorn · Ivy · Butterfly-bush · Common Chickweed · Wood Avens +33
- FirethornPyracantha coccinea
- IvyHedera helix
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
22,233 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Blackbird · Black-headed Gull +32
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- DunlinCalidris alpina2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
🦌Mammals2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
Harlequin Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Firethorn · Ivy · Butterfly-bush · Common Chickweed · Wood Avens +33
- FirethornPyracantha coccinea
- IvyHedera helix
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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