Broadleaved woodland near Port Sunlight
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.35374, -2.99406
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 km2 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
76 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Woolton & WavertreeCycling route▾
Named routeRef WooltonLocal cycle route
City Centre - OtterspoolCycling route▾
Named routeRef OtterspoolLocal cycle route
University Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
Route 56Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 56National Cycle Network
Route 56Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 56National Cycle Network
Clatterbridge Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Corniche Road, Port Sunlight
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Wildlife to spot
25,552 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
25,552 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Peregrine · Woodpigeon · Wren · Magpie · Blackbird +34
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Red Fox · Badger
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- BadgerMeles meles
Eristalis tenax · Common Darter · Batman Hoverfly · Syrphus ribesii · Dark-edged Bee-fly +34
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Groundsel · Shepherd's-purse · Annual Meadow-grass · Herb-Robert · Common Ragwort +7
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- DaisyBellis perennis
- White CloverTrifolium repens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
25,552 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Peregrine · Woodpigeon · Wren · Magpie · Blackbird +34
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Red Fox · Badger
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- BadgerMeles meles
Eristalis tenax · Common Darter · Batman Hoverfly · Syrphus ribesii · Dark-edged Bee-fly +34
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Groundsel · Shepherd's-purse · Annual Meadow-grass · Herb-Robert · Common Ragwort +7
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- DaisyBellis perennis
- White CloverTrifolium repens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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Syrphus2025
Syrphus2025
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