Green's Bridge Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.36768, -2.80732
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 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Trans-Pennine Trail (Southport to Liverpool)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional 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
Mersey Valley Timberland TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
122 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pier to Pier cycle routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef 562National Cycle Network
Route 56Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 56National Cycle Network
Liverpool Loop LineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 856Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 856National Cycle Network
Outer OrbitalCycling route▾
Named routeRef OLocal cycle route
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Photos
Railway bridge over Lower Road
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Wildlife to spot
39,698 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
39,698 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Rock Dove · Black-headed Gull +43
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
Field Vole · Mole · Harvest Mouse · Noctule · Wood Mouse +1
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects56 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Carder Bee · Bradycellus verbasci · Ischnopterapion virens · Clover-root Weevil · Leistus spinibarbis +51
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Bradycellus verbasciBradycellus verbasci
- Ischnopterapion virensIschnopterapion virens
- Clover-root WeevilSitona hispidulus
- Leistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbis
- Mangold Flea BeetleChaetocnema concinna
Lesser Celandine · Lesser Swine-cress · Cow Parsley · Broad-leaved Dock · Scented Mayweed +10
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum2025
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025
- Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla2025
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
39,698 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Rock Dove · Black-headed Gull +43
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
Field Vole · Mole · Harvest Mouse · Noctule · Wood Mouse +1
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects56 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Carder Bee · Bradycellus verbasci · Ischnopterapion virens · Clover-root Weevil · Leistus spinibarbis +51
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Bradycellus verbasciBradycellus verbasci
- Ischnopterapion virensIschnopterapion virens
- Clover-root WeevilSitona hispidulus
- Leistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbis
- Mangold Flea BeetleChaetocnema concinna
Lesser Celandine · Lesser Swine-cress · Cow Parsley · Broad-leaved Dock · Scented Mayweed +10
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum2025
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025
- Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla2025
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2025Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2025CleaversGalium aparine2025CleaversGalium aparine2025HazelCorylus avellana2025HazelCorylus avellana2025Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025Celery-leaved ButtercupRanunculus sceleratus2025Celery-leaved ButtercupRanunculus sceleratus2025AppleMalus domestica2025AppleMalus domestica2025White CampionSilene latifolia2025White CampionSilene latifolia2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025