Park Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🎠Play🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.39493, -3.09610
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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 175m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 175m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
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 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
95 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 56Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 56National Cycle Network
Burton Marsh GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 568National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route211 m▾
Named routeRef 56Length 211 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Alternative RouteCycling route359 m▾
Named routeLength 359 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route704 m▾
Named routeRef 56Length 704 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route171 m▾
Named routeRef 56Length 171 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
17,673 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,673 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Herring Gull · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull +36
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Common GullLarus canus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RedshankTringa totanus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Red Fox · Wood Mouse · House Mouse · Common Shrew · Mole
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- House MouseMus musculus2025
- Common ShrewSorex araneus2025
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
springsummer
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects13 species
springsummer
2026▾
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea · Closterotomus trivialis · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Nalassus laevioctostriatus · Dock Bug +8
- Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilineaDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea2025
- Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025
- Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,673 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Herring Gull · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull +36
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Common GullLarus canus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RedshankTringa totanus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Red Fox · Wood Mouse · House Mouse · Common Shrew · Mole
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- House MouseMus musculus2025
- Common ShrewSorex araneus2025
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
springsummer
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects13 species
springsummer
2026▾
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea · Closterotomus trivialis · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Nalassus laevioctostriatus · Dock Bug +8
- Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilineaDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea2025
- Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025
- Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
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