Moss Wood - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
53.40080, -2.42332
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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
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿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 km13 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Bollin Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route▾
Trans-Pennine Trail (Warrington to Ashton-upon-Mersey)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Ashton-upon-Mersey to Stockport)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Mersey WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
40 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cheshire CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70Regional cycle route
Urmston-Ashton cyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Irlam & Cadishead CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef ICCLocal cycle route
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Bridgewater WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 82Regional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route2.3 km▾
Named routeRef 62Length 2.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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24,321 records · National Biodiversity Network
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2026▾
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- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
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- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- TealAnas crecca
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
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- Dicheirotrichus placidusDicheirotrichus placidus
- Melinopterus sphacelatusMelinopterus sphacelatus
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- SplitgillSchizophyllum commune
- Hairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutum
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Wildlife to spot
24,321 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Pochard · Shoveler · Wigeon · Chaffinch · Grey Partridge +41
- PochardAythya ferina
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- TealAnas crecca
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Fallow Deer
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- Corticarina minutaCorticarina minuta
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- SplitgillSchizophyllum commune
- Hairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutum
- Elder WhitewashXylodon sambuci
- Ganoderma adspersumGanoderma adspersum
- Birch BesomTaphrina betulina
- Smoky BracketBjerkandera adusta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Ptenidium pusillum
Ptenidium pusillum
Ptenidium pusillum
Ptenidium pusillum
Cartodere nodiferCartodere nodiferCartodere nodiferCartodere nodiferStilbus testaceusStilbus testaceusStilbus testaceusStilbus testaceus10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctataAtomaria nigrirostrisAtomaria nigrirostrisAtomaria nigrirostrisAtomaria nigrirostrisBembidion lamprosBembidion lamprosBembidion lamprosBembidion lamprosOctotemnus glabriculusOctotemnus glabriculusOctotemnus glabriculusOctotemnus glabriculusAtomaria fuscataAtomaria fuscataAtomaria fuscataAtomaria fuscataOlibrus aeneusOlibrus aeneusOlibrus aeneusOlibrus aeneusAmara ovataAmara ovataAmara ovataAmara ovataCartodere bifasciataCartodere bifasciataCartodere bifasciataCartodere bifasciataCortinicara gibbosaCortinicara gibbosaCortinicara gibbosaCortinicara gibbosaDromius quadrimaculatusDromius quadrimaculatusDromius quadrimaculatusDromius quadrimaculatusBembidion lunulatumBembidion lunulatumBembidion lunulatumBembidion lunulatumEnicmus transversusEnicmus transversusEnicmus transversusEnicmus transversusAsaphidion curtumAsaphidion curtumAsaphidion curtumAsaphidion curtumDemetrias atricapillusDemetrias atricapillusDemetrias atricapillusDemetrias atricapillusSericoderus brevicornisSericoderus brevicornisSericoderus brevicornisSericoderus brevicornisBembidion quadrimaculatumBembidion quadrimaculatumBembidion quadrimaculatumBembidion quadrimaculatumPelenomus quadrituberculatusPelenomus quadrituberculatusPelenomus quadrituberculatusPelenomus quadrituberculatusOyster MushroomPleurotus ostreatusOyster MushroomPleurotus ostreatusChicken Of The WoodsLaetiporus sulphureusChicken Of The WoodsLaetiporus sulphureusStictis stellataStictis stellataStictis stellataStictis stellataCandlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylonCandlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylonJelly EarAuricularia auricula-judaeJelly EarAuricularia auricula-judaeHazel WoodwartHypoxylon fuscumHazel WoodwartHypoxylon fuscumSilver Leaf DiseaseChondrostereum purpureumSilver Leaf DiseaseChondrostereum purpureumBluebell RustUromyces hyacinthiBluebell RustUromyces hyacinthiNettle PoxCalloria tremelloidesNettle PoxCalloria tremelloidesDiaporthe samaricolaDiaporthe samaricolaDiaporthe samaricolaDiaporthe samaricolaXanthoriicola physciaeXanthoriicola physciaeXanthoriicola physciaeXanthoriicola physciaeYellow BrainTremella mesentericaYellow BrainTremella mesentericaNeosetophoma samarorumNeosetophoma samarorumNeosetophoma samarorumNeosetophoma samarorumCommon MazegillDatronia mollisCommon MazegillDatronia mollisOak CrustPeniophora quercinaOak CrustPeniophora quercinaBracken MapRhopographus filicinus2025Bracken MapRhopographus filicinus2025Glistening InkcapCoprinellus micaceus2025Glistening InkcapCoprinellus micaceus2025Gorse Cramp BallsDaldinia vernicosa2025Gorse Cramp BallsDaldinia vernicosa2025Blushing BracketDaedaleopsis confragosa2025Blushing BracketDaedaleopsis confragosa2025Rosy CrustPeniophora incarnata2025Rosy CrustPeniophora incarnata2025Birch WoodwartJackrogersella multiformis2025Birch WoodwartJackrogersella multiformis2025Razor Strop FungusFomitopsis betulina2025Razor Strop FungusFomitopsis betulina2025Netted CrustByssomerulius corium2025Netted CrustByssomerulius corium2025