Broadleaved woodland near Wavertree
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.40534, -2.92490
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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
Wirral Circular TrailWalking route60 km▾
Named routeRef WCTLength 60 kmRegional walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Liverpool to Warrington)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Allerton Country WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Cleveleys to LiverpoolWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
187 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Radial Route 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 7Local cycle route
Radial Route 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
Anfield Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 81Regional cycle route
University Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
Pop-up Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef Pop-up 1Local cycle route
Woolton & WavertreeCycling route▾
Named routeRef WooltonLocal cycle route
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
23,252 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
23,252 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Shoveler · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Blackbird · Starling +30
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- CootFulica atra
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
🦌Mammals3 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Grey Seal · Brown Rat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
🐝Insects5 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Orange Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Figwort Weevil · 22-spot Ladybird
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2025
- Figwort WeevilCionus scrophulariae2025
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Lesser Celandine · Siberian Squill · Pendulous Sedge · Early Crocus · Rue-leaved Saxifrage +23
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Siberian SquillScilla siberica
- Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
- Early CrocusCrocus tommasinianus
- Rue-leaved SaxifrageSaxifraga tridactylites
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
23,252 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Shoveler · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Blackbird · Starling +30
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- CootFulica atra
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
🦌Mammals3 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Grey Seal · Brown Rat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
🐝Insects5 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Orange Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Figwort Weevil · 22-spot Ladybird
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2025
- Figwort WeevilCionus scrophulariae2025
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Lesser Celandine · Siberian Squill · Pendulous Sedge · Early Crocus · Rue-leaved Saxifrage +23
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Siberian SquillScilla siberica
- Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
- Early CrocusCrocus tommasinianus
- Rue-leaved SaxifrageSaxifraga tridactylites
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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