Brickfields Red Quarry - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.40739, -2.72606
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
Trans-Pennine Trail (Liverpool to Warrington)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Mersey WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
17 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Birchwood to Sankey WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef B2SLocal cycle route
Route 856Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 856National Cycle Network
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
1 Great Sankey to HospitalCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
Sankey Canal TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef SCTLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route39 m▾
Named routeRef 56Length 39 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Entrance to Sutton Manor Woodland, South-West Corner
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Wildlife to spot
12,950 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,950 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds24 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Pochard · Wigeon · Black-tailed Godwit · Shoveler · Kestrel +19
- PochardAythya ferina
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Egretta garzetta garzettaEgretta garzetta garzetta
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Common Pipistrelle
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
🐝Insects3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Large Willow Aphid · Western Honey Bee · Vine Weevil
- Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
🍄Fungi66 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Hairy Curtain Crust · Coral Spot · Jelly Ear · Blushing Crust · Silver Leaf Disease +61
- Hairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutum
- Coral SpotNectria cinnabarina
- Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
- Blushing CrustHeteroradulum deglubens
- Silver Leaf DiseaseChondrostereum purpureum
- Alexanders RustPuccinia smyrnii
🌿Plants13 species
summerautumn
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Japanese Knotweed · Hazel · Caper Spurge · Pampas-grass · Guelder-rose +8
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Caper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyris2025
- Pampas-grassCortaderia selloana2025
- Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025
- Hawthorn
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,950 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds24 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Pochard · Wigeon · Black-tailed Godwit · Shoveler · Kestrel +19
- PochardAythya ferina
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Egretta garzetta garzettaEgretta garzetta garzetta
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Common Pipistrelle
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
🐝Insects3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Large Willow Aphid · Western Honey Bee · Vine Weevil
- Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
🍄Fungi66 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Hairy Curtain Crust · Coral Spot · Jelly Ear · Blushing Crust · Silver Leaf Disease +61
- Hairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutum
- Coral SpotNectria cinnabarina
- Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
- Blushing CrustHeteroradulum deglubens
- Silver Leaf DiseaseChondrostereum purpureum
- Alexanders RustPuccinia smyrnii
🌿Plants13 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Japanese Knotweed · Hazel · Caper Spurge · Pampas-grass · Guelder-rose +8
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Caper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyris2025
- Pampas-grassCortaderia selloana2025
- Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025
- Hawthorn
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Crataegus monogyna2025
Crataegus monogyna2025
Rosa caninaRosa canina2025Rosa caninaRosa canina2025SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2025Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2025Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025ChicoryCichorium intybus2025ChicoryCichorium intybus2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025