Coney Green Wood - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.41183, -2.70011
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 · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Trans-Pennine Trail (Liverpool to Warrington)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Mersey WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
20 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Birchwood to Sankey WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef B2SLocal cycle route
11 Whittle HallCycling route▾
Named routeRef 11Local cycle route
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 route163 m▾
Named routeRef 62Length 163 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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M62 motorway near Coney Green Wood
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Wildlife to spot
12,242 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,242 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWigeon · Pochard · Kestrel · Black-tailed Godwit · Shoveler +25
- WigeonMareca penelope
- PochardAythya ferina
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Egretta garzetta garzettaEgretta garzetta garzetta
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
Common Pipistrelle
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🍄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
- Nettle PoxCalloria tremelloides
🌿Plants4 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Hazel · Pampas-grass · Broad-leaved Helleborine · Chicory
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Pampas-grassCortaderia selloana2025
- Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2025
- ChicoryCichorium intybus2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,242 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWigeon · Pochard · Kestrel · Black-tailed Godwit · Shoveler +25
- WigeonMareca penelope
- PochardAythya ferina
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Egretta garzetta garzettaEgretta garzetta garzetta
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
Common Pipistrelle
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🍄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
- Nettle PoxCalloria tremelloides
🌿Plants4 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Hazel · Pampas-grass · Broad-leaved Helleborine · Chicory
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Pampas-grassCortaderia selloana2025
- Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2025
- ChicoryCichorium intybus2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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