Ansdell's Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.41299, -2.75109
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
22 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 856Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 856National Cycle Network
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Sankey Canal TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef SCTLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route22 m▾
Named routeRef 56Length 22 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route8 m▾
Named routeLength 8 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route140 m▾
Named routeLength 140 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
5,722 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,722 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
winterspring
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Collared Dove · Carrion Crow · Blackbird +29
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- SwiftApus apus
- Great TitParus major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
Harvest Mouse · Mole · Field Vole
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus2024
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2024
🐸Amphibians2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
14-spot Ladybird · Alder Leaf Beetle · Orange Ladybird · German Wasp · Cream-spot Ladybird +25
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- German WaspVespula germanica
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura
- Acupalpus dubius
Black Nightshade · Hazel · Guelder-rose · Japanese Knotweed · Hawthorn +42
- Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
- NipplewortLapsana communis2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,722 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
winterspring
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Collared Dove · Carrion Crow · Blackbird +29
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- SwiftApus apus
- Great TitParus major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
Harvest Mouse · Mole · Field Vole
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus2024
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2024
🐸Amphibians2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
14-spot Ladybird · Alder Leaf Beetle · Orange Ladybird · German Wasp · Cream-spot Ladybird +25
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- German WaspVespula germanica
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura
- Acupalpus dubius
Black Nightshade · Hazel · Guelder-rose · Japanese Knotweed · Hawthorn +42
- Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
- NipplewortLapsana communis2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Acupalpus dubius
Acupalpus dubius
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