Finch Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.42167, -2.88827
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 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Trans-Pennine Trail (Southport to Liverpool)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Liverpool to Warrington)Walking route▾
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Allerton Country WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
159 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Radial Route 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 7Local cycle route
Radial Route 4Cycling route▾
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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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Wildlife to spot
26,432 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
26,432 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds11 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Robin · Magpie · Blackbird · Greenfinch · House Sparrow +6
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Harlequin Ladybird · Syrphus · Batman Hoverfly · Sitona obsoletus · 22-spot Ladybird +10
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Sitona obsoletusSitona obsoletus
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
- Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025
Cleavers · Common Nettle · Ivy · Cow Parsley · Broad-leaved Dock +70
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- IvyHedera helix
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
26,432 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds11 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Robin · Magpie · Blackbird · Greenfinch · House Sparrow +6
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Harlequin Ladybird · Syrphus · Batman Hoverfly · Sitona obsoletus · 22-spot Ladybird +10
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Sitona obsoletusSitona obsoletus
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
- Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025
Cleavers · Common Nettle · Ivy · Cow Parsley · Broad-leaved Dock +70
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- IvyHedera helix
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
