Ansdell's Wood - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
53.42548, -2.74975
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
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Semi-improved grassland — butterflies and wildflowers
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km20 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 856Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 856National 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
Main RouteCycling route39 m▾
Named routeRef 56Length 39 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
9,106 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,106 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
winterspring
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Blue Tit +34
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- SwiftApus apus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Noctule · Common Pipistrelle · Hedgehog +3
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- MoleTalpa europaea
🐸Amphibians3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- FrogRana
Orange Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Alder Leaf Beetle · Tree Bumblebee +9
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
- Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Syrphus ribesii
🌿Plants30 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Black Nightshade · Elder · Snapdragon · Rowan · Great Willowherb +25
- Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum
- ElderSambucus nigra
- SnapdragonAntirrhinum majus
- RowanSorbus aucuparia
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,106 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
winterspring
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Blue Tit +34
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- SwiftApus apus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Noctule · Common Pipistrelle · Hedgehog +3
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- MoleTalpa europaea
🐸Amphibians3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- FrogRana
Orange Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Alder Leaf Beetle · Tree Bumblebee +9
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
- Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Syrphus ribesii
🌿Plants30 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Black Nightshade · Elder · Snapdragon · Rowan · Great Willowherb +25
- Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum
- ElderSambucus nigra
- SnapdragonAntirrhinum majus
- RowanSorbus aucuparia
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Syrphus ribesii
Syrphus ribesii
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctataCantharis lividaCantharis lividaCantharis lividaCantharis lividaEristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorumDownlooker SnipeflyRhagio scolopaceusDownlooker SnipeflyRhagio scolopaceusCream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttataCream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttataXanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequumField GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024BalmMelissa officinalisBalmMelissa officinalisGoat WillowSalix capreaGoat WillowSalix capreaBeechFagus sylvaticaBeechFagus sylvaticaWood DockRumex sanguineusWood DockRumex sanguineusPerennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensisPerennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensisTufted VetchVicia craccaTufted VetchVicia craccaSelfhealPrunella vulgarisSelfhealPrunella vulgarisYellow-rattleRhinanthus minorYellow-rattleRhinanthus minorCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataTragopogon pratensis subsp. minorTragopogon pratensis subsp. minorTragopogon pratensis subsp. minorTragopogon pratensis subsp. minorSweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratumSweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisSouthern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza praetermissaSouthern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza praetermissaDaisyBellis perennisDaisyBellis perennisHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaEarly CrocusCrocus tommasinianusEarly CrocusCrocus tommasinianusHorse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanumHorse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanumCorn MarigoldGlebionis segetum2024Corn MarigoldGlebionis segetum2024HazelCorylus avellana2024HazelCorylus avellana2024NipplewortLapsana communis2024NipplewortLapsana communis2024BuckwheatFagopyrum esculentum2024BuckwheatFagopyrum esculentum2024Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2024Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2024Events & activities nearby
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