Lime tree Woods - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.46211, -2.92829
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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
- ☕Café on site — a good base for a longer summer day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- ☕Café on site — a good base for a longer summer day out
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot
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 (Southport to Liverpool)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Cleveleys to LiverpoolWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
180 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Waterloo to BootleCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 810Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 810National Cycle Network
Radial Route 3Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
Radial Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6Local cycle route
Inner OrbitalCycling route▾
Named routeRef ILocal cycle route
Middle OrbitalCycling route▾
Named routeRef MLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
13,657 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,657 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Robin · Herring Gull · Rock Dove · Blue Tit · Black-headed Gull +34
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Common GullLarus canus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Garrulus glandarius rufitergumGarrulus glandarius rufitergum
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RavenCorvus corax
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SwiftApus apus
🦌Mammals1 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Pond Terrapin
- Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Marmalade Hoverfly · Alder Leaf Beetle +5
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Common Darter
Common Poppy · Red Bartsia · Hazel · Sycamore · Butterfly-bush +43
- Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2025
- Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2025
- HazelCorylus avellana2025
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,657 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Robin · Herring Gull · Rock Dove · Blue Tit · Black-headed Gull +34
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Common GullLarus canus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Garrulus glandarius rufitergumGarrulus glandarius rufitergum
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RavenCorvus corax
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SwiftApus apus
🦌Mammals1 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Pond Terrapin
- Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Marmalade Hoverfly · Alder Leaf Beetle +5
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Common Darter
Common Poppy · Red Bartsia · Hazel · Sycamore · Butterfly-bush +43
- Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2025
- Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2025
- HazelCorylus avellana2025
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Sympetrum striolatum
Sympetrum striolatum
Brown HawkerAeshna grandisBrown HawkerAeshna grandisBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansCommon Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulusCommon Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2025
2025
CornflowerCentaurea cyanus2025CornflowerCentaurea cyanus2025Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2025Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Lesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumCherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2025Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2025Wall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis2025Wall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis2025BulrushTypha latifolia2025BulrushTypha latifolia2025Common ReedPhragmites australis2025Common ReedPhragmites australis2025Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera var. pissardii2025Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera var. pissardii2025ElderSambucus nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Spotted-laurelAucuba japonica2025Spotted-laurelAucuba japonica2025Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2025AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2025Floating PennywortHydrocotyle ranunculoides2025Floating PennywortHydrocotyle ranunculoides2025Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2025Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2025Wild MignonetteReseda lutea2025Wild MignonetteReseda lutea2025Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis2025Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis2025Copper BeechFagus sylvatica group 'Atropurpurea'2025Copper BeechFagus sylvatica group 'Atropurpurea'2025Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla2025Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025Wild CarrotDaucus carota2025Wild CarrotDaucus carota2025Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus2025Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus2025MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2025Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Wild CherryPrunus avium2025Wild CherryPrunus avium2025Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Zigzag CloverTrifolium medium2025Zigzag CloverTrifolium medium2025Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2025Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2025