Moss Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦋Insects🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.46689, -2.81612
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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
- 🐕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
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects
Free
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 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Rainford Linear ParkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
23 signed routes nearby
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Radial Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6Local cycle route
Radial Route 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 7Local cycle route
Radial Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5Local cycle route
NCN 862Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 862National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route207 m▾
Named routeRef 862Length 207 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route446 m▾
Named routeRef 862Length 446 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
11,039 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
11,039 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Chaffinch · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Magpie +44
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- Great TitParus major2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
🦌Mammals3 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Red Fox · Roe Deer · Stoat
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- StoatMustela erminea2024
🐝Insects2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Eristalis arbustorum · Eristalis pertinax
- Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
🌿Plants12 species
winterspring
2026▾
Red Dead-nettle · Lesser Celandine · Wall-rue · Snowdrop · Reynoutria japonica x sachalinensis = R. x bohemica +7
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- Reynoutria japonica x sachalinensis = R. x bohemicaReynoutria japonica x sachalinensis = R. x bohemica2025
- Annual Wall-rocket
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,039 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Chaffinch · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Magpie +44
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- Great TitParus major2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
🦌Mammals3 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Red Fox · Roe Deer · Stoat
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- StoatMustela erminea2024
🐝Insects2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Eristalis arbustorum · Eristalis pertinax
- Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
🌿Plants12 species
winterspring
2026▾
Red Dead-nettle · Lesser Celandine · Wall-rue · Snowdrop · Reynoutria japonica x sachalinensis = R. x bohemica +7
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- Reynoutria japonica x sachalinensis = R. x bohemicaReynoutria japonica x sachalinensis = R. x bohemica2025
- Annual Wall-rocket
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Diplotaxis muralis2025
Diplotaxis muralis2025
Red CampionSilene dioica2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025NipplewortLapsana communis2025NipplewortLapsana communis2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Trifolium incarnatumTrifolium incarnatum2024Trifolium incarnatumTrifolium incarnatum2024