Stanley Bank Wood - Broadleaved woodland
6 ha
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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
53.46803, -2.69393
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿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
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿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
Rainford Linear ParkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
GM Ringway Stage 16Walking route16.3 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 16 - Wigan to Leigh
Named routeLength 16.3 kmRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Sankey Canal TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef SCTLocal cycle route
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Woodland off Stanley Bank Way
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Wildlife to spot
21,418 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
21,418 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Mallard · Great Tit +34
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- White StorkCiconia ciconia2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Daubenton's Bat · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Rabbit +5
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2025
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects16 species
springsummer
2025▾
Broad-bodied Chaser · Green Shieldbug · Red-legged Shieldbug · Corizus hyoscyami · 7-spot Ladybird +11
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Wood-sorrel · Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage · Bugle · Barren Strawberry · Hart's-Tongue +54
- Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2025
- Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2025
- BugleAjuga reptans2025
- Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2025
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025
- Hogweed
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
21,418 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Mallard · Great Tit +34
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- White StorkCiconia ciconia2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Daubenton's Bat · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Rabbit +5
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2025
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects16 species
springsummer
2025▾
Broad-bodied Chaser · Green Shieldbug · Red-legged Shieldbug · Corizus hyoscyami · 7-spot Ladybird +11
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Wood-sorrel · Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage · Bugle · Barren Strawberry · Hart's-Tongue +54
- Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2025
- Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2025
- BugleAjuga reptans2025
- Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2025
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025
- Hogweed
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025BatChiroptera2025BatChiroptera2025MoleTalpa europaea2025MoleTalpa europaea2025Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorFour-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataFour-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataBlack SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatusBlack SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusLily BeetleLilioceris liliiLily BeetleLilioceris liliiSmall Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorumSmall Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorumXylotaXylotaXylotaXylotaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensHeracleum sphondylium2025
Heracleum sphondylium2025
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2025Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2025Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris2025Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris2025Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2025Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2025Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia2025Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia2025Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2025Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2025Prunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaHazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaRussian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2025Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2025CleaversGalium aparine2025CleaversGalium aparine2025Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025Pot MarigoldCalendula officinalis2025Pot MarigoldCalendula officinalis2025Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa2025Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa2025CharlockSinapis arvensis2025CharlockSinapis arvensis2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2025American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025Common ChickweedStellaria media2025Common ChickweedStellaria media2025DandelionTaraxacum2025DandelionTaraxacum2025Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2025Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2025Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2025Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2025Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2025Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2025BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025ElderSambucus nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2025Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2025False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae2025False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2025Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2025WoodruffGalium odoratum2025WoodruffGalium odoratum2025HornbeamCarpinus betulus2025HornbeamCarpinus betulus2025Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2025Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025IvyHedera helix2025IvyHedera helix2025RamsonsAllium ursinum2025RamsonsAllium ursinum2025Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025Events & activities nearby
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