Winstanley Wood - Broadleaved woodland
9 ha
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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome9 ha
Getting here
53.46805, -2.73678
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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 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Rainford Linear ParkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Sankey Canal TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef SCTLocal cycle route
Photos
Former railway bridge abutment
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Wildlife to spot
24,041 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
24,041 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreat Crested Grebe · Blackbird · Herring Gull · Mallard · Coot +38
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Common TernSterna hirundo2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummer
2026▾
Daubenton's Bat · Noctule · Pipistrelle Bat species · Pipistrelle · Mole +1
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2025
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2025
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
- Common Pipistrelle
Red-eared Terrapin
- Red-eared TerrapinTrachemys scripta subsp. elegans
🐝Insects18 species
springsummer
2026▾
Scathophaga stercoraria · Clay-coloured Weevil · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Vine Weevil · Agonum muelleri +13
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Clay-coloured WeevilOtiorhynchus singularis
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Agonum muelleriAgonum muelleri
- Sitona obsoletusSitona obsoletus
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage · Wood-sorrel · Dog's Mercury · Barren Strawberry · Maidenhair Spleenwort +32
- Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2025
- Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2025
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025
- Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2025
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025
- Yellow Iris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
24,041 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreat Crested Grebe · Blackbird · Herring Gull · Mallard · Coot +38
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Common TernSterna hirundo2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummer
2026▾
Daubenton's Bat · Noctule · Pipistrelle Bat species · Pipistrelle · Mole +1
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2025
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2025
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
- Common Pipistrelle
Red-eared Terrapin
- Red-eared TerrapinTrachemys scripta subsp. elegans
🐝Insects18 species
springsummer
2026▾
Scathophaga stercoraria · Clay-coloured Weevil · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Vine Weevil · Agonum muelleri +13
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Clay-coloured WeevilOtiorhynchus singularis
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Agonum muelleriAgonum muelleri
- Sitona obsoletusSitona obsoletus
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage · Wood-sorrel · Dog's Mercury · Barren Strawberry · Maidenhair Spleenwort +32
- Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2025
- Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2025
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025
- Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2025
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025
- Yellow Iris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pipistrellus pipistrellus2025
Pipistrellus pipistrellus2025
Paranchus albipesParanchus albipesParanchus albipesParanchus albipesPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusBadister bullatusBadister bullatus2025Badister bullatusBadister bullatus2025Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium2025Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2025Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2025XylotaXylota2025XylotaXylota2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Iris pseudacorus2025
Iris pseudacorus2025
HornbeamCarpinus betulus2025HornbeamCarpinus betulus2025Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris2025Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris2025Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2025Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2025Garden TulipTulipa gesnerianaGarden TulipTulipa gesnerianaColtsfootTussilago farfaraColtsfootTussilago farfaraRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumTaxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccataHazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaShaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiata2025Shaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiata2025Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2025Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2025CleaversGalium aparine2025CleaversGalium aparine2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025OsierSalix viminalis2025OsierSalix viminalis2025Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025WoodruffGalium odoratum2025WoodruffGalium odoratum2025Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2025Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025RamsonsAllium ursinum2025RamsonsAllium ursinum2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2025Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia2025Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia2025Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2025Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025