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Byrom wood - Broadleaved woodland

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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
🛝Playground 294m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground 294m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

4 activities

Wildlife

Strong match

Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

GM Ringway Stage 16Walking route16.3 km

GM Ringway Stage 16 - Wigan to Leigh

Named routeLength 16.3 kmRegional walking route

GM Ringway Stage 17Walking route16.6 km

GM Ringway Stage 17 - Leigh to Irlam

Named routeLength 16.6 kmRegional walking route

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Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Bridgewater WayCycling route

Named routeRef 82Regional cycle route

Sankey Canal TrailCycling route

Named routeRef SCTLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

16,719 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

16,719 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds89 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Blackbird +84

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Great TitParus major2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
CootFulica atra2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
TealAnas crecca2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Black TernChlidonias niger2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Lesser ScaupAythya affinis2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
White WagtailMotacilla alba alba2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Common GullLarus canus2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2024

🦌

Mammals4 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Common Pipistrelle · Brown Rat

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Brown RatRattus norvegicus

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects21 species

spring

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Cassida vibex · Anasimyia lineata · Eristalis nemorum · Thistle Tortoise Beetle +16

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Cassida vibexCassida vibex2025
Anasimyia lineataAnasimyia lineata2025
Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2025
Thistle Tortoise BeetleCassida rubiginosa2025
Drepanosiphum platanoidisDrepanosiphum platanoidis2025
Water LadybirdAnisosticta novemdecimpunctata2025
Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2025
Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus2025
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2025
Prasocuris marginellaPrasocuris marginella2025
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
Empis tessellataEmpis tessellata2025
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025
Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
Cheilosia albitarsisCheilosia albitarsis2025
St Marks FlyBibio marci2025
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2025
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024

🌿

Plants42 species

spring

2026

Hyacinth · White Dead-nettle · Red Clover · Lesser Trefoil · Common Mouse-ear +37

HyacinthHyacinthus orientalis
White Dead-nettleLamium album2025
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2025
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025
Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum2025
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2025
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025
RowanSorbus aucuparia2025
Red CampionSilene dioica2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2025
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025
DaisyBellis perennis2025
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025
Common BistortBistorta officinalis2024
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Common VetchVicia sativa
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
NipplewortLapsana communis2025
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2025
Creeping-JennyLysimachia nummularia2025
Fodder BurnetPoterium sanguisorba subsp. balearicum2025
CleaversGalium aparine2025
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana2025
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2025
Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea2024
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2024
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024
Common NettleUrtica dioica2024
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024
DandelionTaraxacum2024
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024
Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia2024
Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2024
AshFraxinus excelsior2024
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

16,719 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds89 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Blackbird +84

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Great TitParus major2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
CootFulica atra2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
TealAnas crecca2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Black TernChlidonias niger2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Lesser ScaupAythya affinis2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
White WagtailMotacilla alba alba2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Common GullLarus canus2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2024

🦌

Mammals4 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Common Pipistrelle · Brown Rat

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Brown RatRattus norvegicus

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects21 species

spring

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Cassida vibex · Anasimyia lineata · Eristalis nemorum · Thistle Tortoise Beetle +16

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Cassida vibexCassida vibex2025
Anasimyia lineataAnasimyia lineata2025
Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2025
Thistle Tortoise BeetleCassida rubiginosa2025
Drepanosiphum platanoidisDrepanosiphum platanoidis2025
Water LadybirdAnisosticta novemdecimpunctata2025
Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2025
Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus2025
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2025
Prasocuris marginellaPrasocuris marginella2025
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
Empis tessellataEmpis tessellata2025
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025
Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
Cheilosia albitarsisCheilosia albitarsis2025
St Marks FlyBibio marci2025
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2025
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024

🌿

Plants42 species

spring

2026

Hyacinth · White Dead-nettle · Red Clover · Lesser Trefoil · Common Mouse-ear +37

HyacinthHyacinthus orientalis
White Dead-nettleLamium album2025
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2025
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025
Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum2025
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2025
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025
RowanSorbus aucuparia2025
Red CampionSilene dioica2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2025
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025
DaisyBellis perennis2025
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025
Common BistortBistorta officinalis2024
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Common VetchVicia sativa
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
NipplewortLapsana communis2025
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2025
Creeping-JennyLysimachia nummularia2025
Fodder BurnetPoterium sanguisorba subsp. balearicum2025
CleaversGalium aparine2025
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana2025
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2025
Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea2024
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2024
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024
Common NettleUrtica dioica2024
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024
DandelionTaraxacum2024
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024
Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia2024
Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2024
AshFraxinus excelsior2024
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Alex McGregor · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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