Willow Bed Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
9 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome9 ha
Getting here
53.47082, -2.89352
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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
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
Trans-Pennine Trail (Southport to Liverpool)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
146 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 810Cycling route▾
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Radial Route 3Cycling route▾
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Radial Route 6Cycling route▾
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Inner OrbitalCycling route▾
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Wildlife to spot
4,868 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,868 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreat Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Magpie · Oystercatcher +38
- Great TitParus major2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
Mole · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Harlequin Ladybird · Syrphus · Common Darter · Cantharis livida · Orange-tailed Mining Bee +6
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Cantharis lividaCantharis livida
- Orange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoa
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Foxglove · Common Ragwort · Marsh-marigold · Bittersweet · Creeping Buttercup +70
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
- BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Taxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,868 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreat Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Magpie · Oystercatcher +38
- Great TitParus major2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
Mole · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Harlequin Ladybird · Syrphus · Common Darter · Cantharis livida · Orange-tailed Mining Bee +6
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Cantharis lividaCantharis livida
- Orange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoa
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Foxglove · Common Ragwort · Marsh-marigold · Bittersweet · Creeping Buttercup +70
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
- BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Taxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
