Vista Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.47909, -2.67525
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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
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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2019
2019
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Silene dioica2024
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MustardAlliaria petiolata2022Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2022Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2022Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2022AshFraxinus excelsior2022AshFraxinus excelsior2022HollyIlex aquifolium2022HollyIlex aquifolium2022BlackthornPrunus spinosaBlackthornPrunus spinosaGreater PlantainPlantago majorGreater PlantainPlantago majorRed CloverTrifolium pratenseRed CloverTrifolium pratenseRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataYellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorumYellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorumMarsh-marigoldCaltha palustrisMarsh-marigoldCaltha palustrisSpear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2024HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2024Common BistortBistorta officinalis2023Common BistortBistorta officinalis2023Rosa caninaRosa canina2022Rosa caninaRosa canina2022Highclere HollyIlex aquifolium x perado = I. x altaclerensis2022Highclere HollyIlex aquifolium x perado = I. x altaclerensis2022Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2022Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2022Wood AvensGeum urbanum2022Wood AvensGeum urbanum2022Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2022Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2022Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2021Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2021FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2021FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2021Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2021Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2021WoodruffGalium odoratum2021WoodruffGalium odoratum2021Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2021Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2021IvyHedera helix2019IvyHedera helix2019BroomCytisus scoparius2019BroomCytisus scoparius2019Pot MarigoldCalendula officinalisPot MarigoldCalendula officinalisHimalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosaHimalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosaWeldReseda luteolaWeldReseda luteolaCharlockSinapis arvensisCharlockSinapis arvensisAmerican WillowherbEpilobium ciliatumAmerican WillowherbEpilobium ciliatumMugwortArtemisia vulgarisMugwortArtemisia vulgarisMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisHedge MustardSisymbrium officinaleHedge MustardSisymbrium officinaleWood HorsetailEquisetum sylvaticumWood HorsetailEquisetum sylvaticumMarsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum2024Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum2024TutsanHypericum androsaemum2024TutsanHypericum androsaemum2024Pale GalingaleCyperus eragrostis2024Pale GalingaleCyperus eragrostis2024Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2024Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2024Aster agg.Aster agg.2024Aster agg.Aster agg.2024BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2024BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2024Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024Curled DockRumex crispus2024Curled DockRumex crispus2024GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024Shrub RagwortBrachyglottis x jubar2024Shrub RagwortBrachyglottis x jubar2024Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata2024Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata2024Many-flowered RoseRosa multiflora2024Many-flowered RoseRosa multiflora2024Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2024Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2024Milk ThistleSilybum marianum2024Milk ThistleSilybum marianum2024Glabrous-headed HawkweedHieracium vagum2023Glabrous-headed HawkweedHieracium vagum2023DogwoodCornus sanguinea2022DogwoodCornus sanguinea2022Lesser BurdockArctium minus2022Lesser BurdockArctium minus2022Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2022Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2022BeechFagus sylvatica2022BeechFagus sylvatica2022Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2022Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2022HornbeamCarpinus betulus2022HornbeamCarpinus betulus2022Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2022Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2022Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2022Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2022MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2022MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2022BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2022BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2022Remote SedgeCarex remota2022Remote SedgeCarex remota2022ElderSambucus nigra2022ElderSambucus nigra2022Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2022Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2022Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2022Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2022Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2022Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2022Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit2021Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit2021Zigzag CloverTrifolium medium2021Zigzag CloverTrifolium medium2021Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2021Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2021Corn MarigoldGlebionis segetum2021Corn MarigoldGlebionis segetum2021Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia2021Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia2021Bush VetchVicia sepium2021Bush VetchVicia sepium2021Baby's-blue-eyesNemophila menziesii2021Baby's-blue-eyesNemophila menziesii2021Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2021Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2021Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2021Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2021CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2021CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2021Soft-rushJuncus effusus2021Soft-rushJuncus effusus2021Common NettleUrtica dioica2021Common NettleUrtica dioica2021Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2021Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2021Wych ElmUlmus glabra2021Wych ElmUlmus glabra2021Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2021Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2021HonestyLunaria annua2021HonestyLunaria annua2021AlderAlnus glutinosa2021AlderAlnus glutinosa2021Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2021Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2021Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia2020Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia2020CowslipPrimula veris2020CowslipPrimula veris2020Silver BirchBetula pendula2019Silver BirchBetula pendula2019Events & activities nearby
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