Lodge Lane Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
5 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
53.47984, -2.63368
Open directionsv
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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Wildlife to spot
4,657 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,657 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Lesser Black-backed Gull · House Sparrow +41
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
🐝Insects10 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Alder Leaf Beetle · Pea-leaf Weevil · Common Wasp +5
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2024
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Common WaspVespula vulgaris2025
- Western Honey Bee
Creeping Buttercup · Lesser Trefoil · Early Crocus · Spotted-laurel · Reed Canary-grass +20
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024
- Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2024
- Early CrocusCrocus tommasinianus
- Spotted-laurelAucuba japonica
- Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2025
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,657 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Lesser Black-backed Gull · House Sparrow +41
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
🐝Insects10 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Alder Leaf Beetle · Pea-leaf Weevil · Common Wasp +5
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2024
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Common WaspVespula vulgaris2025
- Western Honey Bee
Creeping Buttercup · Lesser Trefoil · Early Crocus · Spotted-laurel · Reed Canary-grass +20
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024
- Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2024
- Early CrocusCrocus tommasinianus
- Spotted-laurelAucuba japonica
- Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2025
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Apis mellifera2025
Apis mellifera2025
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2024Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2024ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025WeldReseda luteola2025WeldReseda luteola2025Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025Common ReedPhragmites australis2025Common ReedPhragmites australis2025Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2024Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2024Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum2024Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum2024TutsanHypericum androsaemum2024TutsanHypericum androsaemum2024Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2024Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2024Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2024Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2024Tufted VetchVicia cracca2024Tufted VetchVicia cracca2024HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2024HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2024BrambleRubus fruticosus2024BrambleRubus fruticosus2024DaisyBellis perennis2024DaisyBellis perennis2024Black MedickMedicago lupulina2024Black MedickMedicago lupulina2024CleaversGalium aparine2024CleaversGalium aparine2024White CloverTrifolium repens2024White CloverTrifolium repens2024Shrub RagwortBrachyglottis x jubar2024Shrub RagwortBrachyglottis x jubar2024Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2024Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2024Events & activities nearby
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