Caleb's Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.48253, -2.72622
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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
Rainford Linear ParkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Sankey Canal TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef SCTLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
13,668 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,668 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Great Crested Grebe · Mallard · Coot · Carrion Crow +39
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Common TernSterna hirundo2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
🦌Mammals8 species
springsummer
2026▾
Daubenton's Bat · Brown Hare · Noctule · Pipistrelle Bat species · Pipistrelle +3
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2025
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2025
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- Rabbit
Red-eared Terrapin
- Red-eared TerrapinTrachemys scripta subsp. elegans
🐝Insects19 species
springsummer
2026▾
Scathophaga stercoraria · Clay-coloured Weevil · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Vine Weevil · Agonum muelleri +14
- 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 · Barren Strawberry · Firethorn · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Himalayan Balsam +32
- Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2025
- Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2025
- FirethornPyracantha coccinea2025
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,668 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Great Crested Grebe · Mallard · Coot · Carrion Crow +39
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Common TernSterna hirundo2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
🦌Mammals8 species
springsummer
2026▾
Daubenton's Bat · Brown Hare · Noctule · Pipistrelle Bat species · Pipistrelle +3
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2025
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2025
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- Rabbit
Red-eared Terrapin
- Red-eared TerrapinTrachemys scripta subsp. elegans
🐝Insects19 species
springsummer
2026▾
Scathophaga stercoraria · Clay-coloured Weevil · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Vine Weevil · Agonum muelleri +14
- 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 · Barren Strawberry · Firethorn · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Himalayan Balsam +32
- Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2025
- Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2025
- FirethornPyracantha coccinea2025
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Oryctolagus cuniculus2025
Oryctolagus cuniculus2025
MoleTalpa europaea2025MoleTalpa europaea2025Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025Paranchus albipesParanchus albipesParanchus albipesParanchus albipesPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusBadister bullatusBadister bullatus2025Badister bullatusBadister bullatus2025Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium2025Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2025Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2025XylotaXylota2025XylotaXylota2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Yellow Iris
Yellow Iris
Iris pseudacorus2025
Iris pseudacorus2025
RamsonsAllium ursinum2025RamsonsAllium ursinum2025HornbeamCarpinus betulus2025HornbeamCarpinus betulus2025Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris2025Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris2025Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2025Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2025Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2025Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2025HazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaGarden RadishRaphanus sativus2025Garden RadishRaphanus sativus2025Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2025Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2025CleaversGalium aparine2025CleaversGalium aparine2025Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025OsierSalix viminalis2025OsierSalix viminalis2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025WoodruffGalium odoratum2025WoodruffGalium odoratum2025Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2025Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2025Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2025Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2025Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025IvyHedera helix2025IvyHedera helix2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2025Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia2025Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia2025