Lime tree Woods - Broadleaved woodland
8 ha
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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
53.48088, -2.91713
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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
147 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 810Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 810National Cycle Network
Radial Route 3Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
Radial Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6Local cycle route
Middle OrbitalCycling route▾
Named routeRef MLocal cycle route
Outer OrbitalCycling route▾
Named routeRef OLocal cycle route
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
9,404 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,404 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMoorhen · Coot · Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Blackbird +18
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Pond Terrapin
- Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Marmalade Hoverfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Eristalis pertinax · Common Darter · Brown Hawker +5
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Red-legged Shieldbug
Mugwort · False Oat-grass · Elder · Rosebay Willowherb · Hazel +91
- MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025
- ElderSambucus nigra2025
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
- HazelCorylus avellana2025
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,404 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMoorhen · Coot · Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Blackbird +18
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Pond Terrapin
- Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Marmalade Hoverfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Eristalis pertinax · Common Darter · Brown Hawker +5
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Red-legged Shieldbug
Mugwort · False Oat-grass · Elder · Rosebay Willowherb · Hazel +91
- MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025
- ElderSambucus nigra2025
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
- HazelCorylus avellana2025
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pentatoma rufipes
Pentatoma rufipes
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorumCommon Carder BeeBombus pascuorumRed-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidariusRed-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidariusHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
2025
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NettleUrtica dioica2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2025Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2025KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2025Common Field-speedwellVeronica persicaCommon Field-speedwellVeronica persicaCherry PlumPrunus 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acetosella2025Procumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculata2025Procumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculata2025Field MapleAcer campestre2025Field MapleAcer campestre2025Wild MignonetteReseda lutea2025Wild MignonetteReseda lutea2025Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis2025Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis2025AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2025AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2025Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2025Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2025HornbeamCarpinus betulus2025HornbeamCarpinus betulus2025Tragopogon pratensis subsp. minorTragopogon pratensis subsp. minor2025Tragopogon pratensis subsp. minorTragopogon pratensis subsp. minor2025Water HorsetailEquisetum fluviatile2025Water HorsetailEquisetum fluviatile2025Field Penny-cressThlaspi arvense2025Field Penny-cressThlaspi arvense2025NipplewortLapsana communis2025NipplewortLapsana communis2025RamsonsAllium ursinum2025RamsonsAllium ursinum2025Celery-leaved ButtercupRanunculus sceleratus2025Celery-leaved ButtercupRanunculus sceleratus2025Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2025Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2025Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2025Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2025Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2025Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2025Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2025Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2025