Rookery Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.48785, -2.67127
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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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Wildlife to spot
2,955 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,955 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds21 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Rock Dove · Jackdaw +16
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- Great TitParus major
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects11 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Alder Leaf Beetle · Pea-leaf Weevil +6
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2024
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
Black Medick · Bramble · Great Willowherb · Dandelion · Field Horsetail +55
- Black MedickMedicago lupulina2025
- BrambleRubus fruticosus2025
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
- DandelionTaraxacum2025
- Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2025
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,955 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds21 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Rock Dove · Jackdaw +16
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- Great TitParus major
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects11 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Alder Leaf Beetle · Pea-leaf Weevil +6
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2024
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
Black Medick · Bramble · Great Willowherb · Dandelion · Field Horsetail +55
- Black MedickMedicago lupulina2025
- BrambleRubus fruticosus2025
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
- DandelionTaraxacum2025
- Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2025
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Common Wasp
Common Wasp
Vespula vulgaris2025
Vespula vulgaris2025
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024Western Honey BeeApis mellifera20242025
2025
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2025Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2025DaisyBellis perennis2025DaisyBellis perennis2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Common ChickweedStellaria media2025Common ChickweedStellaria media2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025Tall MelilotMelilotus altissimus2025Tall MelilotMelilotus altissimus2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024ColtsfootTussilago farfaraColtsfootTussilago farfaraEarly CrocusCrocus tommasinianusEarly CrocusCrocus tommasinianusSpotted-laurelAucuba japonicaSpotted-laurelAucuba japonicaCommon Field-speedwellVeronica persica2025Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2025Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2025Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2025Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Bush VetchVicia sepium2025Bush VetchVicia sepium2025Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2025Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2025Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2025Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2025Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2025Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025WeldReseda luteola2025WeldReseda luteola2025CharlockSinapis arvensis2025CharlockSinapis arvensis2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2025American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2025Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2025Wood HorsetailEquisetum sylvaticum2025Wood HorsetailEquisetum sylvaticum2025Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2025Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2024Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2024Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum2024Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum2024TutsanHypericum androsaemum2024TutsanHypericum androsaemum2024Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2024Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2024Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2024Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2024Aster agg.Aster agg.2024Aster agg.Aster agg.2024BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2024BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2024Curled DockRumex crispus2024Curled DockRumex crispus2024HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2024HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2024ElderSambucus nigra2024ElderSambucus nigra2024Events & activities nearby
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