Mill Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.48959, -2.77489
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
Rainford Linear ParkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Sankey Canal TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef SCTLocal cycle route
Photos
Mill Lane Bridge, over Rainford Brook
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Wildlife to spot
2,286 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,286 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Great Spotted Woodpecker · Long-tailed Tit · Blackbird · Kestrel · Goldfinch +42
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Tree Bumblebee · Glischrochilus hortensis · 7-spot Ladybird
- Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
- Glischrochilus hortensisGlischrochilus hortensis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Marsh Foxtail · Bog Stitchwort · Lesser Trefoil · Amphibious Bistort · Creeping Buttercup +7
- Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus
- Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine
- Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
- Amphibious BistortPersicaria amphibia
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2024
- Honesty
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,286 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Great Spotted Woodpecker · Long-tailed Tit · Blackbird · Kestrel · Goldfinch +42
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Tree Bumblebee · Glischrochilus hortensis · 7-spot Ladybird
- Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
- Glischrochilus hortensisGlischrochilus hortensis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Marsh Foxtail · Bog Stitchwort · Lesser Trefoil · Amphibious Bistort · Creeping Buttercup +7
- Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus
- Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine
- Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
- Amphibious BistortPersicaria amphibia
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2024
- Honesty
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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