High Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.49483, -2.74543
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
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Wildlife to spot
9,783 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,783 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Redwing · Great Tit · Chaffinch · Robin · Blue Tit +42
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Alectoris rufa rufaAlectoris rufa rufa2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Brown Hare · Noctule · Common Pipistrelle
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Scathophaga stercoraria · Clay-coloured Weevil · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Vine Weevil · Agonum muelleri +6
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Clay-coloured WeevilOtiorhynchus singularis
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Agonum muelleriAgonum muelleri
- Sitona obsoletusSitona obsoletus
- Pea-leaf Weevil
Sowbread
- SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,783 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Redwing · Great Tit · Chaffinch · Robin · Blue Tit +42
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Alectoris rufa rufaAlectoris rufa rufa2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Brown Hare · Noctule · Common Pipistrelle
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Scathophaga stercoraria · Clay-coloured Weevil · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Vine Weevil · Agonum muelleri +6
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Clay-coloured WeevilOtiorhynchus singularis
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Agonum muelleriAgonum muelleri
- Sitona obsoletusSitona obsoletus
- Pea-leaf Weevil
Sowbread
- SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Sitona lineatus
Sitona lineatus
Badister bullatusBadister bullatus2025Badister bullatusBadister bullatus2025Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium2025Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Events & activities nearby
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