Chadwick Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.50345, -2.72820
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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
17,480 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,480 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Blackbird · Pheasant · Woodpigeon · Yellowhammer · Barn Owl +30
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Alectoris rufa rufaAlectoris rufa rufa2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
Rabbit · Noctule · Common Pipistrelle · Brown Hare
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
7-spot Ladybird · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Turnip Tigress · Western Honey Bee · Marmalade Hoverfly +1
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Turnip TigressAthalia rosae
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
Plantain Mildew · Daisy Rust · Podosphaera epilobii · Blushing Milkcap · Mallrug, Mallryg +3
- Plantain MildewGolovinomyces sordidus
- Daisy RustPuccinia lagenophorae
- Podosphaera epilobiiPodosphaera epilobii
- Blushing MilkcapLactarius controversus
- Mallrug, MallrygClaviceps purpurea
- Oak MildewErysiphe alphitoides
- Rooting Bolete
Hawthorn · Hazel · Hogweed · Broad Bean · Cow Parsley +73
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
- HazelCorylus avellana2025
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024
- Broad BeanVicia faba2025
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,480 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Blackbird · Pheasant · Woodpigeon · Yellowhammer · Barn Owl +30
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Alectoris rufa rufaAlectoris rufa rufa2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
Rabbit · Noctule · Common Pipistrelle · Brown Hare
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
7-spot Ladybird · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Turnip Tigress · Western Honey Bee · Marmalade Hoverfly +1
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Turnip TigressAthalia rosae
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
Plantain Mildew · Daisy Rust · Podosphaera epilobii · Blushing Milkcap · Mallrug, Mallryg +3
- Plantain MildewGolovinomyces sordidus
- Daisy RustPuccinia lagenophorae
- Podosphaera epilobiiPodosphaera epilobii
- Blushing MilkcapLactarius controversus
- Mallrug, MallrygClaviceps purpurea
- Oak MildewErysiphe alphitoides
- Rooting Bolete
Hawthorn · Hazel · Hogweed · Broad Bean · Cow Parsley +73
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
- HazelCorylus avellana2025
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024
- Broad BeanVicia faba2025
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Caloboletus radicans
Caloboletus radicans
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