Taylor's Wood - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
53.51439, -2.85482
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Lowland raised bog — bog butterflies and rare invertebrates
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 · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Rainford Linear ParkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
14 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
NCN 862Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 862National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 862Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route10 m▾
Named routeRef 862Length 10 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface blocks
Main RouteCycling route386 m▾
Named routeRef 862Length 386 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route138 m▾
Named routeRef 862Length 138 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface blocks
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
1,562 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
1,562 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Pheasant · Woodpigeon · Pink-footed Goose · Magpie +41
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- MagpiePica pica
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2020
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
- SwiftApus apus2019
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2022
- Common GullLarus canus2022
- CorvidCorvidae2015
- DunnockPrunella modularis2014
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2014
- SwallowHirundo rustica2014
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2014
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2014
🦌Mammals5 species
springwinter
2025▾
Bat · Brown Hare · rabbits and hares · Grey Squirrel · Mole
- BatChiroptera
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- rabbits and haresLagomorpha
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2020
- MoleTalpa europaea2016
Gatekeeper · Small Tortoiseshell · Small White · Large White · Red Admiral +9
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2017
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2017
- Small WhitePieris rapae2017
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2017
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2017
- PeacockAglais io
🌿Plants10 species
springsummer
2024▾
Bee Orchid · Red Bartsia · Black Nightshade · Hogweed · Hedgerow Crane's-bill +5
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
- Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2023
- Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2023
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2023
- Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2020
- Mugwort
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,562 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Pheasant · Woodpigeon · Pink-footed Goose · Magpie +41
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- MagpiePica pica
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2020
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
- SwiftApus apus2019
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2022
- Common GullLarus canus2022
- CorvidCorvidae2015
- DunnockPrunella modularis2014
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2014
- SwallowHirundo rustica2014
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2014
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2014
🦌Mammals5 species
springwinter
2025▾
Bat · Brown Hare · rabbits and hares · Grey Squirrel · Mole
- BatChiroptera
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- rabbits and haresLagomorpha
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2020
- MoleTalpa europaea2016
Gatekeeper · Small Tortoiseshell · Small White · Large White · Red Admiral +9
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2017
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2017
- Small WhitePieris rapae2017
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2017
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2017
- PeacockAglais io
🌿Plants10 species
springsummer
2024▾
Bee Orchid · Red Bartsia · Black Nightshade · Hogweed · Hedgerow Crane's-bill +5
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
- Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2023
- Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2023
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2023
- Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2020
- Mugwort
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2015
2015
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2017Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2017Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelusMeadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelusCommon DarterSympetrum striolatum2017Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2017Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2017Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2017Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2017Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2017Painted LadyVanessa cardui2014Painted LadyVanessa cardui2014CommaPolygonia c-album2014CommaPolygonia c-album2014Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2014Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2014Artemisia vulgaris2020
Artemisia vulgaris2020
Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium2020Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium2020Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2020Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2020Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2020Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2020AppleMalus domestica2019AppleMalus domestica2019