Moss Wood - Broadleaved woodland
5 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
53.52932, -2.70265
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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 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Rainford Linear ParkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
GM Ringway Stage 15Walking route16.2 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 15 - Blackrod to Wigan
Named routeLength 16.2 kmRegional walking route
GM Ringway Stage 16Walking route16.3 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 16 - Wigan to Leigh
Named routeLength 16.3 kmRegional walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pier to Pier cycle routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef 562National Cycle Network
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
23,777 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
23,777 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
springautumn
2026▾
Willow Tit · Woodpigeon · Blackcap · Great Crested Grebe · Blackbird +42
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Brown Long-eared Bat · Mole · Hedgehog · Natterer's Bat
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- MoleTalpa europaea
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Varied Carpet Beetle · Red-legged Shieldbug · Marsh Snipefly · 2-spot Ladybird · Alder Leaf Beetle +7
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Marsh SnipeflyRhagio tringarius
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Platycheirus rosarum
Hawthorn · Red Clover · Wood Anemone · Sycamore · Chicory +15
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025
- ChicoryCichorium intybus2025
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
23,777 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
springautumn
2026▾
Willow Tit · Woodpigeon · Blackcap · Great Crested Grebe · Blackbird +42
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Brown Long-eared Bat · Mole · Hedgehog · Natterer's Bat
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- MoleTalpa europaea
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Varied Carpet Beetle · Red-legged Shieldbug · Marsh Snipefly · 2-spot Ladybird · Alder Leaf Beetle +7
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Marsh SnipeflyRhagio tringarius
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Platycheirus rosarum
Hawthorn · Red Clover · Wood Anemone · Sycamore · Chicory +15
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025
- ChicoryCichorium intybus2025
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Platycheirus rosarum
Platycheirus rosarum
Cantharis rufaCantharis rufaCantharis rufaCantharis rufaLime AphidEucallipterus tiliaeLime AphidEucallipterus tiliaeCercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerataSaddleback Grass-cutterEutomostethus ephippiumSaddleback Grass-cutterEutomostethus ephippiumPachyrhinus lethierryiPachyrhinus lethierryiPachyrhinus lethierryiPachyrhinus lethierryiHimalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025Alsike CloverTrifolium hybridum2025Alsike CloverTrifolium hybridum2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Evening PrimroseOenothera2025Evening PrimroseOenothera2025Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025Common VetchVicia sativa subsp. segetalis2025Common VetchVicia sativa subsp. segetalis2025Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2025Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2025Common BistortBistorta officinalis2025Common BistortBistorta officinalis2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025