Balcony Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.53128, -2.74018
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 · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Rainford Linear ParkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal cycle 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
Photos
M58 east of Chequer Lane Bridge
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Wildlife to spot
5,667 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,667 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Mallard · Canada Goose · Muscovy Duck +29
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- CootFulica atra
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
Mole
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Empis nigripes · Ptychoptera contaminata · Phylidorea ferruginea · Prasocuris marginella · Cheilosia albitarsis +54
- Empis nigripesEmpis nigripes
- Ptychoptera contaminataPtychoptera contaminata
- Phylidorea ferrugineaPhylidorea ferruginea
- Prasocuris marginellaPrasocuris marginella
- Cheilosia albitarsisCheilosia albitarsis
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Eupeodes corollae
Hawthorn · Broad Bean · Red Clover · Gorse · Hazel +16
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Broad BeanVicia faba
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense
- GorseUlex europaeus
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,667 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Mallard · Canada Goose · Muscovy Duck +29
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- CootFulica atra
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
Mole
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Empis nigripes · Ptychoptera contaminata · Phylidorea ferruginea · Prasocuris marginella · Cheilosia albitarsis +54
- Empis nigripesEmpis nigripes
- Ptychoptera contaminataPtychoptera contaminata
- Phylidorea ferrugineaPhylidorea ferruginea
- Prasocuris marginellaPrasocuris marginella
- Cheilosia albitarsisCheilosia albitarsis
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Eupeodes corollae
Hawthorn · Broad Bean · Red Clover · Gorse · Hazel +16
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Broad BeanVicia faba
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense
- GorseUlex europaeus
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Eupeodes corollae
Eupeodes corollae
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Aspen
Populus tremula
Populus tremula
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