Balcony Wood - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.53213, -2.76134
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 · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Rainford Linear ParkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Duke's Wood Lanepublic footpath · 417 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 417 mSurface dirtPath type: track
Duke's Wood Lanepublic footpath · 56 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 56 mSurface dirtPath type: track
Duke's Wood Lanepublic footpath · 12 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 12 mSurface dirtPath type: track
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
Pimbo Road near Peel Road
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Wildlife to spot
6,270 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,270 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
House Sparrow · Woodpigeon · Robin · Mallard · Canada Goose +28
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
🦌Mammals5 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Mole · Wood Mouse · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2024
Mystacides longicornis · Empis nigripes · Ptychoptera contaminata · Phylidorea ferruginea · Brown Chafer +32
- Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis
- Empis nigripesEmpis nigripes
- Ptychoptera contaminataPtychoptera contaminata
- Phylidorea ferrugineaPhylidorea ferruginea
- Brown ChaferSerica brunnea
- Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus
- Broad Centurion
🌿Plants5 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Watercress · Kidney Vetch · Common Ragwort · Lesser Celandine · Wrinkled Viburnum
- WatercressNasturtium officinale
- Kidney VetchAnthyllis vulneraria
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Wrinkled ViburnumViburnum rhytidophyllum2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,270 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
House Sparrow · Woodpigeon · Robin · Mallard · Canada Goose +28
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
🦌Mammals5 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Mole · Wood Mouse · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2024
Mystacides longicornis · Empis nigripes · Ptychoptera contaminata · Phylidorea ferruginea · Brown Chafer +32
- Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis
- Empis nigripesEmpis nigripes
- Ptychoptera contaminataPtychoptera contaminata
- Phylidorea ferrugineaPhylidorea ferruginea
- Brown ChaferSerica brunnea
- Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus
- Broad Centurion
🌿Plants5 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Watercress · Kidney Vetch · Common Ragwort · Lesser Celandine · Wrinkled Viburnum
- WatercressNasturtium officinale
- Kidney VetchAnthyllis vulneraria
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Wrinkled ViburnumViburnum rhytidophyllum2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Chloromyia formosa
Chloromyia formosa
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