Broadleaved woodland near White Moss
4 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
53.53591, -2.78350
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Chadwich House parking 433m away — 4 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Chadwich House parking 433m away — 4 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 16 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Rainford Linear ParkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Holland Mosspublic footpath · 221 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 221 mPath type: unclassified
Holland Mosspublic footpath · 410 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 410 mPath type: unclassified
6 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
Main RouteCycling route153 m▾
Named routeRef 562Length 153 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route253 m▾
Named routeRef 562Length 253 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route397 m▾
Named routeRef 562Length 397 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route1.9 km▾
Named routeRef 562Length 1.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface bareearth
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Wildlife to spot
5,025 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,025 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds28 species
winterautumn
2026▾
House Sparrow · Robin · Woodpigeon · Goldfinch · Great Tit +23
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
🦌Mammals5 species
wintersummerautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Wood Mouse · Brown Rat · Mole · Grey Squirrel
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2024
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Mystacides longicornis · Brown Chafer · Welsh Chafer · Broad Centurion · Dock Bug +9
- Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis
- Brown ChaferSerica brunnea
- Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus
- Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
Himalayan Balsam · Norway Maple · Spear Thistle · Hazel · Cow Parsley +51
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Norway MapleAcer platanoides
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,025 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds28 species
winterautumn
2026▾
House Sparrow · Robin · Woodpigeon · Goldfinch · Great Tit +23
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
🦌Mammals5 species
wintersummerautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Wood Mouse · Brown Rat · Mole · Grey Squirrel
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2024
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Mystacides longicornis · Brown Chafer · Welsh Chafer · Broad Centurion · Dock Bug +9
- Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis
- Brown ChaferSerica brunnea
- Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus
- Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
Himalayan Balsam · Norway Maple · Spear Thistle · Hazel · Cow Parsley +51
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Norway MapleAcer platanoides
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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