Broadleaved woodland near Greenheys 10 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
Free entry Dogs welcome 10 ha
Places › England › North West › Bolton Getting here
53.54115, -2.44020
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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 welcomeDeciduous 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 km 1 signed route nearby
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Salford Trail Walking route ▾
The Salford Trail is a continuous walk along permitted footpaths and roads, all within the city of Salford. The paths covered are varied, being through historic heritage areas, along river and canal side, taking in country parks, fields, moss lands, inner
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Wildlife to spot
2,614 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 2,614 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 46 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Willow Tit · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Rock Dove +41
Willow Tit Poecile montanus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Rock Dove Columba livia Carrion Crow Corvus corone Starling Sturnus vulgaris Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Herring Gull Larus argentatus Gadwall Mareca strepera Coot Fulica atra Canada Goose Branta canadensis Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Robin Erithacus rubecula Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Great Tit Parus major Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Mute Swan Cygnus olor Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Dunnock Prunella modularis Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Skylark Alauda arvensis Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Tree Sparrow Passer montanus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Rook Corvus frugilegus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Redwing Turdus iliacus Swallow Hirundo rustica Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis House Martin Delichon urbicum Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus Greenfinch Chloris chloris House Sparrow Passer domesticus Blackbird Turdus merula Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Hooded Crow Corvus cornix Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Common Gull Larus canus Scaly Male-fern · Soft Shield-fern · Italian Rye-grass · Nipplewort · Shepherd's-purse +12
Scaly Male-fern Dryopteris affinis Soft Shield-fern Polystichum setiferum Italian Rye-grass Lolium multiflorum Nipplewort Lapsana communis Shepherd's-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris Buckthorn Rhamnus cathartica Southern Marsh-orchid Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 2,614 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 46 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Willow Tit · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Rock Dove +41
Willow Tit Poecile montanus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Rock Dove Columba livia Carrion Crow Corvus corone Starling Sturnus vulgaris Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Herring Gull Larus argentatus Gadwall Mareca strepera Coot Fulica atra Canada Goose Branta canadensis Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Robin Erithacus rubecula Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Great Tit Parus major Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Mute Swan Cygnus olor Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Dunnock Prunella modularis Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Skylark Alauda arvensis Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Tree Sparrow Passer montanus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Rook Corvus frugilegus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Redwing Turdus iliacus Swallow Hirundo rustica Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis House Martin Delichon urbicum Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus Greenfinch Chloris chloris House Sparrow Passer domesticus Blackbird Turdus merula Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Hooded Crow Corvus cornix Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Common Gull Larus canus Scaly Male-fern · Soft Shield-fern · Italian Rye-grass · Nipplewort · Shepherd's-purse +12
Scaly Male-fern Dryopteris affinis Soft Shield-fern Polystichum setiferum Italian Rye-grass Lolium multiflorum Nipplewort Lapsana communis Shepherd's-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris Buckthorn Rhamnus cathartica Southern Marsh-orchid Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Dactylorhiza praetermissa
Dactylorhiza praetermissa
Hart's-Tongue Asplenium scolopendrium
Hart's-Tongue Asplenium scolopendrium
Glaucous Sedge Carex flacca
Glaucous Sedge Carex flacca
Maidenhair Spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes
Maidenhair Spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes
Black Spleenwort Asplenium adiantum-nigrum
Black Spleenwort Asplenium adiantum-nigrum
Bracken Pteridium aquilinum
Bracken Pteridium aquilinum
Hard Rush Juncus inflexus
Hard Rush Juncus inflexus
Soft-rush Juncus effusus
Soft-rush Juncus effusus
Wall-rue Asplenium ruta-muraria
Wall-rue Asplenium ruta-muraria
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris
Bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata
Bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata 