Boundary Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.55310, -2.89745
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 · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Trans-Pennine Trail (Southport to Liverpool)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Victoria Roadpublic footpath · 237 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 237 mPath type: residential
17 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pier to Pier cycle routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef 562National Cycle Network
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route803 m▾
Named routeRef 562Length 803 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface bareearth
Main RouteCycling route421 m▾
Named routeRef 562Length 421 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route298 m▾
Named routeRef 562Length 298 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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Wildlife to spot
23,427 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
23,427 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Robin · Blue Tit · House Sparrow · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw +36
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
🦌Mammals3 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Hedgehog · Rabbit · Brown Hare
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
🐝Insects3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Carder Bee · Eristalis tenax · Green Shieldbug
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
🌿Plants15 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Prickly Heath · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Forsythia · Oregon-grape · Honesty +10
- Prickly HeathGaultheria mucronata2025
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025
- ForsythiaForsythia suspensa x viridissima = F. x intermedia
- Oregon-grapeMahonia aquifolium
- HonestyLunaria annua
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
23,427 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Robin · Blue Tit · House Sparrow · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw +36
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
🦌Mammals3 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Hedgehog · Rabbit · Brown Hare
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
🐝Insects3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Carder Bee · Eristalis tenax · Green Shieldbug
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
🌿Plants15 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Prickly Heath · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Forsythia · Oregon-grape · Honesty +10
- Prickly HeathGaultheria mucronata2025
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025
- ForsythiaForsythia suspensa x viridissima = F. x intermedia
- Oregon-grapeMahonia aquifolium
- HonestyLunaria annua
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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