Broadleaved woodland near Scot Lane End
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.57639, -2.57223
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 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Rotary WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
GM Ringway Stage 14Walking route21.9 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 14 - Bromley Cross to Blackrod
Named routeLength 21.9 kmRegional walking route
GM Ringway Stage 15Walking route16.2 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 15 - Blackrod to Wigan
Named routeLength 16.2 kmRegional walking route
Wigan WayWalking route▾
Adlington Circular WalkWalking route▾
36 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
Route 55Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 55National Cycle Network
Greater Manchester Route 80Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 80Regional cycle route
N/ACycling route382 m▾
Named routeRef 80Length 382 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route1.5 km▾
Named routeRef 80Length 1.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
4,770 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,770 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds29 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw +24
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Mole · Roe Deer
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Black Darter · Emerald Damselfly · Common Darter · Southern Hawker · Norfolk Aeshna
- Black DarterSympetrum danae
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles
Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Redshank · Sycamore · Rowan · Red Bartsia +27
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- RedshankPersicaria maculosa
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- RowanSorbus aucuparia
- Red BartsiaOdontites vernus
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca
- Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,770 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds29 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw +24
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Mole · Roe Deer
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Black Darter · Emerald Damselfly · Common Darter · Southern Hawker · Norfolk Aeshna
- Black DarterSympetrum danae
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles
Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Redshank · Sycamore · Rowan · Red Bartsia +27
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- RedshankPersicaria maculosa
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- RowanSorbus aucuparia
- Red BartsiaOdontites vernus
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca
- Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas