Butteries Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.60943, -2.74341
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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £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
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 public paths nearby
Public paths
Harrock Lanepublic footpath · 550 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 550 mSurface asphaltPath type: track
19 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pier to Pier cycle routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef 562National Cycle Network
Standish Mineral LineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route74 m▾
Named routeRef 562Length 74 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route13 m▾
Named routeRef 562Length 13 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface bareearth
Main RouteCycling route317 m▾
Named routeRef 562Length 317 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface bareearth
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Wildlife to spot
4,138 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,138 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Great Tit · Robin · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow +39
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Stoat
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- StoatMustela erminea2023
🐝Insects11 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Marmalade Hoverfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Endomychus coccineus · Slender Ground-hopper · Ferdinandea cuprea +6
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Endomychus coccineusEndomychus coccineus2024
- Slender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata2024
- Ferdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cuprea
Turkish Sage · Broom · Arrowhead
- Turkish SagePhlomis russeliana
- BroomCytisus scoparius
- ArrowheadSagittaria sagittifolia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,138 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Great Tit · Robin · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow +39
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Stoat
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- StoatMustela erminea2023
🐝Insects11 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Marmalade Hoverfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Endomychus coccineus · Slender Ground-hopper · Ferdinandea cuprea +6
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Endomychus coccineusEndomychus coccineus2024
- Slender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata2024
- Ferdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cuprea
Turkish Sage · Broom · Arrowhead
- Turkish SagePhlomis russeliana
- BroomCytisus scoparius
- ArrowheadSagittaria sagittifolia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2024Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2024Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024Black DarterSympetrum danae2024Black DarterSympetrum danae2024Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae2024Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae2024Events & activities nearby
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