Butteries Wood - Broadleaved woodland
5 ha
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🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
53.61512, -2.73687
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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
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
17 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
2,144 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,144 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Little Egret · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Woodpigeon +37
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2022
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- MagpiePica pica2021
- CurlewNumenius arquata2021
- DunnockPrunella modularis2021
- RavenCorvus corax2021
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Stoat · Mole
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
- StoatMustela erminea2023
- MoleTalpa europaea2021
🐝Insects14 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis pertinax · Marmalade Hoverfly · Slender Ground-hopper · Ferdinandea cuprea +9
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2022
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Slender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata2024
- Ferdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cuprea
Broom · Gorse · Hogweed · Yarrow · Columbine +53
- BroomCytisus scoparius
- GorseUlex europaeus2023
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2022
- YarrowAchillea millefolium2022
- ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris2022
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2022
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,144 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Little Egret · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Woodpigeon +37
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2022
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- MagpiePica pica2021
- CurlewNumenius arquata2021
- DunnockPrunella modularis2021
- RavenCorvus corax2021
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Stoat · Mole
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
- StoatMustela erminea2023
- MoleTalpa europaea2021
🐝Insects14 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis pertinax · Marmalade Hoverfly · Slender Ground-hopper · Ferdinandea cuprea +9
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2022
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Slender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata2024
- Ferdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cuprea
Broom · Gorse · Hogweed · Yarrow · Columbine +53
- BroomCytisus scoparius
- GorseUlex europaeus2023
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2022
- YarrowAchillea millefolium2022
- ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris2022
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2022
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2024Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2024Black DarterSympetrum danae2024Black DarterSympetrum danae2024Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae2024Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae2024Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2022Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2022Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2022Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2022Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2021Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2021Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2021Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2021Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2021Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2021Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2022Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2022Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2022Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2022Climbing CorydalisCeratocapnos claviculata2022Climbing CorydalisCeratocapnos claviculata2022Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2022Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2022ArrowheadSagittaria sagittifoliaArrowheadSagittaria sagittifoliaIntermediate PolypodyPolypodium interjectum2023Intermediate PolypodyPolypodium interjectum2023Red CampionSilene dioica2022Red CampionSilene dioica2022BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2022BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2022Greater Burnet-saxifragePimpinella major2022Greater Burnet-saxifragePimpinella major2022Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2022Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2022Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia2022Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia2022Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2022Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2022Musk-mallowMalva moschata2022Musk-mallowMalva moschata2022Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2022Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2022Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2022Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2022Common VetchVicia sativa2022Common VetchVicia sativa2022Wood AvensGeum urbanum2022Wood AvensGeum urbanum2022Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2022Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2022Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2022Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2022Intermediate Lady's-mantleAlchemilla xanthochlora2022Intermediate Lady's-mantleAlchemilla xanthochlora2022DaisyBellis perennis2022DaisyBellis perennis2022CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2022CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2022Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2022Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2022Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2022Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2022Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2022Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2022Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2022Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2022Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2022Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2022BrackenPteridium aquilinum2022BrackenPteridium aquilinum2022Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2022Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2022BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2022BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2022RowanSorbus aucuparia2022RowanSorbus aucuparia2022BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2022BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2022Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2022Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2022Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2022Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2022BugleAjuga reptans2022BugleAjuga reptans2022Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit2021Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit2021MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2021MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2021Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2021Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2021HeatherCalluna vulgaris2021HeatherCalluna vulgaris2021Rubus dasyphyllusRubus dasyphyllus2021Rubus dasyphyllusRubus dasyphyllus2021New Zealand WillowherbEpilobium brunnescens2021New Zealand WillowherbEpilobium brunnescens2021RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2021RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2021Cider GumEucalyptus gunnii2020Cider GumEucalyptus gunnii2020Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla2020Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla2020Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2020Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2020RedshankPersicaria maculosa2020RedshankPersicaria maculosa2020NipplewortLapsana communis2020NipplewortLapsana communis2020HawthornCrataegus monogyna2020HawthornCrataegus monogyna2020Giant BlackberryRubus armeniacus2020Giant BlackberryRubus armeniacus2020Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2020Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2020PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2020PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2020BulrushTypha latifolia2020BulrushTypha latifolia2020Events & activities nearby
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