Broadleaved woodland near Midge Hall
2 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.70297, -2.73253
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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 km1 signed route nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Ribble WayWalking route114 km▾
The Ribble Way follows the valley of the River Ribble from the mouth to the source near to the Pennine Way National Trail on Gayle Moor.
Named routeLength 114 kmRegional walking route
Sod Hall Lanepublic footpath · 861 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 861 mSurface groundPath type: track
85 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Penwortham to LeylandCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Chorley LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef Chorley LoopLocal cycle route
Route 62Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
Route 55Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 55National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route295 m▾
Named routeRef 55Length 295 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
11,010 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
11,010 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRaven · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Starling +39
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
🦌Mammals8 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Fallow Deer · Brown Hare · Red Fox · Brown Rat · Roe Deer +3
- Fallow DeerDama dama2025
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects17 species
springsummer
2025▾
Azure Damselfly · Common Darter · 7-spot Ladybird · Emperor Dragonfly · Large Red Damselfly +12
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
🌿Plants22 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Coltsfoot · Centaurea nigra · Common Ragwort · Marsh Thistle · Opium Poppy +17
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
- Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum
- ElderSambucus nigra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,010 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRaven · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Starling +39
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
🦌Mammals8 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Fallow Deer · Brown Hare · Red Fox · Brown Rat · Roe Deer +3
- Fallow DeerDama dama2025
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects17 species
springsummer
2025▾
Azure Damselfly · Common Darter · 7-spot Ladybird · Emperor Dragonfly · Large Red Damselfly +12
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
🌿Plants22 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Coltsfoot · Centaurea nigra · Common Ragwort · Marsh Thistle · Opium Poppy +17
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
- Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum
- ElderSambucus nigra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Common ShrewSorex araneus2024Common ShrewSorex araneus2024Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2024Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2024Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2024Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2024Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansMigrant HawkerAeshna mixtaMigrant HawkerAeshna mixtaWillow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridisWillow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridisWestern Honey BeeApis melliferaWestern Honey BeeApis melliferaEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorSlender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata2024Slender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata2024Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2024Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2024Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024Field ScabiousKnautia arvensisField ScabiousKnautia arvensisGiant BlackberryRubus armeniacusGiant BlackberryRubus armeniacusGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumMarsh WoundwortStachys palustrisMarsh WoundwortStachys palustrisCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseYarrowAchillea millefoliumYarrowAchillea millefoliumOxalis corniculata var. atropurpureaOxalis corniculata var. atropurpureaOxalis corniculata var. atropurpureaOxalis corniculata var. atropurpureaCuckooflowerCardamine pratensisCuckooflowerCardamine pratensisGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataWood AnemoneAnemone nemorosaWood AnemoneAnemone nemorosaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaAtlas CedarCedrus atlantica2024Atlas CedarCedrus atlantica2024BeechFagus sylvatica2024BeechFagus sylvatica2024Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024Bush VetchVicia sepium2024Bush VetchVicia sepium2024FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2024FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2024Events & activities nearby
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