Cockridge Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.72314, -2.51439
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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
- 🌿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 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Reelers Trail - Witton Weavers WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Tacklers Trail - Witton Weavers WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Full walk - Witton Weavers WayWalking route▾
Beamers Trail - Witton Weavers WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
56 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Weavers WheelCycling route▾
Named routeRef WWLocal cycle route
Weavers Wheel - Spoke 3Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
Weavers Wheel - Spoke 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
Weavers Wheel - Spoke 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
12,990 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
12,990 records · National Biodiversity NetworkKestrel · Woodpigeon · Stonechat · Jackdaw · House Martin +44
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
- Larus michahellis michahellisLarus michahellis michahellis2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Fallow Deer · Brown Hare · Hedgehog
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Red-eyed Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Brown Hawker · Harlequin Ladybird · Buff-tailed Bumblebee +8
- Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2025
- Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum
🌿Plants6 species
springsummer
2026▾
Fritillary · Tutsan · Sneezewort · Guelder-rose · Honeysuckle +1
- FritillaryFritillaria meleagris
- TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025
- SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2025
- Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025
- HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025
- Selfheal
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,990 records · National Biodiversity NetworkKestrel · Woodpigeon · Stonechat · Jackdaw · House Martin +44
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
- Larus michahellis michahellisLarus michahellis michahellis2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Fallow Deer · Brown Hare · Hedgehog
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Red-eyed Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Brown Hawker · Harlequin Ladybird · Buff-tailed Bumblebee +8
- Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2025
- Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum
🌿Plants6 species
springsummer
2026▾
Fritillary · Tutsan · Sneezewort · Guelder-rose · Honeysuckle +1
- FritillaryFritillaria meleagris
- TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025
- SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2025
- Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025
- HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025
- Selfheal
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025Davies' ColletesColletes daviesanus2025Davies' ColletesColletes daviesanus2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Prunella vulgaris2025
Prunella vulgaris2025
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