Davenportgreen Wood - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.37005, -2.29037
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
- 🅿️Staff West 19m away — 18 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Staff West 19m away — 18 car parks within reach
- £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
Named cycling route nearby: National Cycle Network 56
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route▾
Trans-Pennine Trail (Ashton-upon-Mersey to Stockport)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
GM Ringway Stage 2Walking route10.5 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 2 - Sale Water Park to Didsbury Village
Named routeLength 10.5 kmRegional walking route
GM Ringway Stage 3Walking route11.7 km▾
Named routeLength 11.7 kmRegional walking route
Manchester Green Trail 14Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
160 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cheshire CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70Regional cycle route
Airport Orbital CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Greater Manchester regional route 85Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 85Regional cycle route
Airport City CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Heritage LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef Heritage LoopLocal cycle route
NCN Route 62Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
12,810 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,810 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Rock Dove · Carrion Crow · Starling +36
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Cyanistes caeruleus obscurusCyanistes caeruleus obscurus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- White-throated RobinIrania gutturalis2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Rabbit · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects8 species
summerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Parthenolecanium rufulum · Siphoninus phillyreae · House-fly · Common Red Soldier Beetle +3
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Parthenolecanium rufulumParthenolecanium rufulum
- Siphoninus phillyreaeSiphoninus phillyreae
- House-flyMusca domestica
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus
🌿Plants3 species
springsummer
2024▾
Red Oak · Hart's-Tongue · Soft Shield-fern
- Red OakQuercus rubra
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,810 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Rock Dove · Carrion Crow · Starling +36
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Cyanistes caeruleus obscurusCyanistes caeruleus obscurus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- White-throated RobinIrania gutturalis2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Rabbit · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects8 species
summerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Parthenolecanium rufulum · Siphoninus phillyreae · House-fly · Common Red Soldier Beetle +3
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Parthenolecanium rufulumParthenolecanium rufulum
- Siphoninus phillyreaeSiphoninus phillyreae
- House-flyMusca domestica
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus
🌿Plants3 species
springsummer
2024▾
Red Oak · Hart's-Tongue · Soft Shield-fern
- Red OakQuercus rubra
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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