Davenportgreen Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.37473, -2.28839
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
- 🌿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 km11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
191 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
Photos
M56 eastbound slip to Manchester
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Wildlife to spot
15,913 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
15,913 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Starling · Rock Dove +29
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Cyanistes caeruleus obscurusCyanistes caeruleus obscurus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- White-throated RobinIrania gutturalis2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
Rabbit · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects7 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Siphoninus phillyreae · Parthenolecanium rufulum · House-fly · Common Red Soldier Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird +2
- Siphoninus phillyreaeSiphoninus phillyreae
- Parthenolecanium rufulumParthenolecanium rufulum
- House-flyMusca domestica
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,913 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Starling · Rock Dove +29
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Cyanistes caeruleus obscurusCyanistes caeruleus obscurus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- White-throated RobinIrania gutturalis2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
Rabbit · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects7 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Siphoninus phillyreae · Parthenolecanium rufulum · House-fly · Common Red Soldier Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird +2
- Siphoninus phillyreaeSiphoninus phillyreae
- Parthenolecanium rufulumParthenolecanium rufulum
- House-flyMusca domestica
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas