Black Moss Covert - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.40023, -2.37731
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
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Lowland raised bog — bog butterflies and rare invertebrates
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 · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Bollin Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route▾
Trans-Pennine Trail (Warrington to Ashton-upon-Mersey)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Ashton-upon-Mersey to Stockport)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
GM Ringway Stage 17Walking route16.6 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 17 - Leigh to Irlam
Named routeLength 16.6 kmRegional walking route
111 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cheshire CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70Regional cycle route
Airport City CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Link between Trans-Pennine Trail and Bridgewater WayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Urmston-Ashton cyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Irlam & Cadishead CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef ICCLocal cycle route
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Photos
Drainage channel, Black Moss
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Wildlife to spot
38,430 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
38,430 records · National Biodiversity NetworkShoveler · Pochard · Wigeon · Robin · Chaffinch +41
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- PochardAythya ferina
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Mole · Fallow Deer
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Fallow DeerDama dama
Yellow Meadow Ant
- Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus
Turkeytail · Splitgill · Hairy Curtain Crust · Elder Whitewash · Ganoderma adspersum +25
- TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
- SplitgillSchizophyllum commune
- Hairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutum
- Elder WhitewashXylodon sambuci
- Ganoderma adspersumGanoderma adspersum
- Birch BesomTaphrina betulina
- Smoky BracketBjerkandera adusta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
38,430 records · National Biodiversity NetworkShoveler · Pochard · Wigeon · Robin · Chaffinch +41
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- PochardAythya ferina
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Mole · Fallow Deer
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Fallow DeerDama dama
Yellow Meadow Ant
- Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus
Turkeytail · Splitgill · Hairy Curtain Crust · Elder Whitewash · Ganoderma adspersum +25
- TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
- SplitgillSchizophyllum commune
- Hairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutum
- Elder WhitewashXylodon sambuci
- Ganoderma adspersumGanoderma adspersum
- Birch BesomTaphrina betulina
- Smoky BracketBjerkandera adusta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas