Bittern Pits Wood - Broadleaved woodland 9 ha
🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
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Free entry Dogs welcome 9 ha
Places › England › North West › Salford Getting here
53.48274, -2.38346
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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 welcomeDeciduous 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 km 8 signed routes nearby
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Cheshire Ring Canal Walk Walking route ▾
Irwell Sculpture Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Trans-Pennine Trail (Ashton-upon-Mersey to Stockport) Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Salford Trail Walking route ▾
The Salford Trail is a continuous walk along permitted footpaths and roads, all within the city of Salford. The paths covered are varied, being through historic heritage areas, along river and canal side, taking in country parks, fields, moss lands, inner
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map GM Ringway Stage 1 Walking route 11.7 km ▾
GM Ringway Stage 1 - St Peter's Square to Sale Water Park
Named route Length 11.7 km Regional walking route
Show on map 118 signed routes nearby
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Port Salford Greenway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Link between Trans-Pennine Trail and Bridgewater Way Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Linnyshaw Loopline Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Urmston-Ashton cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Swinton Greenway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Port Salford Greenway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Philips Park Waterdale Trail Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
6,219 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 6,219 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 36 species
summer autumn winter
2026 ▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull +31
Magpie Pica pica2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis2025 Mole
🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Toad
🐝 Insects 4 species
winter spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Juniper Shieldbug · Bombus terrestris subsp. audax · Field Digger Wasp · Syrphus
Juniper Shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus Bombus terrestris subsp. audax Bombus terrestris subsp. audax Field Digger Wasp Mellinus arvensis2025 Syrphus Syrphus2025 Red Clover · Coltsfoot · Lesser Celandine · Taxus baccata f. baccata · Black Nightshade +11
Red Clover Trifolium pratense2025 Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna Taxus baccata f. baccata Taxus baccata f. baccata2025 Black Nightshade Solanum nigrum2025 Pale Persicaria Persicaria lapathifolia Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 6,219 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 36 species
summer autumn winter
2026 ▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull +31
Magpie Pica pica2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis2025 Mole
🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Toad
🐝 Insects 4 species
winter spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Juniper Shieldbug · Bombus terrestris subsp. audax · Field Digger Wasp · Syrphus
Juniper Shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus Bombus terrestris subsp. audax Bombus terrestris subsp. audax Field Digger Wasp Mellinus arvensis2025 Syrphus Syrphus2025 Red Clover · Coltsfoot · Lesser Celandine · Taxus baccata f. baccata · Black Nightshade +11
Red Clover Trifolium pratense2025 Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna Taxus baccata f. baccata Taxus baccata f. baccata2025 Black Nightshade Solanum nigrum2025 Pale Persicaria Persicaria lapathifolia Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Greater Plantain Plantago major2025
Greater Plantain Plantago major2025
Flowering-rush Butomus umbellatus2025
Flowering-rush Butomus umbellatus2025
Marsh Woundwort Stachys palustris2025
Marsh Woundwort Stachys palustris2025
Beech Fagus sylvatica2025
Beech Fagus sylvatica2025
White Dogwood Cornus alba2025
White Dogwood Cornus alba2025
Pickerelweed Pontederia cordata2025
Pickerelweed Pontederia cordata2025
White Water-lily Nymphaea alba2025
White Water-lily Nymphaea alba2025
Purple-loosestrife Lythrum salicaria2025
Purple-loosestrife Lythrum salicaria2025
Hemp-agrimony Eupatorium cannabinum2025
Hemp-agrimony Eupatorium cannabinum2025
Common Nettle Urtica dioica2025
Common Nettle Urtica dioica2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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