Morton Moss - Broadleaved woodland 3 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
Free entry Dogs welcome 3 ha
Places › England › North West › Salford Getting here
53.52145, -2.37874
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 🛝 Playground 170m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground 170m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ 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 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Irwell Sculpture Trail 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 108 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Moss Bank Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Port Salford Greenway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Linnyshaw Loopline 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 Irlam & Cadishead Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref ICC Local cycle route
Show on map 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Philips Park Waterdale Trail Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Philips Park Figure 8 trail Mountain bike route ▾
Photos The Salford Trail between Linnyshaw Moss and the A6
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Wildlife to spot
18,939 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 18,939 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 39 species
summer winter
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Rock Dove · Carrion Crow · Blackbird +34
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Common Tern Sterna hirundo2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 🦌 Mammals 1 species
summer winter
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Black-tailed Skimmer · Southern Hawker · Common Blue Damselfly
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum Butterfly-bush · Hazel · Hart's-Tongue · Bread Wheat · Raspberry +46
Butterfly-bush Buddleja davidii Hazel Corylus avellana Hart's-Tongue Asplenium scolopendrium Bread Wheat Triticum aestivum Raspberry Rubus idaeus Rubus tuberculatus Rubus tuberculatus Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 18,939 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 39 species
summer winter
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Rock Dove · Carrion Crow · Blackbird +34
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Common Tern Sterna hirundo2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 🦌 Mammals 1 species
summer winter
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Black-tailed Skimmer · Southern Hawker · Common Blue Damselfly
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum Butterfly-bush · Hazel · Hart's-Tongue · Bread Wheat · Raspberry +46
Butterfly-bush Buddleja davidii Hazel Corylus avellana Hart's-Tongue Asplenium scolopendrium Bread Wheat Triticum aestivum Raspberry Rubus idaeus Rubus tuberculatus Rubus tuberculatus Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Foxglove Digitalis purpurea
Foxglove Digitalis purpurea
Scorpion Weed Phacelia tanacetifolia
Scorpion Weed Phacelia tanacetifolia
Common Poppy Papaver rhoeas
Common Poppy Papaver rhoeas
Trailing Bellflower Campanula poscharskyana
Trailing Bellflower Campanula poscharskyana
Red Campion Silene dioica
Red Campion Silene dioica
Fat-hen Chenopodium album
Fat-hen Chenopodium album
Yew Taxus baccata
Yew Taxus baccata
Black Nightshade Solanum nigrum
Black Nightshade Solanum nigrum
Giant Blackberry Rubus armeniacus
Giant Blackberry Rubus armeniacus
Nipplewort Lapsana communis
Nipplewort Lapsana communis
Wild Teasel Dipsacus fullonum
Wild Teasel Dipsacus fullonum
Arrow Bamboo Pseudosasa japonica
Arrow Bamboo Pseudosasa japonica
Mare's-tail Hippuris vulgaris
Mare's-tail Hippuris vulgaris
Rosebay Willowherb Chamaenerion angustifolium
Rosebay Willowherb Chamaenerion angustifolium
Petty Spurge Euphorbia peplus
Petty Spurge Euphorbia peplus
Holly Ilex aquifolium
Holly Ilex aquifolium
Rumex sanguineus var. sanguineus Rumex sanguineus var. sanguineus
Rumex sanguineus var. sanguineus Rumex sanguineus var. sanguineus
Rubus bartonii Rubus bartonii
Rubus bartonii Rubus bartonii
Bristly Oxtongue Helminthotheca echioides
Bristly Oxtongue Helminthotheca echioides
Elder Sambucus nigra
Elder Sambucus nigra
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus pedunculatus
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus pedunculatus
Balm Melissa officinalis
Balm Melissa officinalis
Yellow Loosestrife Lysimachia vulgaris
Yellow Loosestrife Lysimachia vulgaris
Giant Hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum
Giant Hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum
White Poplar Populus alba
White Poplar Populus alba
Fox-and-cubs Pilosella aurantiaca
Fox-and-cubs Pilosella aurantiaca
Borage Borago officinalis
Borage Borago officinalis
Flax Linum usitatissimum
Flax Linum usitatissimum
Tutsan Hypericum androsaemum
Tutsan Hypericum androsaemum
Adria Bellflower Campanula portenschlagiana
Adria Bellflower Campanula portenschlagiana
Marsh Foxtail Alopecurus geniculatus
Marsh Foxtail Alopecurus geniculatus
Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara
Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara
Corncockle Agrostemma githago
Corncockle Agrostemma githago
Trifolium incarnatum Trifolium incarnatum
Trifolium incarnatum Trifolium incarnatum
Welsh Poppy Papaver cambricum
Welsh Poppy Papaver cambricum
Maidenhair Spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes
Maidenhair Spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes
Hedge Woundwort Stachys sylvatica
Hedge Woundwort Stachys sylvatica
Purple Toadflax Linaria purpurea
Purple Toadflax Linaria purpurea
Hoary Willowherb Epilobium parviflorum
Hoary Willowherb Epilobium parviflorum
Field Maple Acer campestre
Field Maple Acer campestre
Wall-rue Asplenium ruta-muraria
Wall-rue Asplenium ruta-muraria
Pineappleweed Matricaria discoidea
Pineappleweed Matricaria discoidea
Californian Poppy Eschscholzia californica
Californian Poppy Eschscholzia californica
Water Bent Polypogon viridis
Water Bent Polypogon viridis 