South Wood - Broadleaved woodland 2 ha
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53.52274, -2.31638
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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 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 🅿️ Parking 124m away — 20 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 🅿️ Parking 124m away — 20 car parks within reach £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcomeDogs allowed — public woodland
Free
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
Named hiking route nearby: Irwell Sculpture Trail
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 5 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Irwell Sculpture Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Irwell Sculpture Trail (spur) Walking route ▾
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 GM Ringway Stage 20 Walking route 12.6 km ▾
GM Ringway Stage 20 - Stretford to Manchester
Named route Length 12.6 km Regional walking route
Show on map Towpath public footpath · 433 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 433 m Surface compacted Path type: footway
Show on map 132 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 Broughton Cycleway 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 Route 86 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 86 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 ▾
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Wildlife to spot
10,715 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 10,715 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 25 species
summer autumn winter
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Magpie · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Black-headed Gull +20
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Redwing Turdus iliacus Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Dipper Cinclus cinclus2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Pond Terrapin
Pond Terrapin Trachemys scripta 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Harlequin Ladybird · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Common Green Grasshopper · Corizus hyoscyami · Red-legged Shieldbug +17
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis2025 Common Green Grasshopper Omocestus viridulus2025 Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami2025 Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025 Black Clock Common Fleabane · Wood Anemone · Brooklime · Yellow Loosestrife · Rumex sanguineus var. sanguineus +25
Common Fleabane Pulicaria dysenterica2025 Wood Anemone Anemone nemorosa Brooklime Veronica beccabunga2025 Yellow Loosestrife Lysimachia vulgaris2025 Rumex sanguineus var. sanguineus Rumex sanguineus var. sanguineus Butterbur Petasites hybridus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 10,715 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 25 species
summer autumn winter
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Magpie · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Black-headed Gull +20
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Redwing Turdus iliacus Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Dipper Cinclus cinclus2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Pond Terrapin
Pond Terrapin Trachemys scripta 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Harlequin Ladybird · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Common Green Grasshopper · Corizus hyoscyami · Red-legged Shieldbug +17
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis2025 Common Green Grasshopper Omocestus viridulus2025 Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami2025 Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025 Black Clock Common Fleabane · Wood Anemone · Brooklime · Yellow Loosestrife · Rumex sanguineus var. sanguineus +25
Common Fleabane Pulicaria dysenterica2025 Wood Anemone Anemone nemorosa Brooklime Veronica beccabunga2025 Yellow Loosestrife Lysimachia vulgaris2025 Rumex sanguineus var. sanguineus Rumex sanguineus var. sanguineus Butterbur Petasites hybridus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pterostichus madidus
Pterostichus madidus
Nebria brevicollis Nebria brevicollis
Nebria brevicollis Nebria brevicollis
Melanostoma Melanostoma2025
Melanostoma Melanostoma2025
Common Earwig Forficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025
Common Earwig Forficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025
Cicadella viridis Cicadella viridis2025
Cicadella viridis Cicadella viridis2025
Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius2025
Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius2025
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria2025
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
Bronze Shieldbug Troilus luridus2025
Bronze Shieldbug Troilus luridus2025
Parhelophilus Parhelophilus2025
Parhelophilus Parhelophilus2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2025
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2025
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2025
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2025
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025
Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus2025
Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus2025
Ash Fraxinus excelsior
Ash Fraxinus excelsior
Silver Birch Betula pendula
Silver Birch Betula pendula
Portugal Laurel Prunus lusitanica2025
Portugal Laurel Prunus lusitanica2025
Giant Hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum2025
Giant Hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum2025
Common Nettle Urtica dioica2025
Common Nettle Urtica dioica2025
Viper's-bugloss Echium vulgare2025
Viper's-bugloss Echium vulgare2025
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus2025
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus2025
Bullate Cotoneaster Cotoneaster rehderi2025
Bullate Cotoneaster Cotoneaster rehderi2025
Great Horsetail Equisetum telmateia2025
Great Horsetail Equisetum telmateia2025
Purple Viper's-bugloss Echium plantagineum2025
Purple Viper's-bugloss Echium plantagineum2025
Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera2025
Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera2025
Great Willowherb Epilobium hirsutum2025
Great Willowherb Epilobium hirsutum2025
Tutsan Hypericum androsaemum2025
Tutsan Hypericum androsaemum2025
Centaurea nigra Centaurea nigra2025
Centaurea nigra Centaurea nigra2025
Fringed Water-lily Nymphoides peltata2025
Fringed Water-lily Nymphoides peltata2025
Pheasant's-eye Adonis annua2025
Pheasant's-eye Adonis annua2025
Red Oak Quercus rubra2025
Red Oak Quercus rubra2025
Hairy Sedge Carex hirta2025
Hairy Sedge Carex hirta2025
Enchanter's-nightshade Circaea lutetiana2025
Enchanter's-nightshade Circaea lutetiana2025
Alder Alnus glutinosa2025
Alder Alnus glutinosa2025
Rosebay Willowherb Chamaenerion angustifolium2025
Rosebay Willowherb Chamaenerion angustifolium2025
Fig-leaved Goosefoot Chenopodium ficifolium2025
Fig-leaved Goosefoot Chenopodium ficifolium2025
Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium2025
Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium2025
Common Spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii2025
Common Spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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