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Bruche Park

📷 Kevin Waterhouse · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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53.39934, -2.56337

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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 on site — 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 on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

11 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +68 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +68 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — White Dead-nettle, Hawthorn, Elder +11 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Red Campion, Ribwort Plantain, Meadow Crane's-bill +117 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Red Campion, Ribwort Plantain, Meadow Crane's-bill +117 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Azure Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Common Darter +87 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Azure Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Common Darter +87 more · last seen 2025

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

7 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route

Named route

Trans-Pennine Trail (Liverpool to Warrington)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Trans-Pennine Trail (Warrington to Ashton-upon-Mersey)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Mersey WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

New Cut TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

92 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

3 Woolston to BirchwoodCycling route

Named routeRef 3Local cycle route

Birchwood to Sankey WayCycling route

Named routeRef B2SLocal cycle route

2 Warrington WatersCycling route

Named routeRef 2Local cycle route

1 Great Sankey to HospitalCycling route

Named routeRef 1Local cycle route

Bridgewater WayCycling route

Named routeRef 82Regional cycle route

8 Black Bear ParkCycling route

Named routeRef 8Local cycle route

Wildlife to spot

37,289 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

37,289 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

autumnwinter

2026

Magpie · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow · Moorhen +45

MagpiePica pica2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Great TitParus major2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
CootFulica atra
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects8 species

autumn

2025

Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Harlequin Ladybird · Migrant Hawker · Common Darter · 16-spot Ladybird +3

Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Tropidia scitaTropidia scita
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis

🌿

Plants6 species

springautumn

2026

Prunus cerasifera var. cerasifera · Darwin's Barberry · Cornflower · Mexican Aster · Tithonia rotundifolia +1

Prunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasifera
Darwin's BarberryBerberis darwinii
CornflowerCentaurea cyanus2025
Mexican AsterCosmos bipinnatus2025
Tithonia rotundifoliaTithonia rotundifolia2025
Crimson FlaxLinum grandiflorum2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

37,289 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

autumnwinter

2026

Magpie · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow · Moorhen +45

MagpiePica pica2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Great TitParus major2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
CootFulica atra
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects8 species

autumn

2025

Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Harlequin Ladybird · Migrant Hawker · Common Darter · 16-spot Ladybird +3

Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Tropidia scitaTropidia scita
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis

🌿

Plants6 species

springautumn

2026

Prunus cerasifera var. cerasifera · Darwin's Barberry · Cornflower · Mexican Aster · Tithonia rotundifolia +1

Prunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasifera
Darwin's BarberryBerberis darwinii
CornflowerCentaurea cyanus2025
Mexican AsterCosmos bipinnatus2025
Tithonia rotundifoliaTithonia rotundifolia2025
Crimson FlaxLinum grandiflorum2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Kevin Waterhouse · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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