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Bunker's Hill Wood

2 ha

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Free entryDogs welcome2 ha

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53.72285, -2.51084

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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
🐕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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 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, Jackdaw, Lesser Black-backed Gull +84 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Lesser Black-backed Gull +84 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Red-eyed Damselfly, 7-spot Ladybird, Brown Hawker +24 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Red-eyed Damselfly, 7-spot Ladybird, Brown Hawker +24 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Fritillary, Japanese Knotweed, Butterfly-bush +9 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Fritillary, Japanese Knotweed, Butterfly-bush +9 more · last seen 2026

Free

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Reelers Trail - Witton Weavers WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Tacklers Trail - Witton Weavers WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Full walk - Witton Weavers WayWalking route

Named route

Beamers Trail - Witton Weavers WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

56 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Weavers WheelCycling route

Named routeRef WWLocal cycle route

Weavers Wheel - Spoke 3Cycling route

Named routeRef 3Local cycle route

Weavers Wheel - Spoke 4Cycling route

Named routeRef 4Local cycle route

Route 6Cycling route

Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network

Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route

Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route

Weavers Wheel - Spoke 1Cycling route

Named routeRef 1Local cycle route

Wildlife to spot

12,663 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

12,663 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

summer

2026

Kestrel · Woodpigeon · Stonechat · Jackdaw · House Martin +44

KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Great TitParus major2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
Larus michahellis michahellisLarus michahellis michahellis2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

winterspringsummer

2026

Fallow Deer · Brown Hare · Hedgehog

Fallow DeerDama dama
Brown HareLepus europaeus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2026

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects13 species

summer

2026

Red-eyed Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Brown Hawker · Harlequin Ladybird · Buff-tailed Bumblebee +8

Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2025
Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum2025
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025
Davies' ColletesColletes daviesanus2025
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025

🌿

Plants6 species

springsummer

2026

Fritillary · Tutsan · Sneezewort · Guelder-rose · Honeysuckle +1

FritillaryFritillaria meleagris
TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2025
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

12,663 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

summer

2026

Kestrel · Woodpigeon · Stonechat · Jackdaw · House Martin +44

KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Great TitParus major2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
Larus michahellis michahellisLarus michahellis michahellis2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

winterspringsummer

2026

Fallow Deer · Brown Hare · Hedgehog

Fallow DeerDama dama
Brown HareLepus europaeus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2026

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects13 species

summer

2026

Red-eyed Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Brown Hawker · Harlequin Ladybird · Buff-tailed Bumblebee +8

Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2025
Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum2025
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025
Davies' ColletesColletes daviesanus2025
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025

🌿

Plants6 species

springsummer

2026

Fritillary · Tutsan · Sneezewort · Guelder-rose · Honeysuckle +1

FritillaryFritillaria meleagris
TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2025
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Greum · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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