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🦅Birds🎠Play🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome85 ha
Getting here
53.40437, -2.27782
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
Best for
8 activities🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Nature reserve
playground, café, parking
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café
Dogs allowed — nature reserve
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route▾
Trans-Pennine Trail (Ashton-upon-Mersey to Stockport)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
GM Ringway Stage 1Walking route11.7 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 1 - St Peter's Square to Sale Water Park
Named routeLength 11.7 kmRegional walking route
GM Ringway Stage 2Walking route10.5 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 2 - Sale Water Park to Didsbury Village
Named routeLength 10.5 kmRegional walking route
GM Ringway Stage 3Walking route11.7 km▾
Named routeLength 11.7 kmRegional walking route
317 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 60Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 60National Cycle Network
Airport Orbital CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Greater Manchester regional route 85Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 85Regional cycle route
Airport City CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Link between Trans-Pennine Trail and Bridgewater WayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Urmston-Ashton cyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Photos
22 photos from nearby open sources
Statue of Oliver Cromwell, Wythenshawe Park
Photos
Statue of Oliver Cromwell, Wythenshawe Park
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
35,599 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
35,599 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds37 species
springwinter
2026Canada Goose · Mallard · Great Tit · Wren · Long-tailed Tit
+32 more speciesHide species list
All 37 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- PochardAythya ferina
- WigeonMareca penelope
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Scathophaga stercoraria · Grey-patched Mining Bee · Eristalis pertinax · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee
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All 9 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Grey-patched Mining BeeAndrena nitida
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Asaphidion curtumAsaphidion curtum
Turkeytail · Candlesnuff Fungus · Glistening Inkcap · Birch Woodwart · Frosty Bonnet
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All 65 fungi recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
- Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon
- Glistening InkcapCoprinellus micaceus
- Birch WoodwartJackrogersella multiformis
- Frosty BonnetMycena tenerrima
- Crystal BrainExidia nucleata
Ash · Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum · Hazel · Cherry Plum · White Dead-nettle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
35,599 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds37 species
springwinter
2026Canada Goose · Mallard · Great Tit · Wren · Long-tailed Tit
+32 more speciesHide species list
All 37 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- PochardAythya ferina
- WigeonMareca penelope
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Scathophaga stercoraria · Grey-patched Mining Bee · Eristalis pertinax · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee
+4 more speciesHide species list
All 9 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Grey-patched Mining BeeAndrena nitida
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Asaphidion curtumAsaphidion curtum
Turkeytail · Candlesnuff Fungus · Glistening Inkcap · Birch Woodwart · Frosty Bonnet
+60 more speciesHide species list
All 65 fungi recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
- Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon
- Glistening InkcapCoprinellus micaceus
- Birch WoodwartJackrogersella multiformis
- Frosty BonnetMycena tenerrima
- Crystal BrainExidia nucleata
Ash · Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum · Hazel · Cherry Plum · White Dead-nettle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Smoky Bracket
Smoky Bracket
Bjerkandera adusta
Bjerkandera adusta
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