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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
53.43594, -2.27045
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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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 209m 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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 209m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Great Tit, Blue Tit +58 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Great Tit, Blue Tit +58 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Ash, Groundsel, Hazel +22 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Ash, Groundsel, Hazel +22 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ladybrook Valley Interest TrailWalking route▾
Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route▾
Medlock Valley WayWalking route▾
Irwell Sculpture TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Irwell Sculpture Trail (spur)Walking route▾
385 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 60Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 60National Cycle Network
Greater Manchester regional route 85Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 85Regional cycle route
Airport City CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Media City LinkCycling 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
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Wildlife to spot
103,165 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
103,165 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreat Tit · Blue Tit · Grey Heron · Mallard · Canada Goose +40
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- CootFulica atra
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- TealAnas crecca2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Pond Terrapin
- Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Scathophaga stercoraria · Common Carder Bee · Grey-patched Mining Bee · Eristalis pertinax · Buff-tailed Bumblebee +4
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Grey-patched Mining BeeAndrena nitida
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Asaphidion curtumAsaphidion curtum
- Tree Bumblebee
🌿Plants18 species
winterspring
2026▾
Ash · Groundsel · Hazel · Lesser Celandine · Slender Speedwell +13
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis
- Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
103,165 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreat Tit · Blue Tit · Grey Heron · Mallard · Canada Goose +40
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- CootFulica atra
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- TealAnas crecca2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Pond Terrapin
- Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Scathophaga stercoraria · Common Carder Bee · Grey-patched Mining Bee · Eristalis pertinax · Buff-tailed Bumblebee +4
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Grey-patched Mining BeeAndrena nitida
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Asaphidion curtumAsaphidion curtum
- Tree Bumblebee
🌿Plants18 species
winterspring
2026▾
Ash · Groundsel · Hazel · Lesser Celandine · Slender Speedwell +13
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis
- Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Bombus hypnorum
Bombus hypnorum
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataBombus terrestris subsp. audaxBombus terrestris subsp. audaxBombus terrestris subsp. audaxBombus terrestris subsp. audaxCherry Plum
Cherry Plum
Prunus cerasifera
Prunus cerasifera
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