Clare's Moss Plantation 2 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
Free entry Dogs welcome 2 ha
Places › England › North West › St. Helens Getting here
53.49073, -2.80784
Open directionsv 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 £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Carrion Crow, Pheasant +71 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Carrion Crow, Pheasant +71 more · last seen 2026
Free
Plants — White Dead-nettle, Red Dead-nettle, Hogweed +12 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — White Dead-nettle, Ivy, Snowdrop +99 more · last seen 2025; Plants — White Dead-nettle, Ivy, Snowdrop +99 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Bracken Map, Common Orange Lichen, Oak Moss +4 more · last seen 2020; Fungi — Bracken Map, Common Orange Lichen, Oak Moss +4 more · last seen 2020
Varies
🦋 Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Holly Leaf Gall Fly, Rosemary Beetle, Common Carder Bee +13 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Holly Leaf Gall Fly, Rosemary Beetle, Common Carder Bee +13 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Rainford Linear Park Walking route ▾
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NCN 862 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 862 National Cycle Network
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Named route Ref 862 Length 967 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
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Named route Ref 862 Length 62 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
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Named route Ref 862 Length 13 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
8,745 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 8,745 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 51 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Blackbird · Pheasant · Carrion Crow · Lapwing · Woodpigeon +46
Blackbird Turdus merula Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Curlew Numenius arquata2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Sand Martin Riparia riparia2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2025 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2025 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra2025 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 🦌 Mammals 1 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Brown Hare
Brown Hare Lepus europaeus Eristalis arbustorum
Eristalis arbustorum Eristalis arbustorum Reynoutria japonica x sachalinensis = R. x bohemica · Raspberry · Prickly Sow-thistle · Hedge Woundwort · Nipplewort +9
Reynoutria japonica x sachalinensis = R. x bohemica Reynoutria japonica x sachalinensis = R. x bohemica Raspberry Rubus idaeus Prickly Sow-thistle Sonchus asper Hedge Woundwort Stachys sylvatica Nipplewort Lapsana communis Yarrow Achillea millefolium Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 8,745 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 51 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Blackbird · Pheasant · Carrion Crow · Lapwing · Woodpigeon +46
Blackbird Turdus merula Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Curlew Numenius arquata2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Sand Martin Riparia riparia2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2025 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2025 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra2025 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 🦌 Mammals 1 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Brown Hare
Brown Hare Lepus europaeus Eristalis arbustorum
Eristalis arbustorum Eristalis arbustorum Reynoutria japonica x sachalinensis = R. x bohemica · Raspberry · Prickly Sow-thistle · Hedge Woundwort · Nipplewort +9
Reynoutria japonica x sachalinensis = R. x bohemica Reynoutria japonica x sachalinensis = R. x bohemica Raspberry Rubus idaeus Prickly Sow-thistle Sonchus asper Hedge Woundwort Stachys sylvatica Nipplewort Lapsana communis Yarrow Achillea millefolium Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Jointed Rush
Jointed Rush
Juncus articulatus
Juncus articulatus
Feverfew Tanacetum parthenium
Feverfew Tanacetum parthenium
Great Mullein Verbascum thapsus
Great Mullein Verbascum thapsus
Fig-leaved Goosefoot Chenopodium ficifolium
Fig-leaved Goosefoot Chenopodium ficifolium
Marsh Thistle Cirsium palustre
Marsh Thistle Cirsium palustre
Fringecups Tellima grandiflora
Fringecups Tellima grandiflora
Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium
Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium
Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera
Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera 