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Coney Grove Woods

2 ha

📷 Richard Cooke · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🛝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

9 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +69 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +69 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Daisy, Elder, Herb-Robert +49 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Daisy, Elder, Herb-Robert +49 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Elder, Bramble, Oak +8 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Trans-Pennine Trail (Liverpool to Warrington)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Mersey WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

New Cut TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Ladies Walkpublic footpath · 460 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 460 mSurface dirtPath type: path

🚴

Cycling

19 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

8 Black Bear ParkCycling route

Named routeRef 8Local cycle route

11 Whittle HallCycling route

Named routeRef 11Local cycle route

Wildlife to spot

6,968 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,968 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds74 species

winterspring

2026

Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Mute Swan +69

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
CootFulica atra
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Great TitParus major2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
GadwallMareca strepera2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
RedshankTringa totanus2023
LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
Barn OwlTyto alba2022
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2024
Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
Willow TitPoecile montanus2023
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2022
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
GoosanderMergus merganser2022
SiskinSpinus spinus2022
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2022

🦌

Mammals12 species

summer

2025

Bat · Daubenton's Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Rabbit · Hedgehog +7

BatChiroptera2024
Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2024
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2022
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2022
Bank VoleMyodes glareolus
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2024
NoctuleNyctalus noctula2022

🐟

Fish1 species

summer

2023

Pike

PikeEsox lucius

🐝

Insects12 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Common Darter · Black Clock · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Silver Fish · Alder Leaf Beetle +7

Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Black ClockPterostichus madidus
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Silver FishLepisma saccharinum
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2024
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2023
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2023
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023
Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae2023
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2022

🌿

Plants52 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2025

Daisy · Elder · Herb-Robert · Common Ragwort · Lesser Celandine +47

DaisyBellis perennis2024
ElderSambucus nigra
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2024
CornflowerCentaurea cyanus2023
Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine
Sweet-WilliamDianthus barbatus
BugleAjuga reptans
BrambleRubus fruticosus2024
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2024
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024
OakQuercus2024
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2024
Small-leaved LimeTilia cordata2024
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2024
White Dead-nettleLamium album2024
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum2024
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2023
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2023
Gaillardia pulchellaGaillardia pulchella2023
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2023
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2023
CorncockleAgrostemma githago2023
Norway MapleAcer platanoides2023
AshFraxinus excelsior2023
BeechFagus sylvatica2023
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2023
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2023
Red OakQuercus rubra2023
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2023
White DogwoodCornus alba2023
Field MapleAcer campestre2023
Evergreen OakQuercus ilex2023
HornbeamCarpinus betulus2023
Bird CherryPrunus padus2023
Hedera helixHedera helix2022
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2022
Common NettleUrtica dioica2022
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2022
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2022
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2022
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2022
CleaversGalium aparine2022
Turkish HazelCorylus colurna2022
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2022
YarrowAchillea millefolium2022
Oxalis corniculata var. atropurpureaOxalis corniculata var. atropurpurea2022
Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana2022
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,968 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds74 species

winterspring

2026

Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Mute Swan +69

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
CootFulica atra
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Great TitParus major2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
GadwallMareca strepera2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
RedshankTringa totanus2023
LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
Barn OwlTyto alba2022
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2024
Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
Willow TitPoecile montanus2023
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2022
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
GoosanderMergus merganser2022
SiskinSpinus spinus2022
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2022

🦌

Mammals12 species

summer

2025

Bat · Daubenton's Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Rabbit · Hedgehog +7

BatChiroptera2024
Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2024
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2022
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2022
Bank VoleMyodes glareolus
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2024
NoctuleNyctalus noctula2022

🐟

Fish1 species

summer

2023

Pike

PikeEsox lucius

🐝

Insects12 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Common Darter · Black Clock · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Silver Fish · Alder Leaf Beetle +7

Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Black ClockPterostichus madidus
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Silver FishLepisma saccharinum
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2024
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2023
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2023
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023
Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae2023
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2022

🌿

Plants52 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2025

Daisy · Elder · Herb-Robert · Common Ragwort · Lesser Celandine +47

DaisyBellis perennis2024
ElderSambucus nigra
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2024
CornflowerCentaurea cyanus2023
Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine
Sweet-WilliamDianthus barbatus
BugleAjuga reptans
BrambleRubus fruticosus2024
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2024
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024
OakQuercus2024
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2024
Small-leaved LimeTilia cordata2024
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2024
White Dead-nettleLamium album2024
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum2024
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2023
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2023
Gaillardia pulchellaGaillardia pulchella2023
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2023
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2023
CorncockleAgrostemma githago2023
Norway MapleAcer platanoides2023
AshFraxinus excelsior2023
BeechFagus sylvatica2023
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2023
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2023
Red OakQuercus rubra2023
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2023
White DogwoodCornus alba2023
Field MapleAcer campestre2023
Evergreen OakQuercus ilex2023
HornbeamCarpinus betulus2023
Bird CherryPrunus padus2023
Hedera helixHedera helix2022
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2022
Common NettleUrtica dioica2022
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2022
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2022
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2022
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2022
CleaversGalium aparine2022
Turkish HazelCorylus colurna2022
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2022
YarrowAchillea millefolium2022
Oxalis corniculata var. atropurpureaOxalis corniculata var. atropurpurea2022
Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana2022
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Richard Cooke · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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