Harrison's Wood - Conifer woodland
2 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.47714, -2.79313
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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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Rainford Linear ParkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 862Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 862National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route446 m▾
Named routeRef 862Length 446 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route553 m▾
Named routeRef 862Length 553 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route175 m▾
Named routeRef 862Length 175 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 862Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route50 m▾
Named routeRef 862Length 50 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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Wildlife to spot
12,864 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,864 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds56 species
winterspring
2026▾
Pheasant · Chaffinch · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Woodpigeon +51
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
🦌Mammals1 species
winterspring
2025▾
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐝Insects3 species
springautumn
2025▾
Eristalis arbustorum · Tree Bumblebee · Glischrochilus hortensis
- Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum
- Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
- Glischrochilus hortensisGlischrochilus hortensis
Red Dead-nettle · Lesser Celandine · Reynoutria japonica x sachalinensis = R. x bohemica · Marsh Foxtail · Bog Stitchwort +4
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Reynoutria japonica x sachalinensis = R. x bohemicaReynoutria japonica x sachalinensis = R. x bohemica2025
- Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus2025
- Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine2025
- Lesser Trefoil
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,864 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds56 species
winterspring
2026▾
Pheasant · Chaffinch · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Woodpigeon +51
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
🦌Mammals1 species
winterspring
2025▾
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐝Insects3 species
springautumn
2025▾
Eristalis arbustorum · Tree Bumblebee · Glischrochilus hortensis
- Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum
- Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
- Glischrochilus hortensisGlischrochilus hortensis
Red Dead-nettle · Lesser Celandine · Reynoutria japonica x sachalinensis = R. x bohemica · Marsh Foxtail · Bog Stitchwort +4
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Reynoutria japonica x sachalinensis = R. x bohemicaReynoutria japonica x sachalinensis = R. x bohemica2025
- Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus2025
- Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine2025
- Lesser Trefoil
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Trifolium dubium2025
Trifolium dubium2025
Amphibious BistortPersicaria amphibia2025Amphibious BistortPersicaria amphibia2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Events & activities nearby
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