Chair Wood - Conifer woodland
2 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.50991, -2.69875
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
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 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Rainford Linear ParkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
GM Ringway Stage 15Walking route16.2 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 15 - Blackrod to Wigan
Named routeLength 16.2 kmRegional walking route
GM Ringway Stage 16Walking route16.3 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 16 - Wigan to Leigh
Named routeLength 16.3 kmRegional walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pier to Pier cycle routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef 562National Cycle Network
Sankey Canal TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef SCTLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
29,520 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
29,520 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Willow Tit · Woodpigeon · Starling · Blackcap · Black-headed Gull +42
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Rabbit · Brown Long-eared Bat · Natterer's Bat
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2025
- Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
🐝Insects12 species
springsummer
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Turnip Tigress · Western Honey Bee · Marmalade Hoverfly +7
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Turnip TigressAthalia rosae
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Marsh SnipeflyRhagio tringarius
Plantain Mildew · Daisy Rust · Podosphaera epilobii · Blushing Milkcap · Mallrug, Mallryg +3
- Plantain MildewGolovinomyces sordidus
- Daisy RustPuccinia lagenophorae
- Podosphaera epilobiiPodosphaera epilobii
- Blushing MilkcapLactarius controversus
- Mallrug, MallrygClaviceps purpurea
- Oak MildewErysiphe alphitoides
- Rooting Bolete
🌿Plants25 species
springsummer
2026▾
Wood Anemone · Firethorn · Blackthorn · Honeysuckle · Copper Beech +20
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- FirethornPyracantha coccinea2025
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
- HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025
- Copper BeechFagus sylvatica group 'Atropurpurea'2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
29,520 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Willow Tit · Woodpigeon · Starling · Blackcap · Black-headed Gull +42
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Rabbit · Brown Long-eared Bat · Natterer's Bat
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2025
- Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
🐝Insects12 species
springsummer
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Turnip Tigress · Western Honey Bee · Marmalade Hoverfly +7
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Turnip TigressAthalia rosae
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Marsh SnipeflyRhagio tringarius
Plantain Mildew · Daisy Rust · Podosphaera epilobii · Blushing Milkcap · Mallrug, Mallryg +3
- Plantain MildewGolovinomyces sordidus
- Daisy RustPuccinia lagenophorae
- Podosphaera epilobiiPodosphaera epilobii
- Blushing MilkcapLactarius controversus
- Mallrug, MallrygClaviceps purpurea
- Oak MildewErysiphe alphitoides
- Rooting Bolete
🌿Plants25 species
springsummer
2026▾
Wood Anemone · Firethorn · Blackthorn · Honeysuckle · Copper Beech +20
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- FirethornPyracantha coccinea2025
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
- HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025
- Copper BeechFagus sylvatica group 'Atropurpurea'2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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