Butteries Wood - Conifer woodland
5 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
53.61360, -2.73996
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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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
17 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pier to Pier cycle routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef 562National Cycle Network
Standish Mineral LineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route74 m▾
Named routeRef 562Length 74 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route13 m▾
Named routeRef 562Length 13 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface bareearth
Main RouteCycling route317 m▾
Named routeRef 562Length 317 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface bareearth
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Wildlife to spot
2,276 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,276 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw +40
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2022
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- MagpiePica pica2021
- CurlewNumenius arquata2021
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2021
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Stoat · Mole
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
- StoatMustela erminea2023
- MoleTalpa europaea2021
🐝Insects15 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Eristalis pertinax · Endomychus coccineus · Slender Ground-hopper +10
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
- Endomychus coccineusEndomychus coccineus2024
- Slender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata
Broom · Hogweed · Yarrow · Columbine · Foxglove +37
- BroomCytisus scoparius
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2022
- YarrowAchillea millefolium2022
- ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris2022
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2022
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2022
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,276 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw +40
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2022
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- MagpiePica pica2021
- CurlewNumenius arquata2021
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2021
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Stoat · Mole
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
- StoatMustela erminea2023
- MoleTalpa europaea2021
🐝Insects15 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Eristalis pertinax · Endomychus coccineus · Slender Ground-hopper +10
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
- Endomychus coccineusEndomychus coccineus2024
- Slender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata
Broom · Hogweed · Yarrow · Columbine · Foxglove +37
- BroomCytisus scoparius
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2022
- YarrowAchillea millefolium2022
- ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris2022
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2022
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2022
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Ferdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cuprea2024Ferdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cuprea2024Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2024Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2024Black DarterSympetrum danae2024Black DarterSympetrum danae2024Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae2024Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae2024Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2022Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2022Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2022Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2022Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2021Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2021Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2021Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2021Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2021Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2021Climbing CorydalisCeratocapnos claviculata2022Climbing CorydalisCeratocapnos claviculata2022Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2022Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2022Turkish SagePhlomis russelianaTurkish SagePhlomis russelianaArrowheadSagittaria sagittifoliaArrowheadSagittaria sagittifoliaGorseUlex europaeus2023GorseUlex europaeus2023Red CampionSilene dioica2022Red CampionSilene dioica2022BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2022BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2022Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2022Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2022Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia2022Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia2022Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2022Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2022Musk-mallowMalva moschata2022Musk-mallowMalva moschata2022Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2022Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2022Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2022Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2022Common VetchVicia sativa2022Common VetchVicia sativa2022Wood AvensGeum urbanum2022Wood AvensGeum urbanum2022Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2022Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2022Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2022Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2022Intermediate Lady's-mantleAlchemilla xanthochlora2022Intermediate Lady's-mantleAlchemilla xanthochlora2022DaisyBellis perennis2022DaisyBellis perennis2022CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2022CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2022Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2022Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2022Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2022Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2022Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2022Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2022Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2022Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2022Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2022Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2022Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2022Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2022BrackenPteridium aquilinum2022BrackenPteridium aquilinum2022Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2022Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2022BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2022BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2022RowanSorbus aucuparia2022RowanSorbus aucuparia2022BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2022BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2022Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2022Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2022Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2022Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2022BugleAjuga reptans2022BugleAjuga reptans2022Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit2021Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit2021MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2021MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2021