Willoughbridge Bogs - Conifer woodland
2 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
52.94685, -2.37514
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
- 🐕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 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Newcastle WayWalking route40 km▾
Market Drayton to Mow Cop
Named routeLength 40 kmRegional walking route
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 552Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 552National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route556 m▾
Named routeRef 552Length 556 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route6.5 km▾
Named routeRef 552Length 6.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route4.2 km▾
Named routeRef 552Length 4.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
4 public paths nearby
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Wildlife to spot
1,846 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,846 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Robin · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Wren · Great Tit +33
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Turdus philomelos clarkeiTurdus philomelos clarkei
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- CurlewNumenius arquata2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
🦌Mammals15 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Mole · Red Fox · Wood Mouse · Badger · Pygmy Shrew +10
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2024
- BadgerMeles meles
- Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2024
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Swollen-thighed Beetle · Rhingia campestris · Garden Chafer · 7-spot Ladybird · 14-spot Ladybird +14
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024
- Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2024
- Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola2024
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2024
- Red-legged Shieldbug
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,846 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Robin · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Wren · Great Tit +33
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Turdus philomelos clarkeiTurdus philomelos clarkei
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- CurlewNumenius arquata2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
🦌Mammals15 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Mole · Red Fox · Wood Mouse · Badger · Pygmy Shrew +10
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2024
- BadgerMeles meles
- Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2024
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Swollen-thighed Beetle · Rhingia campestris · Garden Chafer · 7-spot Ladybird · 14-spot Ladybird +14
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024
- Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2024
- Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola2024
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2024
- Red-legged Shieldbug
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Bank Vole
Bank Vole
Myodes glareolus2024
Myodes glareolus2024
Brown HareLepus europaeus2024Brown HareLepus europaeus2024RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024HedgehogErinaceus europaeusHedgehogErinaceus europaeusSoprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2024Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2024Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024ShrewSoricidae2024ShrewSoricidae2024Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2024Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2024Pentatoma rufipes2024
Pentatoma rufipes2024
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2024Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2024Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2024Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2024CurculioCurculio2024CurculioCurculio2024Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea2024Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea2024Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans2024Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans2024Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus2024Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus2024Rhagonycha lignosaRhagonycha lignosa2024Rhagonycha lignosaRhagonycha lignosa202410-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata202410-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2024Eupteryx aurataEupteryx aurata2024Eupteryx aurataEupteryx aurata2024Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2024Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha20242-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20242-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2024Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2024Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2024