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Crab Tree Drive Plantation

35 ha

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Free entryDogs welcome35 ha

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53.44881, -2.80291

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Canada Goose and Robin
🌿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

🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Canada Goose and Robin
🌿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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Canada Goose, Robin, Coot +73 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Canada Goose, Robin, Coot +73 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Red Dead-nettle, Pink-sorrel, Hazel +1 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Parent Bug, Dock Bug, 7-spot Ladybird +4 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Parent Bug, Dock Bug, 7-spot Ladybird +4 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Lesser Celandine, Red Dead-nettle, Wall-rue +9 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Lesser Celandine, Red Dead-nettle, Wall-rue +9 more · last seen 2026

Free

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Rainford Linear ParkWalking route

Named routeLocal cycle route

🚴

Cycling

41 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 856Cycling route

Named routeRef 856National Cycle Network

Radial Route 6Cycling route

Named routeRef 6Local cycle route

Radial Route 7Cycling route

Named routeRef 7Local cycle route

Radial Route 5Cycling route

Named routeRef 5Local cycle route

NCN 862Cycling route

Named routeRef 862National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route207 m

Named routeRef 862Length 207 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

15,906 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

15,906 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

autumnwinter

2026

Canada Goose · Red-legged Partridge · Barnacle Goose · Tufted Duck · Carrion Crow +48

Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
CootFulica atra2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Great TitParus major2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025

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Mammals6 species

autumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · Stoat · Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Wood Mouse +1

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
StoatMustela erminea
Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2025
Common ShrewSorex araneus2025

🐝

Insects2 species

autumn

2025

Parent Bug · Dock Bug

Parent BugElasmucha grisea
Dock BugCoreus marginatus

🌿

Plants3 species

spring

2026

Lesser Celandine · Red Dead-nettle · Wall-rue

Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

15,906 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

autumnwinter

2026

Canada Goose · Red-legged Partridge · Barnacle Goose · Tufted Duck · Carrion Crow +48

Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
CootFulica atra2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Great TitParus major2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025

🦌

Mammals6 species

autumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · Stoat · Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Wood Mouse +1

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
StoatMustela erminea
Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2025
Common ShrewSorex araneus2025

🐝

Insects2 species

autumn

2025

Parent Bug · Dock Bug

Parent BugElasmucha grisea
Dock BugCoreus marginatus

🌿

Plants3 species

spring

2026

Lesser Celandine · Red Dead-nettle · Wall-rue

Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Ian Greig · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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