🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
52.90938, -2.88946
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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mallard, Cormorant, Black-headed Gull +50 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Mallard, Cormorant, Black-headed Gull +50 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Maelor WayWalking route39 km▾
Named routeLength 39 kmRegional walking route
Shropshire Way - stage 12Walking route23 km▾
Named routeRef ShW12Length 23 kmLocal walking route
Shropshire Way - Whitchurch to EllesmereWalking route34 km▾
Named routeRef ShW12bLength 34 kmRegional walking route
Shropshire Way - stage 13Walking route22.1 km▾
Named routeRef ShW13Length 22.1 kmLocal walking route
12 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Meres & Mosses Family Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Signposted as Colemere Family Route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 455Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 455National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route82 m▾
Named routeRef 455Length 82 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route411 m▾
Named routeRef 455Length 411 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route964 m▾
Named routeRef 455Length 964 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.4 km▾
Named routeRef 455Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
22,685 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
22,685 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds53 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Mallard · Cormorant · Black-headed Gull · Tufted Duck · Grey Heron +48
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- CootFulica atra
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Common GullLarus canus
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus
- TealAnas crecca
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RavenCorvus corax
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Badger
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
Rhyzobius lophanthae · Common Darter · 7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Eristalis tenax +7
- Rhyzobius lophanthaeRhyzobius lophanthae2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Limnephilus flavicornisLimnephilus flavicornis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
22,685 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds53 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Mallard · Cormorant · Black-headed Gull · Tufted Duck · Grey Heron +48
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- CootFulica atra
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Common GullLarus canus
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus
- TealAnas crecca
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RavenCorvus corax
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Badger
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
Rhyzobius lophanthae · Common Darter · 7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Eristalis tenax +7
- Rhyzobius lophanthaeRhyzobius lophanthae2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Limnephilus flavicornisLimnephilus flavicornis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata202516-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025Scymnus haemorrhoidalisScymnus haemorrhoidalis2025Scymnus haemorrhoidalisScymnus haemorrhoidalis2025Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura2025Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura2025Stethorus pusillusStethorus pusillus2025Stethorus pusillusStethorus pusillus2025Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2025Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2025Nephus quadrimaculatusNephus quadrimaculatus2025Nephus quadrimaculatusNephus quadrimaculatus2025Events & activities nearby
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