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53.42784, -3.04559

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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
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground 111m away — 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
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground 111m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

4 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull, Turnstone +89 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull, Turnstone +89 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Batman Hoverfly, Eristalis tenax, Hornet Hoverfly +34 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Batman Hoverfly, Eristalis tenax, Hornet Hoverfly +34 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Wirral Circular TrailWalking route60 km

Named routeRef WCTLength 60 kmRegional walking route

Trans-Pennine Trail (Liverpool to Warrington)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Cleveleys to LiverpoolWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Birkenhead to Welsh BorderWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

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Cycling

137 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 56Cycling route

Named routeRef 56National Cycle Network

Route 56Cycling route

Named routeRef 56National Cycle Network

Waterloo to BootleCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 810Cycling route

Named routeRef 810National Cycle Network

Radial Route 3Cycling route

Named routeRef 3Local cycle route

Pop-up Route 3Cycling route

Named routeRef Pop-up 3Local cycle route

Wildlife to spot

16,107 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

16,107 records · National Biodiversity Network

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Birds58 species

autumn

2026

Black-headed Gull · Turnstone · Herring Gull · Starling · Rock Dove +53

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
MagpiePica pica2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
CootFulica atra2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
TealAnas crecca2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Great TitParus major2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025

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Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

16,107 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

autumn

2026

Black-headed Gull · Turnstone · Herring Gull · Starling · Rock Dove +53

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
MagpiePica pica2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
CootFulica atra2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
TealAnas crecca2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Great TitParus major2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Sue Adair · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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