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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.32879, -2.95574
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕The Old Ticket Office — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕The Old Ticket Office — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +64 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +64 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Helophilus pendulus, Batman Hoverfly, 7-spot Ladybird +135 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
North Cheshire WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 114kmRegional walking route
Wirral WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Canalside TrailWalking route▾
Wirral Circular TrailWalking route60 km▾
Named routeRef WCTLength 60 kmRegional walking route
Mersey WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
20 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
University Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
Route 71Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 71Regional cycle route
Cheshire CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70Regional cycle route
Route 56Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 56National Cycle Network
Traffic Free ChesterCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Clatterbridge Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Photos
The old ticket office at Eastham Ferry
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
5,101 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,101 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds20 species
winterspring
2026▾
Nuthatch · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Lapwing · Jay +15
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- MagpiePica pica2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great TitParus major2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2024
7-spot Ladybird · Field Grasshopper · Hairy Shieldbug · Batman Hoverfly · Helophilus pendulus +50
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
- Greater Bulb-Fly
🌿Plants1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Raspberry
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,101 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds20 species
winterspring
2026▾
Nuthatch · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Lapwing · Jay +15
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- MagpiePica pica2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great TitParus major2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2024
7-spot Ladybird · Field Grasshopper · Hairy Shieldbug · Batman Hoverfly · Helophilus pendulus +50
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
- Greater Bulb-Fly
🌿Plants1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Raspberry
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Merodon equestris2025
Merodon equestris2025
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2025Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2025Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025EristalisEristalis2025EristalisEristalis2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025EupeodesEupeodes2025EupeodesEupeodes2025Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2025Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2025Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2025Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusLeistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbis2025Leistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbis2025Broadbar Clover SawflyTenthredo notha2025Broadbar Clover SawflyTenthredo notha2025Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Ctenophora pectinicornisCtenophora pectinicornis2025Ctenophora pectinicornisCtenophora pectinicornis2025Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea2025Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea2025Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis2025Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis2025CheilosiaCheilosia2025CheilosiaCheilosia2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2025Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2025Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata2025Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata2025Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024Leopoldius signatusLeopoldius signatus2024Leopoldius signatusLeopoldius signatus2024LasioglossumLasioglossum2024LasioglossumLasioglossum2024Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber2024Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber2024Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2024Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2024Chrysotoxum festivumChrysotoxum festivum2024Chrysotoxum festivumChrysotoxum festivum2024Trichius gallicusTrichius gallicus2024Trichius gallicusTrichius gallicus2024Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum2024Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum2024Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2024Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2024HoverflySyrphidae2024HoverflySyrphidae2024Symmorphus gracilisSymmorphus gracilis2024Symmorphus gracilisSymmorphus gracilis202414-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202414-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2024Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2024Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2024Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2024Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2024Events & activities nearby
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