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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🌿Foraging
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
53.84183, -2.91877
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- 🌿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
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- 🌿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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Goldfinch +57 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Goldfinch +57 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
Plants — Blackthorn, Hogweed, Hazel +23 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Hedge Woundwort, Blackthorn, Hogweed +178 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Hedge Woundwort, Blackthorn, Hogweed +178 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Speckled Wood, Gatekeeper +43 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Small White, Speckled Wood, Gatekeeper +43 more · last seen 2024
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Wyre Way (Fleetwood Peninsula Loop)Walking route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional walking route
Wyre Way (Shard Bridge to Garstang)Walking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lancashire Cycleway (Northern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 90Regional cycle route
Knott EndCycling route▾
Named routeRef 5Local cycle route
Southern Loop to Great EcclestonCycling route▾
Named routeRef 7Local cycle route
NCN Route 62Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route160 m▾
Named routeRef 62Length 160 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route220 m▾
Named routeRef 62Length 220 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
4,971 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,971 records · National Biodiversity NetworkKestrel · Barn Owl · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Greylag Goose +20
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
🦌Mammals1 species
springautumn
2025▾
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Southern Hawker · Alder Leaf Beetle · Common Darter · Corizus hyoscyami · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Holly · Ivy · Hazel · Hart's-Tongue · Beech +102
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- IvyHedera helix
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- BeechFagus sylvatica
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,971 records · National Biodiversity NetworkKestrel · Barn Owl · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Greylag Goose +20
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
🦌Mammals1 species
springautumn
2025▾
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Southern Hawker · Alder Leaf Beetle · Common Darter · Corizus hyoscyami · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Holly · Ivy · Hazel · Hart's-Tongue · Beech +102
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- IvyHedera helix
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- BeechFagus sylvatica
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
