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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
Free entry Dogs welcome 17 ha
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53.52283, -2.69395
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days 🌿 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
☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days 🌿 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🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Starling, Blackbird, Black-headed Gull +59 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Starling, Blackbird, Black-headed Gull +59 more · last seen 2026
Free
Plants — Guelder-rose, Common Nettle, Elder +11 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Wood Anemone, Wood Avens, Guelder-rose +56 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Wood Anemone, Wood Avens, Guelder-rose +56 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red-legged Shieldbug, Alder Leaf Beetle, 7-spot Ladybird +18 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Red-legged Shieldbug, Alder Leaf Beetle, 7-spot Ladybird +18 more · last seen 2025
Free
🌲 Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Rainford Linear Park Walking route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map GM Ringway Stage 15 Walking route 16.2 km ▾
GM Ringway Stage 15 - Blackrod to Wigan
Named route Length 16.2 km Regional walking route
Show on map GM Ringway Stage 16 Walking route 16.3 km ▾
GM Ringway Stage 16 - Wigan to Leigh
Named route Length 16.3 km Regional walking route
Show on map 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pier to Pier cycle route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 562 National Cycle Network
Show on map Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 91 Regional cycle route
Show on map Photos M6 Southbound, Gorsey Hill Wood
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18,364 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 18,364 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 48 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Willow Tit · Woodpigeon · Starling · Black-headed Gull · Blackbird +43
Willow Tit Poecile montanus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus2025 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Brown Long-eared Bat · Hedgehog · Natterer's Bat · Pipistrelle Bat species
Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Natterer's Bat Myotis nattereri Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus2024 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria2025 Varied Carpet Beetle · Red-legged Shieldbug · Marsh Snipefly · 2-spot Ladybird · Alder Leaf Beetle +6
Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes Marsh Snipefly Rhagio tringarius 2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni Platycheirus rosarum Platycheirus rosarum Cantharis rufa 🌿 Plants 13 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Wood Anemone · Gorse · Cock's-foot · Yarrow · Himalayan Balsam +8
Wood Anemone Anemone nemorosa Gorse Ulex europaeus Cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata2025 Yarrow Achillea millefolium2025 Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera2025 Great Willowherb Epilobium hirsutum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 18,364 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 48 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Willow Tit · Woodpigeon · Starling · Black-headed Gull · Blackbird +43
Willow Tit Poecile montanus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus2025 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Brown Long-eared Bat · Hedgehog · Natterer's Bat · Pipistrelle Bat species
Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Natterer's Bat Myotis nattereri Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus2024 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria2025 Varied Carpet Beetle · Red-legged Shieldbug · Marsh Snipefly · 2-spot Ladybird · Alder Leaf Beetle +6
Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes Marsh Snipefly Rhagio tringarius 2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni Platycheirus rosarum Platycheirus rosarum Cantharis rufa 🌿 Plants 13 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Wood Anemone · Gorse · Cock's-foot · Yarrow · Himalayan Balsam +8
Wood Anemone Anemone nemorosa Gorse Ulex europaeus Cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata2025 Yarrow Achillea millefolium2025 Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera2025 Great Willowherb Epilobium hirsutum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Cantharis rufa
Cantharis rufa
Lime Aphid Eucallipterus tiliae
Lime Aphid Eucallipterus tiliae
Cercopis vulnerata Cercopis vulnerata
Cercopis vulnerata Cercopis vulnerata
Saddleback Grass-cutter Eutomostethus ephippium
Saddleback Grass-cutter Eutomostethus ephippium
Pachyrhinus lethierryi Pachyrhinus lethierryi
Pachyrhinus lethierryi Pachyrhinus lethierryi 2025
2025
Evening Primrose Oenothera2025
Evening Primrose Oenothera2025
Purple-loosestrife Lythrum salicaria2025
Purple-loosestrife Lythrum salicaria2025
Guelder-rose Viburnum opulus2025
Guelder-rose Viburnum opulus2025
Common Vetch Vicia sativa subsp. segetalis2025
Common Vetch Vicia sativa subsp. segetalis2025
Yellow Iris Iris pseudacorus2025
Yellow Iris Iris pseudacorus2025
Common Bistort Bistorta officinalis2025
Common Bistort Bistorta officinalis2025
Wood Avens Geum urbanum2025
Wood Avens Geum urbanum2025 