Rough Wood - Grassland
4 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
53.50786, -2.62868
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
GM Ringway Stage 15Walking route16.2 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 15 - Blackrod to Wigan
Named routeLength 16.2 kmRegional walking route
GM Ringway Stage 16Walking route16.3 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 16 - Wigan to Leigh
Named routeLength 16.3 kmRegional walking route
12 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pier to Pier cycle routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef 562National Cycle Network
Route 55Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 55National Cycle Network
Sankey Canal TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef SCTLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route28 m▾
Named routeRef 55Length 28 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface blocks
Main RouteCycling route45 m▾
Named routeRef 55Length 45 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface cobbles
Main RouteCycling route1 km▾
Named routeRef 55Length 1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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15,356 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
15,356 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds56 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Blackbird +51
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CootFulica atra
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MagpiePica pica
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- TealAnas crecca
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Common GullLarus canus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
🦌Mammals2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects13 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Small Red-eyed Damselfly · Alder Leaf Beetle · Common Wasp · Common Hawker +8
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
- Common WaspVespula vulgaris
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea
- Banded Demoiselle
🌿Plants19 species
springautumn
2026▾
Brooklime · Gorse · Aster agg. · Hemp-agrimony · Tall Melilot +14
- BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
- GorseUlex europaeus
- Aster agg.Aster agg.2025
- Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2025
- Tall MelilotMelilotus altissimus2025
- GypsywortLycopus europaeus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,356 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds56 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Blackbird +51
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CootFulica atra
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MagpiePica pica
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- TealAnas crecca
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Common GullLarus canus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
🦌Mammals2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects13 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Small Red-eyed Damselfly · Alder Leaf Beetle · Common Wasp · Common Hawker +8
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
- Common WaspVespula vulgaris
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea
- Banded Demoiselle
🌿Plants19 species
springautumn
2026▾
Brooklime · Gorse · Aster agg. · Hemp-agrimony · Tall Melilot +14
- BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
- GorseUlex europaeus
- Aster agg.Aster agg.2025
- Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2025
- Tall MelilotMelilotus altissimus2025
- GypsywortLycopus europaeus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Calopteryx splendens
Calopteryx splendens
Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornisMystacides longicornisMystacides longicornisRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerumCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerumBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaStenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigataHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
2025
Rose CampionSilene coronaria2025Rose CampionSilene coronaria2025Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata2025Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Greater SpearwortRanunculus lingua2025Greater SpearwortRanunculus lingua2025Bush VetchVicia sepium2025Bush VetchVicia sepium2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2025Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2025Common SallowSalix cinerea2025Common SallowSalix cinerea2025Goat WillowSalix caprea2025Goat WillowSalix caprea2025Three-cornered GarlicAllium triquetrum2025Three-cornered GarlicAllium triquetrum2025Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025Water AvensGeum rivale2025Water AvensGeum rivale2025