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Great Birch Wood

2 ha

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Free entryDogs welcome2 ha

Getting here

53.74765, -2.91969

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Little Egret
🌿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

🐦78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Little Egret
🌿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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Little Egret, Curlew +75 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Little Egret, Curlew +75 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Hawthorn, Trailing Bellflower, Common Centaury +28 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Hawthorn, Trailing Bellflower, Common Centaury +28 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Hawthorn, Ramsons, Common Nettle +3 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Tree Bumblebee, Cheilosia fraterna +5 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Tree Bumblebee, Cheilosia fraterna +5 more · last seen 2025

Free

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

King Charles III England Coast Path: Cleveleys to LiverpoolWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

Lancashire Coastal WayWalking route

Named routeListed length 220kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

28 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 62Cycling route

Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network

NCN Route 62Cycling route

Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network

Lancashire Cycleway (Northern Loop)Cycling route

Named routeRef 90Regional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route722 m

Named routeRef 62Length 722 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route395 m

Named routeRef 62Length 395 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route10 m

Named routeRef 62Length 10 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

6,242 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,242 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds56 species

summerwinter

2026

Buzzard · Black-headed Gull · Little Egret · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon +51

BuzzardButeo buteo
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2025
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Great TitParus major2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
MagpiePica pica2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025

🐟

Fish1 species

autumn

2025

European Eel

European EelAnguilla anguilla

🐝

Insects4 species

summerautumn

2025

Harlequin Ladybird · Tree Bumblebee · Cheilosia fraterna · Batman Hoverfly

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
Cheilosia fraternaCheilosia fraterna
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea

🌿

Plants22 species

springsummer

2026

Hawthorn · Common Centaury · Garden Lady's-mantle · Sticky Mouse-ear · Ash +17

HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea2025
Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis2025
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
AshFraxinus excelsior
RamsonsAllium ursinum
Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium2025
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025
Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba2025
White Dead-nettleLamium album2025
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025
SoapwortSaponaria officinalis2025
Biting StonecropSedum acre2025
Common RestharrowOnonis repens2025
Trailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyana2025
Common CouchElymus repens2025
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2025
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2025
Sea ArrowgrassTriglochin maritima2025
Sea-MilkwortLysimachia maritima2025
Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,242 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds56 species

summerwinter

2026

Buzzard · Black-headed Gull · Little Egret · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon +51

BuzzardButeo buteo
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2025
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Great TitParus major2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
MagpiePica pica2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025

🐟

Fish1 species

autumn

2025

European Eel

European EelAnguilla anguilla

🐝

Insects4 species

summerautumn

2025

Harlequin Ladybird · Tree Bumblebee · Cheilosia fraterna · Batman Hoverfly

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
Cheilosia fraternaCheilosia fraterna
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea

🌿

Plants22 species

springsummer

2026

Hawthorn · Common Centaury · Garden Lady's-mantle · Sticky Mouse-ear · Ash +17

HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea2025
Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis2025
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
AshFraxinus excelsior
RamsonsAllium ursinum
Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium2025
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025
Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba2025
White Dead-nettleLamium album2025
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025
SoapwortSaponaria officinalis2025
Biting StonecropSedum acre2025
Common RestharrowOnonis repens2025
Trailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyana2025
Common CouchElymus repens2025
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2025
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2025
Sea ArrowgrassTriglochin maritima2025
Sea-MilkwortLysimachia maritima2025
Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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