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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds⚽ Pitches
Dogs welcome
Places › England › North West › Trafford Getting here
53.38223, -2.32740
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ⚽ Playing fields is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground 242m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ⚽ Playing fields is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground 242m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🅿️ Parking· Free 🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Rock Dove, Magpie +56 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Rock Dove, Magpie +56 more · last seen 2026
Free
⚽ Playing fields
Very strong match
Playing field
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Box Tree Moth, Rosemary Beetle, Alder Leaf Beetle +34 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Box Tree Moth, Rosemary Beetle, Alder Leaf Beetle +34 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Ground-elder, White Ramping-fumitory, Parsley-leaved Bramble +3 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Ground-elder, White Ramping-fumitory, Parsley-leaved Bramble +3 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 12 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Bollin Valley Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Cheshire Ring Canal Walk Walking route ▾
Trans-Pennine Trail (Warrington to Ashton-upon-Mersey) Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Trans-Pennine Trail (Ashton-upon-Mersey to Stockport) Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map GM Ringway Stage 2 Walking route 10.5 km ▾
GM Ringway Stage 2 - Sale Water Park to Didsbury Village
Named route Length 10.5 km Regional walking route
Show on map 158 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
A555 Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Cheshire Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 70 Regional cycle route
Show on map Airport Orbital Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Greater Manchester regional route 85 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 85 Regional cycle route
Show on map Airport City Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Heritage Loop Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Heritage Loop Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
28,486 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 28,486 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 39 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Rock Dove · Starling · Blackbird +34
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Coot Fulica atra House Sparrow Passer domesticus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Jay Garrulus glandarius2024 Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Common Pipistrelle · Badger
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2025 Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2025 Badger Meles meles2025 🐝 Insects 14 species
spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Alder Leaf Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird · Lesser Stag Beetle · Eupteryx · Common Red Soldier Beetle +9
Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2024 Eupteryx Eupteryx2025 Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva Ground-elder
Ground-elder Aegopodium podagraria Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 28,486 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 39 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Rock Dove · Starling · Blackbird +34
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Coot Fulica atra House Sparrow Passer domesticus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Jay Garrulus glandarius2024 Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Common Pipistrelle · Badger
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2025 Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2025 Badger Meles meles2025 🐝 Insects 14 species
spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Alder Leaf Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird · Lesser Stag Beetle · Eupteryx · Common Red Soldier Beetle +9
Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2024 Eupteryx Eupteryx2025 Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva Ground-elder
Ground-elder Aegopodium podagraria Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025
Athous haemorrhoidalis Athous haemorrhoidalis2025
Athous haemorrhoidalis Athous haemorrhoidalis2025
Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha2025
Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2024
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2024
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2024
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2024
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2024
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2024
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata2024
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata2024
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2024
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2024 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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