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Haresfinch Park

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53.46762, -2.72580

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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
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground on site — 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
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Playground

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mallard, Woodpigeon, Magpie +60 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mallard, Woodpigeon, Magpie +60 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Hawthorn, Hazel, Hogweed +15 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Small Red-eyed Damselfly, Four-spotted Chaser, Emperor Dragonfly +73 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Small Red-eyed Damselfly, Four-spotted Chaser, Emperor Dragonfly +73 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage, Hawthorn, Hazel +138 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage, Hawthorn, Hazel +138 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Rainford Linear ParkWalking route

Named routeLocal cycle route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Sankey Canal TrailCycling route

Named routeRef SCTLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

26,697 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

26,697 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds41 species

spring

2026

Blackbird · Herring Gull · Great Crested Grebe · Mallard · Robin +36

BlackbirdTurdus merula
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
CootFulica atra2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Great TitParus major
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
BuzzardButeo buteo
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025

🦌

Mammals8 species

summer

2026

Daubenton's Bat · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Rabbit +3

Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2025
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
NoctuleNyctalus noctula
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2025
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
MoleTalpa europaea2025

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2025

Red-eared Terrapin

Red-eared TerrapinTrachemys scripta subsp. elegans

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2026

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects19 species

springsummer

2026

Scathophaga stercoraria · Clay-coloured Weevil · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Vine Weevil · Agonum muelleri +14

Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Clay-coloured WeevilOtiorhynchus singularis
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
Agonum muelleriAgonum muelleri
Sitona obsoletusSitona obsoletus
Paranchus albipesParanchus albipes
Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
Badister bullatusBadister bullatus2025
Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2025
XylotaXylota2025
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025

🌿

Plants41 species

spring

2026

Hart's-Tongue · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Himalayan Balsam · Yellow Iris · Marsh-marigold +36

Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2025
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2025
HornbeamCarpinus betulus2025
Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris2025
Taxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccata
Prunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasifera
HazelCorylus avellana
Shaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiata2025
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2025
CleaversGalium aparine2025
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025
BeechFagus sylvatica2025
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
OsierSalix viminalis2025
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2025
Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2025
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025
ElderSambucus nigra2025
Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2025
False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae2025
WoodruffGalium odoratum2025
Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2025
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2025
Red CampionSilene dioica2025
IvyHedera helix2025
Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
RamsonsAllium ursinum2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

26,697 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds41 species

spring

2026

Blackbird · Herring Gull · Great Crested Grebe · Mallard · Robin +36

BlackbirdTurdus merula
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
CootFulica atra2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Great TitParus major
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
BuzzardButeo buteo
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025

🦌

Mammals8 species

summer

2026

Daubenton's Bat · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Rabbit +3

Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2025
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
NoctuleNyctalus noctula
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2025
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
MoleTalpa europaea2025

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2025

Red-eared Terrapin

Red-eared TerrapinTrachemys scripta subsp. elegans

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2026

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects19 species

springsummer

2026

Scathophaga stercoraria · Clay-coloured Weevil · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Vine Weevil · Agonum muelleri +14

Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Clay-coloured WeevilOtiorhynchus singularis
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
Agonum muelleriAgonum muelleri
Sitona obsoletusSitona obsoletus
Paranchus albipesParanchus albipes
Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
Badister bullatusBadister bullatus2025
Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2025
XylotaXylota2025
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025

🌿

Plants41 species

spring

2026

Hart's-Tongue · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Himalayan Balsam · Yellow Iris · Marsh-marigold +36

Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2025
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2025
HornbeamCarpinus betulus2025
Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris2025
Taxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccata
Prunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasifera
HazelCorylus avellana
Shaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiata2025
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2025
CleaversGalium aparine2025
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025
BeechFagus sylvatica2025
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
OsierSalix viminalis2025
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2025
Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2025
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025
ElderSambucus nigra2025
Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2025
False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae2025
WoodruffGalium odoratum2025
Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2025
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2025
Red CampionSilene dioica2025
IvyHedera helix2025
Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
RamsonsAllium ursinum2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 David Dixon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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