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Getting here
53.46782, -2.72731
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Mallard
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Mallard
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Mallard, Magpie +61 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Mallard, Magpie +61 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
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 +137 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Rainford Linear ParkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Sankey Canal TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef SCTLocal cycle route
Photos
Conservation Area at Haresfinch Park
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
26,908 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
26,908 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Herring Gull · Woodpigeon · Great Crested Grebe · Mallard +35
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Great TitParus major
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Common TernSterna hirundo2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- 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
Daubenton's Bat · Noctule · Rabbit · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle +3
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2025
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
Red-eared Terrapin
- Red-eared TerrapinTrachemys scripta subsp. elegans
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝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
Hart's-Tongue · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Himalayan Balsam · Yellow Iris · Marsh-marigold +38
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
- Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2025
- Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2025
- Hornbeam
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
26,908 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Herring Gull · Woodpigeon · Great Crested Grebe · Mallard +35
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Great TitParus major
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Common TernSterna hirundo2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- 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
Daubenton's Bat · Noctule · Rabbit · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle +3
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2025
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
Red-eared Terrapin
- Red-eared TerrapinTrachemys scripta subsp. elegans
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝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
Hart's-Tongue · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Himalayan Balsam · Yellow Iris · Marsh-marigold +38
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
- Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2025
- Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2025
- Hornbeam
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025MoleTalpa europaea2025MoleTalpa europaea2025Paranchus albipesParanchus albipesParanchus albipesParanchus albipesPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusBadister bullatusBadister bullatus2025Badister bullatusBadister bullatus2025Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium2025Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2025Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2025XylotaXylota2025XylotaXylota2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Carpinus betulus2025
Carpinus betulus2025
Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris2025Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris2025Taxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccataPrunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaHazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaShaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiata2025Shaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiata2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2025Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2025CleaversGalium aparine2025CleaversGalium aparine2025Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025OsierSalix viminalis2025OsierSalix viminalis2025Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2025Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2025Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2025Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2025BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025ElderSambucus nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2025Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2025False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae2025False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae2025WoodruffGalium odoratum2025WoodruffGalium odoratum2025Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2025Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2025Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2025Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2025Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2025Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025IvyHedera helix2025IvyHedera helix2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025RamsonsAllium ursinum2025RamsonsAllium ursinum2025Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025Events & activities nearby
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