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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 Rock Dove and Dipper
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🛝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 Rock Dove and Dipper
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

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🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Rock Dove, Dipper, Woodpigeon +61 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Rock Dove, Dipper, Woodpigeon +61 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Early Bumblebee, Tawny Mining Bee, Clarke's Mining Bee +49 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Early Bumblebee, Tawny Mining Bee, Clarke's Mining Bee +49 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Butterfly-bush, Japanese Knotweed, Wall-rue +36 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Butterfly-bush, Japanese Knotweed, Wall-rue +36 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Sweet Chestnut, Guelder-rose, Common Chickweed +1 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Reelers Trail - Witton Weavers WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Tacklers Trail - Witton Weavers WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Full walk - Witton Weavers WayWalking route

Named route

Beamers Trail - Witton Weavers WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

The Ribble Valley Jubilee TrailWalking route105 km

A new 65-mile circular hiking route through the scenic rolling countryside and spectacular uplands of the Ribble Valley and Forest of Bowland.

Named routeLength 105 kmRound tripRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

58 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Weavers WheelCycling route

Named routeRef WWLocal cycle route

Weavers Wheel - Spoke 3Cycling route

Named routeRef 3Local cycle route

Weavers Wheel - Spoke 4Cycling route

Named routeRef 4Local cycle route

Route 6Cycling route

Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network

Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route

Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route

Weavers Wheel - Spoke 1Cycling route

Named routeRef 1Local cycle route

Wildlife to spot

12,517 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

12,517 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds67 species

wintersummerautumn

2025

Rock Dove · Dipper · Woodpigeon · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Black-headed Gull +62

Rock DoveColumba livia
DipperCinclus cinclus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MagpiePica pica
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
GoosanderMergus merganser
JackdawColoeus monedula
Herring GullLarus argentatus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
BuzzardButeo buteo
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great TitParus major
Coal TitPeriparus ater
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RobinErithacus rubecula
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
DunnockPrunella modularis
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
SwiftApus apus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Mute SwanCygnus olor
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
RavenCorvus corax
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
CootFulica atra
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Common GullLarus canus2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
RookCorvus frugilegus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2023
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2022
JayGarrulus glandarius
Greylag GooseAnser anser
LinnetLinaria cannabina
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2022
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2022

🦌

Mammals11 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Common Pipistrelle · Brown Rat · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · American Mink +6

Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Brown RatRattus norvegicus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
American MinkNeovison vison
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Common ShrewSorex araneus2024
MoleTalpa europaea2024
Nathusius's PipistrellePipistrellus nathusii2023
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2023
OtterLutra lutra2023

🐝

Insects52 species

springsummer

2025

Early Bumblebee · Tawny Mining Bee · Clarke's Mining Bee · Tree Bumblebee · Painted Mining Bee +47

Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024
Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2024
Clarke's Mining BeeAndrena clarkella2024
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2024
Painted Mining BeeAndrena fucata2023
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2024
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2023
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2023
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Gwynne's Mining BeeAndrena bicolor2024
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
Yellow-legged Furrow BeeHalictus rubicundus2023
Fabricius' Nomad BeeNomada fabriciana2023
Hawthorn Mining BeeAndrena chrysosceles2023
Blue Mason BeeOsmia caerulescens2023
Chocolate Mining BeeAndrena scotica2023
Orange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoa2023
Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024
Four-barred MajorOxycera rara2024
Common Yellow-face BeeHylaeus communis2024
Hairy Yellow-faceHylaeus hyalinatus2024
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024
Davies' ColletesColletes daviesanus2024
Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2024
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2023
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2023
Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2023
Conops quadrifasciatusConops quadrifasciatus2023
Bare-saddled Blood BeeSphecodes ephippius2023
Little Nomad BeeNomada flavoguttata2023
Sapyga quinquepunctataSapyga quinquepunctata2023
Coppice Mining BeeAndrena helvola2023
Sandpit Mining BeeAndrena barbilabris2023
Forest Cuckoo BeeBombus sylvestris2023
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2023
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2023
Heath BumblebeeBombus jonellus2023
Field Digger WaspArgogorytes mystaceus2023
Willughby's Leafcutter BeeMegachile willughbiella2023
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2023
Blunt Tailed Digger WaspCrossocerus dimidiatus2023
Smeathman's Furrow BeeLasioglossum smeathmanellum2023
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2023
Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2023
Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis2023
St Marks FlyBibio marci2023
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2023

🌿

Plants39 species

winter

2026

Butterfly-bush · Japanese Knotweed · Wall-rue · Fritillary · Tutsan +34

Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2024
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2024
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2023
FritillaryFritillaria meleagris
TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025
Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2024
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2023
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2023
Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2023
Large-flowered Evening-primroseOenothera glazioviana2023
BorageBorago officinalis2025
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025
Tulip-treeLiriodendron tulipifera2025
Common ChickweedStellaria media2024
Heath RushJuncus squarrosus2024
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2023
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2023
DaisyBellis perennis2023
Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus2023
Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2023
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2023
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2023
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2023
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2023
Common DuckweedLemna minor2023
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2023
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2023
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2023
Wall LettuceMycelis muralis2023
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2023
IvyHedera helix2023
Turkey OakQuercus cerris2023
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2023
Bullate CotoneasterCotoneaster rehderi2023
Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2023
Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2023
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2023
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

12,517 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds67 species

wintersummerautumn

2025

Rock Dove · Dipper · Woodpigeon · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Black-headed Gull +62

Rock DoveColumba livia
DipperCinclus cinclus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MagpiePica pica
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
GoosanderMergus merganser
JackdawColoeus monedula
Herring GullLarus argentatus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
BuzzardButeo buteo
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great TitParus major
Coal TitPeriparus ater
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RobinErithacus rubecula
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
DunnockPrunella modularis
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
SwiftApus apus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Mute SwanCygnus olor
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
RavenCorvus corax
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
CootFulica atra
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Common GullLarus canus2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
RookCorvus frugilegus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2023
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2022
JayGarrulus glandarius
Greylag GooseAnser anser
LinnetLinaria cannabina
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2022
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2022

🦌

Mammals11 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Common Pipistrelle · Brown Rat · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · American Mink +6

Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Brown RatRattus norvegicus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
American MinkNeovison vison
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Common ShrewSorex araneus2024
MoleTalpa europaea2024
Nathusius's PipistrellePipistrellus nathusii2023
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2023
OtterLutra lutra2023

🐝

Insects52 species

springsummer

2025

Early Bumblebee · Tawny Mining Bee · Clarke's Mining Bee · Tree Bumblebee · Painted Mining Bee +47

Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024
Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2024
Clarke's Mining BeeAndrena clarkella2024
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2024
Painted Mining BeeAndrena fucata2023
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2024
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2023
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2023
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Gwynne's Mining BeeAndrena bicolor2024
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
Yellow-legged Furrow BeeHalictus rubicundus2023
Fabricius' Nomad BeeNomada fabriciana2023
Hawthorn Mining BeeAndrena chrysosceles2023
Blue Mason BeeOsmia caerulescens2023
Chocolate Mining BeeAndrena scotica2023
Orange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoa2023
Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024
Four-barred MajorOxycera rara2024
Common Yellow-face BeeHylaeus communis2024
Hairy Yellow-faceHylaeus hyalinatus2024
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024
Davies' ColletesColletes daviesanus2024
Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2024
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2023
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2023
Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2023
Conops quadrifasciatusConops quadrifasciatus2023
Bare-saddled Blood BeeSphecodes ephippius2023
Little Nomad BeeNomada flavoguttata2023
Sapyga quinquepunctataSapyga quinquepunctata2023
Coppice Mining BeeAndrena helvola2023
Sandpit Mining BeeAndrena barbilabris2023
Forest Cuckoo BeeBombus sylvestris2023
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2023
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2023
Heath BumblebeeBombus jonellus2023
Field Digger WaspArgogorytes mystaceus2023
Willughby's Leafcutter BeeMegachile willughbiella2023
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2023
Blunt Tailed Digger WaspCrossocerus dimidiatus2023
Smeathman's Furrow BeeLasioglossum smeathmanellum2023
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2023
Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2023
Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis2023
St Marks FlyBibio marci2023
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2023

🌿

Plants39 species

winter

2026

Butterfly-bush · Japanese Knotweed · Wall-rue · Fritillary · Tutsan +34

Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2024
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2024
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2023
FritillaryFritillaria meleagris
TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025
Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2024
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2023
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2023
Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2023
Large-flowered Evening-primroseOenothera glazioviana2023
BorageBorago officinalis2025
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025
Tulip-treeLiriodendron tulipifera2025
Common ChickweedStellaria media2024
Heath RushJuncus squarrosus2024
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2023
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2023
DaisyBellis perennis2023
Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus2023
Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2023
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2023
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2023
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2023
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2023
Common DuckweedLemna minor2023
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2023
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2023
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2023
Wall LettuceMycelis muralis2023
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2023
IvyHedera helix2023
Turkey OakQuercus cerris2023
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2023
Bullate CotoneasterCotoneaster rehderi2023
Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2023
Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2023
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2023
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Tony Mercer · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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