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Heysham Golf Course

2 ha

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha

Getting here

54.02941, -2.90013

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 433m away — 2 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 433m away — 2 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

Best for

7 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 — Herring Gull, Oystercatcher, Lesser Black-backed Gull +107 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Herring Gull, Oystercatcher, Lesser Black-backed Gull +107 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Broad-bodied Chaser, Hairy Shieldbug +52 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Broad-bodied Chaser, Hairy Shieldbug +52 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Great Willowherb, Dogwood, Japanese Rose +49 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Great Willowherb, Dogwood, Japanese Rose +49 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Blackthorn, Garlic Mustard, Guelder-rose +2 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Lancashire Coastal WayWalking route

Named routeListed length 220kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

42 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 6Cycling route

Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network

Route 69Cycling route

Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network

Way of the Roses Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef WoRNational Cycle Network

Bay Cycle WayCycling route132 km

Named routeRef 700Length 132 kmNational Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route44 m

Named routeRef 69Length 44 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route22 m

Named routeRef 700Length 22 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

65,210 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

65,210 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds111 species

spring

2026

Herring Gull · Oystercatcher · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Carrion Crow · Blackbird +106

Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
MagpiePica pica2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Light-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla hrota2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
KnotCalidris canutus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

springwinter

2025

Rabbit · Brown Rat

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Brown RatRattus norvegicus

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2025

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐸

Amphibians2 species

springsummer

2025

Common Frog · Great Crested Newt

Common FrogRana temporaria
Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus

🐝

Insects55 species

springsummer

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Broad-bodied Chaser · Hairy Shieldbug · Spiked Shieldbug · Common Carder Bee +50

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens2025
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2025
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025
Pterocomma salicisPterocomma salicis2025
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
Broadbar Clover SawflyTenthredo notha2025
Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2025
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2025
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2025
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2025
Vetchling NematineEuura myosotidis2025
Epistrophe grossulariaeEpistrophe grossulariae2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025
Gorse WeevilExapion ulicis
Common WaspVespula vulgaris2025
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2025
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
Melanostoma mellinumMelanostoma mellinum2025
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2025
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Brown ChaferSerica brunnea2025
Meadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrata2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2025
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
Large Marsh HorseflyTabanus autumnalis2025
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2025
Chirosia betuletiChirosia betuleti2025
Wharf BorerNacerdes melanura2025
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Liophloeus tessulatusLiophloeus tessulatus2025
Phylidorea ferrugineaPhylidorea ferruginea2025
Ptychoptera contaminataPtychoptera contaminata2025
Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2025
Platycheirus rosarumPlatycheirus rosarum2025
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2025
Heather BeetleLochmaea suturalis2025
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025

🌿

Plants52 species

springsummer

2025

Great Willowherb · Dogwood · Japanese Rose · Wild Carrot · Ribwort Plantain +47

Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
DogwoodCornus sanguinea
Japanese RoseRosa rugosa
Wild CarrotDaucus carota
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris
Broad-leaved PondweedPotamogeton natans
Floating PennywortHydrocotyle ranunculoides
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus
Sea-buckthornHippophae rhamnoides
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Autumn GentianGentianella amarella
Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris
Sea CampionSilene uniflora
Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea
Sea RocketCakile maritima
Hairy SedgeCarex hirta
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
White StonecropSedum album
White CloverTrifolium repens
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Orange-ball-treeBuddleja globosa
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Black BryonyTamus communis
Rosa caninaRosa canina
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
Common VetchVicia sativa
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
ElderSambucus nigra
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Red CampionSilene dioica
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
White PoplarPopulus alba
Zigzag CloverTrifolium medium
Kidney VetchAnthyllis vulneraria
Common Rock-roseHelianthemum nummularium
RamsonsAllium ursinum
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

65,210 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds111 species

spring

2026

Herring Gull · Oystercatcher · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Carrion Crow · Blackbird +106

Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
MagpiePica pica2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Light-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla hrota2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
KnotCalidris canutus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

springwinter

2025

Rabbit · Brown Rat

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Brown RatRattus norvegicus

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2025

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐸

Amphibians2 species

springsummer

2025

Common Frog · Great Crested Newt

Common FrogRana temporaria
Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus

🐝

Insects55 species

springsummer

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Broad-bodied Chaser · Hairy Shieldbug · Spiked Shieldbug · Common Carder Bee +50

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens2025
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2025
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025
Pterocomma salicisPterocomma salicis2025
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
Broadbar Clover SawflyTenthredo notha2025
Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2025
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2025
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2025
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2025
Vetchling NematineEuura myosotidis2025
Epistrophe grossulariaeEpistrophe grossulariae2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025
Gorse WeevilExapion ulicis
Common WaspVespula vulgaris2025
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2025
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
Melanostoma mellinumMelanostoma mellinum2025
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2025
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Brown ChaferSerica brunnea2025
Meadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrata2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2025
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
Large Marsh HorseflyTabanus autumnalis2025
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2025
Chirosia betuletiChirosia betuleti2025
Wharf BorerNacerdes melanura2025
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Liophloeus tessulatusLiophloeus tessulatus2025
Phylidorea ferrugineaPhylidorea ferruginea2025
Ptychoptera contaminataPtychoptera contaminata2025
Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2025
Platycheirus rosarumPlatycheirus rosarum2025
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2025
Heather BeetleLochmaea suturalis2025
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025

🌿

Plants52 species

springsummer

2025

Great Willowherb · Dogwood · Japanese Rose · Wild Carrot · Ribwort Plantain +47

Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
DogwoodCornus sanguinea
Japanese RoseRosa rugosa
Wild CarrotDaucus carota
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris
Broad-leaved PondweedPotamogeton natans
Floating PennywortHydrocotyle ranunculoides
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus
Sea-buckthornHippophae rhamnoides
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Autumn GentianGentianella amarella
Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris
Sea CampionSilene uniflora
Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea
Sea RocketCakile maritima
Hairy SedgeCarex hirta
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
White StonecropSedum album
White CloverTrifolium repens
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Orange-ball-treeBuddleja globosa
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Black BryonyTamus communis
Rosa caninaRosa canina
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
Common VetchVicia sativa
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
ElderSambucus nigra
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Red CampionSilene dioica
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
White PoplarPopulus alba
Zigzag CloverTrifolium medium
Kidney VetchAnthyllis vulneraria
Common Rock-roseHelianthemum nummularium
RamsonsAllium ursinum
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

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