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🦉 Wildlife🎠 Play🛝 Family
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 1 ha
Places › England › North West › Trafford Getting here
53.46252, -2.26779
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 ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Bailey Italia — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Bailey Italia — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome☕ Café🅿️ Parking🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Rock Dove, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Carrion Crow +40 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Rock Dove, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Carrion Crow +40 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Butterfly-bush, Sea-buckthorn, Oxford Ragwort +52 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Butterfly-bush, Sea-buckthorn, Oxford Ragwort +52 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cheshire Ring Canal Walk Walking route ▾
Medlock Valley Way Walking route ▾
Irwell Sculpture Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Irwell Sculpture Trail (spur) Walking route ▾
Trans-Pennine Trail (Ashton-upon-Mersey to Stockport) Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 327 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Irwell River Park Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Ashton Canal Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Stretford Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Chorlton Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Trans Pennine Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 62 National Cycle Network
Show on map A56 Interim Scheme Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
27,325 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 27,325 records · National Biodiversity Network Black-headed Gull · Rock Dove · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Herring Gull +32
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Magpie Pica pica Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Robin Erithacus rubecula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Coot Fulica atra Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Great Tit Parus major Goldcrest Regulus regulus Dunnock Prunella modularis Redwing Turdus iliacus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Raven Corvus corax2025 Southern Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 carbo cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo carbo2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Larus argentatus argentatus Larus argentatus argentatus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2025 Pond Terrapin
Pond Terrapin Trachemys scripta 🐝 Insects 5 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Eristalis pertinax · Dock Bug · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Bombus terrestris subsp. audax · Vespula
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Dock Bug Coreus marginatus Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius Bombus terrestris subsp. audax Bombus terrestris subsp. audax Vespula Vespula 🌿 Plants 16 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Summer Snowflake · Fritillary · Hairy Bitter-cress · Shepherd's-purse · Wavy Bitter-cress +11
Summer Snowflake Leucojum aestivum Fritillary Fritillaria meleagris Hairy Bitter-cress Cardamine hirsuta Shepherd's-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris Wavy Bitter-cress Cardamine flexuosa Danish Scurvygrass Cochlearia danica Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 27,325 records · National Biodiversity Network Black-headed Gull · Rock Dove · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Herring Gull +32
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Magpie Pica pica Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Robin Erithacus rubecula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Coot Fulica atra Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Great Tit Parus major Goldcrest Regulus regulus Dunnock Prunella modularis Redwing Turdus iliacus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Raven Corvus corax2025 Southern Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 carbo cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo carbo2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Larus argentatus argentatus Larus argentatus argentatus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2025 Pond Terrapin
Pond Terrapin Trachemys scripta 🐝 Insects 5 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Eristalis pertinax · Dock Bug · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Bombus terrestris subsp. audax · Vespula
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Dock Bug Coreus marginatus Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius Bombus terrestris subsp. audax Bombus terrestris subsp. audax Vespula Vespula 🌿 Plants 16 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Summer Snowflake · Fritillary · Hairy Bitter-cress · Shepherd's-purse · Wavy Bitter-cress +11
Summer Snowflake Leucojum aestivum Fritillary Fritillaria meleagris Hairy Bitter-cress Cardamine hirsuta Shepherd's-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris Wavy Bitter-cress Cardamine flexuosa Danish Scurvygrass Cochlearia danica Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Lesser Periwinkle
Lesser Periwinkle
Vinca minor
Vinca minor
Butterfly-bush Buddleja davidii
Butterfly-bush Buddleja davidii
Oxford Ragwort Senecio squalidus
Oxford Ragwort Senecio squalidus
Wall-rue Asplenium ruta-muraria
Wall-rue Asplenium ruta-muraria
Maidenhair Spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes
Maidenhair Spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes
Black Spleenwort Asplenium adiantum-nigrum
Black Spleenwort Asplenium adiantum-nigrum
Sea Spleenwort Asplenium marinum
Sea Spleenwort Asplenium marinum
Winter Aconite Eranthis hyemalis
Winter Aconite Eranthis hyemalis
Cherry Laurel Prunus laurocerasus
Cherry Laurel Prunus laurocerasus
Snowberry Symphoricarpos albus2025
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