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Hunter's Plantation

3 ha

📷 Ian Greig · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha

Getting here

53.65262, -2.85128

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦119+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black-headed Gull and Woodpigeon
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦119+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black-headed Gull and Woodpigeon
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Black-headed Gull, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +116 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Black-headed Gull, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +116 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Elder, Wood-sorrel, Common Nettle +11 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Herb-Robert, Holly, Lesser Burdock +85 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Herb-Robert, Holly, Lesser Burdock +85 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Azure Damselfly, Alder Leaf Beetle, Eristalis pertinax +26 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Azure Damselfly, Alder Leaf Beetle, Eristalis pertinax +26 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

King Charles III England Coast Path: Cleveleys to LiverpoolWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

Reedbed WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Pale Ditch Lanepublic footpath · 824 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 824 mPath type: track

🚴

Cycling

19 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Pier to Pier cycle routeCycling route

Named routeRef 562National Cycle Network

Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route

Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route

Route 62Cycling route

Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route2.3 km

Named routeRef 62Length 2.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route895 m

Named routeRef 62Length 895 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route62 m

Named routeRef 62Length 62 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

9,204 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

9,204 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds63 species

autumnwinter

2026

Black-headed Gull · Chaffinch · Great Tit · Carrion Crow · Goldfinch +58

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Great TitParus major2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
DunnockPrunella modularis
RobinErithacus rubecula
MagpiePica pica
JackdawColoeus monedula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
TealAnas crecca
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
NuthatchSitta europaea
LapwingVanellus vanellus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
CootFulica atra2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐝

Insects1 species

autumn

2025

Dicyphus (Dicyphus) errans

Dicyphus (Dicyphus) erransDicyphus (Dicyphus) errans

🌿

Plants7 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Italian Lords-and-Ladies · Floating Pennywort · Hard-fern · Foxglove · Black Nightshade +2

Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum
Floating PennywortHydrocotyle ranunculoides
Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2025
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025
Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

9,204 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds63 species

autumnwinter

2026

Black-headed Gull · Chaffinch · Great Tit · Carrion Crow · Goldfinch +58

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Great TitParus major2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
DunnockPrunella modularis
RobinErithacus rubecula
MagpiePica pica
JackdawColoeus monedula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
TealAnas crecca
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
NuthatchSitta europaea
LapwingVanellus vanellus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
CootFulica atra2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐝

Insects1 species

autumn

2025

Dicyphus (Dicyphus) errans

Dicyphus (Dicyphus) erransDicyphus (Dicyphus) errans

🌿

Plants7 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Italian Lords-and-Ladies · Floating Pennywort · Hard-fern · Foxglove · Black Nightshade +2

Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum
Floating PennywortHydrocotyle ranunculoides
Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2025
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025
Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Ian Greig · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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