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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
Free entry Dogs welcome 2 ha
Places › England › North West › St. Helens Getting here
53.47419, -2.69578
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 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
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 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 £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 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 — Mallard, Woodpigeon, Magpie +59 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mallard, Woodpigeon, Magpie +59 more · last seen 2026
Free
Plants — Wood-sorrel, Hazel, Elder +17 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small Red-eyed Damselfly, Emperor Dragonfly, Four-spotted Chaser +74 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small Red-eyed Damselfly, Emperor Dragonfly, Four-spotted Chaser +74 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage, Wood-sorrel, Red Campion +150 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage, Wood-sorrel, Red Campion +150 more · last seen 2026
Free
🌲 Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Rainford Linear Park Walking route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map GM Ringway Stage 16 Walking route 16.3 km ▾
GM Ringway Stage 16 - Wigan to Leigh
Named route Length 16.3 km Regional walking route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Sankey Canal Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref SCT Local cycle route
Show on map Photos The A580 East Lancashire Road
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Wildlife to spot
25,756 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 25,756 records · National Biodiversity Network Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Great Crested Grebe · Robin · Coot +36
Blackbird Turdus merula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Coot Fulica atra2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis Magpie Pica pica2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Great Tit Parus major Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Common Tern Sterna hirundo2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Redshank Tringa totanus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Swift Apus apus2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Daubenton's Bat · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Rabbit +4
Daubenton's Bat Myotis daubentonii2025 Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2025 Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2025 Noctule Nyctalus noctula Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2025 Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus Red-eared Terrapin
Red-eared Terrapin Trachemys scripta subsp. elegans 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Toad
🐝 Insects 14 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Broad-bodied Chaser · Green Shieldbug · Red-legged Shieldbug · Corizus hyoscyami · Common Red Soldier Beetle +9
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata 🌿 Plants 53 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Hart's-Tongue · Hogweed · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Himalayan Balsam · Yellow Iris +48
Hart's-Tongue Asplenium scolopendrium2025 Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium2025 Maidenhair Spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes2025 Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera2025 Yellow Iris Iris pseudacorus2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 25,756 records · National Biodiversity Network Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Great Crested Grebe · Robin · Coot +36
Blackbird Turdus merula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Coot Fulica atra2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis Magpie Pica pica2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Great Tit Parus major Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Common Tern Sterna hirundo2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Redshank Tringa totanus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Swift Apus apus2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Daubenton's Bat · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Rabbit +4
Daubenton's Bat Myotis daubentonii2025 Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2025 Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2025 Noctule Nyctalus noctula Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2025 Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus Red-eared Terrapin
Red-eared Terrapin Trachemys scripta subsp. elegans 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Toad
🐝 Insects 14 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Broad-bodied Chaser · Green Shieldbug · Red-legged Shieldbug · Corizus hyoscyami · Common Red Soldier Beetle +9
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata 🌿 Plants 53 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Hart's-Tongue · Hogweed · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Himalayan Balsam · Yellow Iris +48
Hart's-Tongue Asplenium scolopendrium2025 Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium2025 Maidenhair Spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes2025 Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera2025 Yellow Iris Iris pseudacorus2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2025
Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2025
Bat Chiroptera2025
Bat Chiroptera2025
Mole Talpa europaea2025
Mole Talpa europaea2025
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Black Snipefly Chrysopilus cristatus
Black Snipefly Chrysopilus cristatus
Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus
Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus
Lily Beetle Lilioceris lilii
Lily Beetle Lilioceris lilii
Small Garden Bumblebee Bombus hortorum
Small Garden Bumblebee Bombus hortorum
Xylota Xylota
Xylota Xylota
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula Marsh-marigold
Marsh-marigold
Caltha palustris2025
Caltha palustris2025
Hornbeam Carpinus betulus2025
Hornbeam Carpinus betulus2025
Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris2025
Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris2025
Prunus cerasifera var. cerasifera Prunus cerasifera var. cerasifera
Prunus cerasifera var. cerasifera Prunus cerasifera var. cerasifera
Hazel Corylus avellana
Hazel Corylus avellana
Garden Radish Raphanus sativus2025
Garden Radish Raphanus sativus2025
Russian Comfrey Symphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2025
Russian Comfrey Symphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2025
Cleavers Galium aparine2025
Cleavers Galium aparine2025
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica2025
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica2025
Beech Fagus sylvatica2025
Beech Fagus sylvatica2025
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna2025
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna2025
Guelder-rose Viburnum opulus2025
Guelder-rose Viburnum opulus2025
Osier Salix viminalis2025
Osier Salix viminalis2025
Enchanter's-nightshade Circaea lutetiana2025
Enchanter's-nightshade Circaea lutetiana2025
Common Fleabane Pulicaria dysenterica2025
Common Fleabane Pulicaria dysenterica2025
Pot Marigold Calendula officinalis2025
Pot Marigold Calendula officinalis2025
Himalayan Honeysuckle Leycesteria formosa2025
Himalayan Honeysuckle Leycesteria formosa2025
Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense2025
Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense2025
Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens2025
Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens2025
Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius2025
Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius2025
White Clover Trifolium repens2025
White Clover Trifolium repens2025
Common Chickweed Stellaria media2025
Common Chickweed Stellaria media2025
Dandelion Taraxacum2025
Dandelion Taraxacum2025
Oxeye Daisy Leucanthemum vulgare2025
Oxeye Daisy Leucanthemum vulgare2025
Yellow Pimpernel Lysimachia nemorum2025
Yellow Pimpernel Lysimachia nemorum2025
Giant Hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum2025
Giant Hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum2025
Bracken Pteridium aquilinum2025
Bracken Pteridium aquilinum2025
Foxglove Digitalis purpurea2025
Foxglove Digitalis purpurea2025
Fox-and-cubs Pilosella aurantiaca2025
Fox-and-cubs Pilosella aurantiaca2025
Elder Sambucus nigra2025
Elder Sambucus nigra2025
Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens2025
Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens2025
Ragged-Robin Silene flos-cuculi2025
Ragged-Robin Silene flos-cuculi2025
False Fox-sedge Carex otrubae2025
False Fox-sedge Carex otrubae2025
Woodruff Galium odoratum2025
Woodruff Galium odoratum2025
Hairy Bitter-cress Cardamine hirsuta2025
Hairy Bitter-cress Cardamine hirsuta2025
Black Spleenwort Asplenium adiantum-nigrum2025
Black Spleenwort Asplenium adiantum-nigrum2025
Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum2025
Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum2025
Wood-sorrel Oxalis acetosella2025
Wood-sorrel Oxalis acetosella2025
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris2025
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris2025
Dog's Mercury Mercurialis perennis2025
Dog's Mercury Mercurialis perennis2025
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium2025
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium2025
Red Campion Silene dioica2025
Red Campion Silene dioica2025
Ivy Hedera helix2025
Ivy Hedera helix2025
Greater Plantain Plantago major2025
Greater Plantain Plantago major2025
Ramsons Allium ursinum2025
Ramsons Allium ursinum2025
Sweet Chestnut Castanea sativa2025
Sweet Chestnut Castanea sativa2025
Wood Speedwell Veronica montana2025
Wood Speedwell Veronica montana2025
Barren Strawberry Potentilla sterilis2025
Barren Strawberry Potentilla sterilis2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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