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53.36366, -3.12172

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦113+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Mallard
⚽Playing fields 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

🐦113+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Mallard
⚽Playing fields 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

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Herring Gull, Mallard, Carrion Crow +110 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Herring Gull, Mallard, Carrion Crow +110 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Common Darter, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Azure Damselfly +50 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Darter, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Azure Damselfly +50 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Family friendly

Good match

Playing field

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Wirral Circular TrailWalking route60 km

Named routeRef WCTLength 60 kmRegional walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Birkenhead to Welsh BorderWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

Wirral WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

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Cycling

96 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 56Cycling route

Named routeRef 56National Cycle Network

Burton Marsh GreenwayCycling route

Named routeRef 568National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route211 m

Named routeRef 56Length 211 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route704 m

Named routeRef 56Length 704 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route171 m

Named routeRef 56Length 171 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route163 m

Named routeRef 56Length 163 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete

Wildlife to spot

40,161 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

40,161 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Blackbird · Robin +53

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Great TitParus major2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
CootFulica atra2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
SwiftApus apus2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025

🦌

Mammals5 species

springsummerwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Natterer's Bat · Daubenton's Bat

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri
Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii

🐸

Amphibians5 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Smooth Newt · Common Frog · Natterjack Toad · Salamanders, Sirens and Newts · Common Toad

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Common FrogRana temporaria
Natterjack ToadEpidalea calamita
Salamanders, Sirens and NewtsCaudata
Common ToadBufo bufo

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Insects25 species

summer

2025

Common Darter · Common Carder Bee · Heather Mining Bee · Heather (Girdled) Colletes · White-zoned Furrow Bee +20

Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Heather Mining BeeAndrena fuscipes
Heather (Girdled) ColletesColletes succinctus
White-zoned Furrow BeeLasioglossum leucozonium
Field Digger WaspMellinus arvensis
Cramp-Ball Fungus Weevil

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

40,161 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Blackbird · Robin +53

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Great TitParus major2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
CootFulica atra2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
SwiftApus apus2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025

🦌

Mammals5 species

springsummerwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Natterer's Bat · Daubenton's Bat

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri
Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii

🐸

Amphibians5 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Smooth Newt · Common Frog · Natterjack Toad · Salamanders, Sirens and Newts · Common Toad

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Common FrogRana temporaria
Natterjack ToadEpidalea calamita
Salamanders, Sirens and NewtsCaudata
Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects25 species

summer

2025

Common Darter · Common Carder Bee · Heather Mining Bee · Heather (Girdled) Colletes · White-zoned Furrow Bee +20

Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Heather Mining BeeAndrena fuscipes
Heather (Girdled) ColletesColletes succinctus
White-zoned Furrow BeeLasioglossum leucozonium
Field Digger WaspMellinus arvensis
Cramp-Ball Fungus Weevil

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Sue Adair · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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