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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome32 ha
Getting here
53.43753, -2.42032
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- ☕Tesco Family Dining — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- ☕Tesco Family Dining — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Black-headed Gull +73 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Black-headed Gull +73 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café; Urban park — family destination
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Red-green Carpet, Southern Hawker, Harlequin Ladybird +3 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Bollin Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route▾
Trans-Pennine Trail (Warrington to Ashton-upon-Mersey)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Ashton-upon-Mersey to Stockport)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Mersey WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
46 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Port Salford GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Urmston-Ashton cyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Irlam & Cadishead CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef ICCLocal cycle route
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Bridgewater WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 82Regional cycle route
N/ACycling route111 m▾
Named routeRef 82Length 111 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface other
Photos
Footpath in Tesco car park, Irlam
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
26,112 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
26,112 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Blackbird +42
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- CootFulica atra
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Mole · Grey Squirrel
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Fritillary · Hazel · Daisy · Groundsel · Common Chickweed +3
- FritillaryFritillaria meleagris
- HazelCorylus avellana
- DaisyBellis perennis
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- GorseUlex europaeus2025
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
26,112 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Blackbird +42
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- CootFulica atra
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Mole · Grey Squirrel
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Fritillary · Hazel · Daisy · Groundsel · Common Chickweed +3
- FritillaryFritillaria meleagris
- HazelCorylus avellana
- DaisyBellis perennis
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- GorseUlex europaeus2025
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Silver BirchBetula pendula2025Silver BirchBetula pendula2025