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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🎠 Play
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 1 ha
Places › England › North West › Trafford Getting here
53.39039, -2.35611
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 163m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 163m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Rock Dove +60 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Rock Dove +60 more · last seen 2026
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown +42 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Small White, Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown +42 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 13 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Bollin Valley Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Cheshire Ring Canal Walk Walking route ▾
Trans-Pennine Trail (Warrington to Ashton-upon-Mersey) Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Trans-Pennine Trail (Ashton-upon-Mersey to Stockport) Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map GM Ringway Stage 1 Walking route 11.7 km ▾
GM Ringway Stage 1 - St Peter's Square to Sale Water Park
Named route Length 11.7 km Regional walking route
Show on map 92 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cheshire Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 70 Regional cycle route
Show on map Airport Orbital Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Greater Manchester regional route 85 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 85 Regional cycle route
Show on map Airport City Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Urmston-Ashton cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Irlam & Cadishead Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref ICC Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
15,139 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 15,139 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 43 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Rock Dove · Blue Tit · Robin +38
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Coot Fulica atra Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Redpoll (cabaret/flammea) Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 🦌 Mammals 4 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Fallow Deer · Common Pipistrelle
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Fallow Deer Dama dama Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus 7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Common Darter · Yellow Meadow Ant · Alder Leaf Beetle +12
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2025 Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025 Yellow Meadow Ant Lasius flavus Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni Eupteryx Eupteryx2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 15,139 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 43 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Rock Dove · Blue Tit · Robin +38
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Coot Fulica atra Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Redpoll (cabaret/flammea) Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 🦌 Mammals 4 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Fallow Deer · Common Pipistrelle
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Fallow Deer Dama dama Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus 7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Common Darter · Yellow Meadow Ant · Alder Leaf Beetle +12
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2025 Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025 Yellow Meadow Ant Lasius flavus Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni Eupteryx Eupteryx2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius2025
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius2025
Water Scorpion Nepa cinerea2025
Water Scorpion Nepa cinerea2025
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2025
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2025
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025
Common Green Grasshopper Omocestus viridulus2025
Common Green Grasshopper Omocestus viridulus2025
Psyllopsis fraxini agg. Psyllopsis fraxini agg.2025
Psyllopsis fraxini agg. Psyllopsis fraxini agg.2025
Ornate Tailed Digger Wasp Cerceris rybyensis2025
Ornate Tailed Digger Wasp Cerceris rybyensis2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025
Dasysyrphus albostriatus Dasysyrphus albostriatus2025
Dasysyrphus albostriatus Dasysyrphus albostriatus2025
Athous haemorrhoidalis Athous haemorrhoidalis2025
Athous haemorrhoidalis Athous haemorrhoidalis2025 
