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King George's Field

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
☕Cwtch Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
☕Cwtch Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

CaféParking· PaidPlaygroundToilets

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Magpie +64 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Magpie +64 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Gorse, Marsh Woundwort, Bush Vetch +86 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Gorse, Marsh Woundwort, Bush Vetch +86 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Dandelion, Garlic Mustard, Three-cornered Garlic +11 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Alder Leaf Beetle +36 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Alder Leaf Beetle +36 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

GM Ringway Stage 16Walking route16.3 km

GM Ringway Stage 16 - Wigan to Leigh

Named routeLength 16.3 kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 55Cycling route

Named routeRef 55National Cycle Network

Sankey Canal TrailCycling route

Named routeRef SCTLocal cycle route

Main RouteCycling route45 m

Named routeRef 55Length 45 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface cobbles

Main RouteCycling route1 km

Named routeRef 55Length 1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Wildlife to spot

4,844 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,844 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds42 species

summerautumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Magpie · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Carrion Crow · House Sparrow +37

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Great TitParus major
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
CootFulica atra2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
GadwallMareca strepera2024

🦌

Mammals3 species

winterspring

2026

Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Roe Deer

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐝

Insects18 species

springautumn

2026

Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Pea-leaf Weevil · Common Wasp · Western Honey Bee +13

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
Common WaspVespula vulgaris2025
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024
Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles2024
Gorse WeevilExapion ulicis2024
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2024
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2024
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae2024

🌿

Plants25 species

spring

2026

Gorse · Early Crocus · Spotted-laurel · Brooklime · Rose Campion +20

GorseUlex europaeus
Early CrocusCrocus tommasinianus
Spotted-laurelAucuba japonica
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
Rose CampionSilene coronaria2025
WeldReseda luteola2025
Greater SpearwortRanunculus lingua2025
Three-cornered GarlicAllium triquetrum2025
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025
Water AvensGeum rivale2025
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2024
Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum2024
TutsanHypericum androsaemum2024
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2024
Bush VetchVicia sepium2024
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2024
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2024
Bird CherryPrunus padus2024
DaisyBellis perennis2024
DandelionTaraxacum2024
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2024
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2024
CowslipPrimula veris2024
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2024
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,844 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds42 species

summerautumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Magpie · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Carrion Crow · House Sparrow +37

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Great TitParus major
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
CootFulica atra2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
GadwallMareca strepera2024

🦌

Mammals3 species

winterspring

2026

Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Roe Deer

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐝

Insects18 species

springautumn

2026

Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Pea-leaf Weevil · Common Wasp · Western Honey Bee +13

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
Common WaspVespula vulgaris2025
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024
Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles2024
Gorse WeevilExapion ulicis2024
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2024
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2024
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae2024

🌿

Plants25 species

spring

2026

Gorse · Early Crocus · Spotted-laurel · Brooklime · Rose Campion +20

GorseUlex europaeus
Early CrocusCrocus tommasinianus
Spotted-laurelAucuba japonica
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
Rose CampionSilene coronaria2025
WeldReseda luteola2025
Greater SpearwortRanunculus lingua2025
Three-cornered GarlicAllium triquetrum2025
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025
Water AvensGeum rivale2025
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2024
Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum2024
TutsanHypericum androsaemum2024
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2024
Bush VetchVicia sepium2024
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2024
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2024
Bird CherryPrunus padus2024
DaisyBellis perennis2024
DandelionTaraxacum2024
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2024
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2024
CowslipPrimula veris2024
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2024
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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