Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
54.05106, -2.77181
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Blue Tit
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 141m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Blue Tit
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 141m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Magpie +67 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Magpie +67 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Eristalis tenax, 10-spot Ladybird +61 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Great Willowherb, Ivy-leaved Toadflax, Creeping Thistle +133 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lune Valley RambleWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Lancashire Coastal WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 220kmRegional walking route
73 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Lancashire Cycleway (Northern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 90Regional cycle route
City LoopCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
University Cycle RoutesCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 69Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network
Way of the Roses Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WoRNational Cycle Network
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
Moor Lanebridleway · 409 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 409 mSurface compactedPath type: bridleway
Moor Lanebridleway · 691 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 691 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
Photos
North Annex Lancaster Moor Hospital
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
18,315 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
18,315 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Robin +37
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat · Rabbit · Bat · Brown Rat +1
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Feral CatFelis catus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- BatChiroptera
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- MoleTalpa europaea
Sitona obsoletus
- Sitona obsoletusSitona obsoletus
🌿Plants33 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Cherry Laurel · Red Campion · Portugal Laurel · Holly · Rhododendron +28
- Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- Portugal LaurelPrunus lusitanica
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- RhododendronRhododendron ponticum
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
18,315 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Robin +37
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat · Rabbit · Bat · Brown Rat +1
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Feral CatFelis catus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- BatChiroptera
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- MoleTalpa europaea
Sitona obsoletus
- Sitona obsoletusSitona obsoletus
🌿Plants33 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Cherry Laurel · Red Campion · Portugal Laurel · Holly · Rhododendron +28
- Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- Portugal LaurelPrunus lusitanica
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- RhododendronRhododendron ponticum
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Taxus baccata f. baccata
Taxus baccata f. baccata
Taxus baccata f. baccata
Taxus baccata f. baccata
Spotted-laurelAucuba japonicaSpotted-laurelAucuba japonicaWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumFlowering CurrantRibes sanguineumFlowering CurrantRibes sanguineumCuckooflowerCardamine pratensisCuckooflowerCardamine pratensisSlender SpeedwellVeronica filiformisSlender SpeedwellVeronica filiformisFodder BurnetPoterium sanguisorba subsp. balearicumFodder BurnetPoterium sanguisorba subsp. balearicumCowslipPrimula verisCowslipPrimula verisWinter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicusWinter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicusEvergreen OakQuercus ilexEvergreen OakQuercus ilexPendulous SedgeCarex pendulaPendulous SedgeCarex pendulaYellow CorydalisPseudofumaria luteaYellow CorydalisPseudofumaria luteaWinter JasmineJasminum nudiflorumWinter JasmineJasminum nudiflorumIvy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralisIvy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralisGreen AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirensGreen AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensTrailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyanaTrailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyanaDaisyBellis perennisDaisyBellis perennisLawson CypressCupressus lawsoniana2025Lawson CypressCupressus lawsoniana2025Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum2025Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum2025Butcher's-broomRuscus aculeatus2025Butcher's-broomRuscus aculeatus2025Rock Crane's-billGeranium macrorrhizum2025Rock Crane's-billGeranium macrorrhizum2025Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2025Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2025IvyHedera helix2025IvyHedera helix2025Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Events & activities nearby
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