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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.69212, -2.66931
Open directionsv
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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦉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, Blackbird +61 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blackbird +61 more · last seen 2026
Free
Plants — Blackthorn, Hazel, Garlic Mustard +16 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Blackthorn, Ribwort Plantain, Hazel +107 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Blackthorn, Ribwort Plantain, Hazel +107 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 public paths nearby
Public paths
Croft Parkpublic footpath · 195 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 195 mPath type: service
79 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Penwortham to LeylandCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Chorley LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef Chorley LoopLocal cycle route
Route 62Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
Route 55Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 55National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route295 m▾
Named routeRef 55Length 295 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Healey Nab Mountain Bike TrailMountain bike route▾
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Wildlife to spot
17,671 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,671 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Black-headed Gull +36
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
🦌Mammals3 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Mole
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MoleTalpa europaea
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects5 species
springautumn
2026▾
Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Green Shieldbug · Polistes dominula · Hawthorn Shieldbug · American Cockroach
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Polistes dominulaPolistes dominula2025
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
- American CockroachPeriplaneta americana2025
Ramsons · Butterbur · Blackthorn · Intermediate Polypody · Ash +9
- RamsonsAllium ursinum
- ButterburPetasites hybridus
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Intermediate PolypodyPolypodium interjectum2025
- AshFraxinus excelsior2025
- Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,671 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Black-headed Gull +36
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
🦌Mammals3 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Mole
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MoleTalpa europaea
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects5 species
springautumn
2026▾
Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Green Shieldbug · Polistes dominula · Hawthorn Shieldbug · American Cockroach
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Polistes dominulaPolistes dominula2025
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
- American CockroachPeriplaneta americana2025
Ramsons · Butterbur · Blackthorn · Intermediate Polypody · Ash +9
- RamsonsAllium ursinum
- ButterburPetasites hybridus
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Intermediate PolypodyPolypodium interjectum2025
- AshFraxinus excelsior2025
- Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Common Ragwort
Common Ragwort
Jacobaea vulgaris2025
Jacobaea vulgaris2025
TormentilPotentilla erecta2025TormentilPotentilla erecta2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025DaisyBellis perennis2025DaisyBellis perennis2025Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2025Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2025ElderSambucus nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025