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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
🎳Bowling greens is at its best in summer here
🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🎳Bowling greens is at its best in summer here
🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out

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🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· FreePicnic spotPlayground

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6 activities

Bowling greens

Very strong match

Bowling green

Paid

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 +70 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Magpie +70 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Azure Damselfly, Common Darter, Blue-tailed Damselfly +85 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Azure Damselfly, Common Darter, Blue-tailed Damselfly +85 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Lesser Celandine, Meadow Crane's-bill, Elder +111 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Lesser Celandine, Meadow Crane's-bill, Elder +111 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Elder, White Dead-nettle, Hawthorn +11 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

7 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route

Named route

Trans-Pennine Trail (Liverpool to Warrington)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Trans-Pennine Trail (Warrington to Ashton-upon-Mersey)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Mersey WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

New Cut TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

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Cycling

89 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

3 Woolston to BirchwoodCycling route

Named routeRef 3Local cycle route

Birchwood to Sankey WayCycling route

Named routeRef B2SLocal cycle route

2 Warrington WatersCycling route

Named routeRef 2Local cycle route

1 Great Sankey to HospitalCycling route

Named routeRef 1Local cycle route

8 Black Bear ParkCycling route

Named routeRef 8Local cycle route

5 Appleton ThornCycling route

Named routeRef 5Local cycle route

Wildlife to spot

38,787 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

38,787 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

autumnwinter

2026

Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Magpie · Marsh Harrier +49

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Great TitParus major2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

springautumnwinter

2026

Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Brown Rat

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025

🐝

Insects7 species

autumn

2026

Migrant Hawker · Common Darter · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee +2

Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2025
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025

🌿

Plants5 species

spring

2026

Lesser Celandine · Red Dead-nettle · Darwin's Barberry · Prunus cerasifera var. cerasifera · Bear's-breech

Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Darwin's BarberryBerberis darwinii
Prunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasifera
Bear's-breechAcanthus mollis2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

38,787 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

autumnwinter

2026

Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Magpie · Marsh Harrier +49

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Great TitParus major2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

springautumnwinter

2026

Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Brown Rat

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025

🐝

Insects7 species

autumn

2026

Migrant Hawker · Common Darter · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee +2

Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2025
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025

🌿

Plants5 species

spring

2026

Lesser Celandine · Red Dead-nettle · Darwin's Barberry · Prunus cerasifera var. cerasifera · Bear's-breech

Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Darwin's BarberryBerberis darwinii
Prunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasifera
Bear's-breechAcanthus mollis2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Jane Ballmann · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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