🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.54344, -2.83269
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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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £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, House Sparrow, Robin +67 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, House Sparrow, Robin +67 more · last seen 2026
Free
Plants — Elder, Hogweed, Garlic Mustard +20 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bluebell, Giant Hogweed, Red Campion +164 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Bluebell, Giant Hogweed, Red Campion +164 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Large White, Gatekeeper +21 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small White, Large White, Gatekeeper +21 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Rainford Linear ParkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Holland's Lanepublic footpath · 185 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 185 mPath type: track
10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pier to Pier cycle routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef 562National Cycle Network
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route13 m▾
Named routeRef 562Length 13 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface bareearth
Main RouteCycling route317 m▾
Named routeRef 562Length 317 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface bareearth
Main RouteCycling route484 m▾
Named routeRef 562Length 484 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface bareearth
Main RouteCycling route43 m▾
Named routeRef 562Length 43 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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Wildlife to spot
4,710 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,710 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springsummerwinter
2026▾
Robin · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Starling +39
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Phylloscopus collybita collybitaPhylloscopus collybita collybita2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus2024
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
🦌Mammals1 species
springautumn
2025▾
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Eristalis pertinax · Common Wasp · Tree Bumblebee
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Common WaspVespula vulgaris
- Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
Male-fern · Hart's-Tongue · Red Campion · Borage · Broad Buckler-fern +58
- Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- BorageBorago officinalis
- Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- GorseUlex europaeus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,710 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springsummerwinter
2026▾
Robin · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Starling +39
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Phylloscopus collybita collybitaPhylloscopus collybita collybita2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus2024
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
🦌Mammals1 species
springautumn
2025▾
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Eristalis pertinax · Common Wasp · Tree Bumblebee
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Common WaspVespula vulgaris
- Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
Male-fern · Hart's-Tongue · Red Campion · Borage · Broad Buckler-fern +58
- Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- BorageBorago officinalis
- Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- GorseUlex europaeus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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