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Massam's Wood

1 ha

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Free entryDogs welcome1 ha

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53.51872, -2.89485

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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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 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, Starling +53 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Starling +53 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Hawthorn, Common Nettle, Flowering Currant +20 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Small White, Western Honey Bee, 7-spot Ladybird +105 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small White, Western Honey Bee, 7-spot Ladybird +105 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Common Field-speedwell, Hawthorn, Sun Spurge +206 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Common Field-speedwell, Hawthorn, Sun Spurge +206 more · last seen 2025

Free

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Trans-Pennine Trail (Southport to Liverpool)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

54 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Trans Pennine TrailCycling route

Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network

Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route

Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route

NCN 862Cycling route

Named routeRef 862National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route1.1 km

Named routeRef 862Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route10 m

Named routeRef 862Length 10 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface blocks

Main RouteCycling route138 m

Named routeRef 862Length 138 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface blocks

Wildlife to spot

2,555 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,555 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds37 species

summer

2026

House Martin · Goldfinch · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Herring Gull +32

House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
TealAnas crecca
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Great TitParus major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024

🦌

Mammals3 species

spring

2025

Bat · rabbits and hares · Mole

BatChiroptera
rabbits and haresLagomorpha
MoleTalpa europaea2024

🐝

Insects19 species

summer

2025

14-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Coccidula rufa · Marmalade Hoverfly · Sphaerophoria +14

14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2024
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
Coccidula rufaCoccidula rufa
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2024
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024
Pterostichus melanariusPterostichus melanarius2024
Cartodere bifasciataCartodere bifasciata2024
Chilenocaecilius ornatipennisChilenocaecilius ornatipennis2024
Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus2024
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2024
Valenzuela flavidusValenzuela flavidus2024
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2024
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
Helophilus trivittatusHelophilus trivittatus2024
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024

🌿

Plants60 species

summer

2025

Yarrow · Highclere Holly · Ribwort Plantain · Prickly Sow-thistle · Hawthorn +55

YarrowAchillea millefolium2024
Highclere HollyIlex aquifolium x perado = I. x altaclerensis2024
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2024
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024
Common ChickweedStellaria media2024
Musk-mallowMalva moschata
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna2024
OatAvena sativa2024
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus2024
CleaversGalium aparine2024
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2024
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2024
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024
Mexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianus2024
Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2024
Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum2024
Hedge BedstrawGalium album2024
Hybrid BirchBetula pendula x pubescens = B. x aurata2024
Small NettleUrtica urens2024
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2024
Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2024
Wall BarleyHordeum murinum2024
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2024
Wild-oatAvena fatua2024
Narrow-leaved VetchVicia sativa subsp. nigra2024
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2024
Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2024
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024
Black BentAgrostis gigantea2024
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2024
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2024
PotatoSolanum tuberosum2024
Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla2024
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2024
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024
SnapdragonAntirrhinum majus2024
Goat WillowSalix caprea2024
White Dead-nettleLamium album2024
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2024
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2024
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2024
Common NettleUrtica dioica2024
NipplewortLapsana communis2024
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2024
Fat-henChenopodium album2024
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2024
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2024
Greater PlantainPlantago major2024
Black-bindweedFallopia convolvulus2024
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2024
Field PansyViola arvensis2024
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2024
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,555 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds37 species

summer

2026

House Martin · Goldfinch · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Herring Gull +32

House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
TealAnas crecca
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Great TitParus major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024

🦌

Mammals3 species

spring

2025

Bat · rabbits and hares · Mole

BatChiroptera
rabbits and haresLagomorpha
MoleTalpa europaea2024

🐝

Insects19 species

summer

2025

14-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Coccidula rufa · Marmalade Hoverfly · Sphaerophoria +14

14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2024
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
Coccidula rufaCoccidula rufa
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2024
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024
Pterostichus melanariusPterostichus melanarius2024
Cartodere bifasciataCartodere bifasciata2024
Chilenocaecilius ornatipennisChilenocaecilius ornatipennis2024
Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus2024
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2024
Valenzuela flavidusValenzuela flavidus2024
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2024
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
Helophilus trivittatusHelophilus trivittatus2024
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024

🌿

Plants60 species

summer

2025

Yarrow · Highclere Holly · Ribwort Plantain · Prickly Sow-thistle · Hawthorn +55

YarrowAchillea millefolium2024
Highclere HollyIlex aquifolium x perado = I. x altaclerensis2024
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2024
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024
Common ChickweedStellaria media2024
Musk-mallowMalva moschata
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna2024
OatAvena sativa2024
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus2024
CleaversGalium aparine2024
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2024
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2024
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024
Mexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianus2024
Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2024
Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum2024
Hedge BedstrawGalium album2024
Hybrid BirchBetula pendula x pubescens = B. x aurata2024
Small NettleUrtica urens2024
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2024
Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2024
Wall BarleyHordeum murinum2024
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2024
Wild-oatAvena fatua2024
Narrow-leaved VetchVicia sativa subsp. nigra2024
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2024
Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2024
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024
Black BentAgrostis gigantea2024
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2024
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2024
PotatoSolanum tuberosum2024
Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla2024
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2024
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024
SnapdragonAntirrhinum majus2024
Goat WillowSalix caprea2024
White Dead-nettleLamium album2024
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2024
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2024
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2024
Common NettleUrtica dioica2024
NipplewortLapsana communis2024
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2024
Fat-henChenopodium album2024
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2024
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2024
Greater PlantainPlantago major2024
Black-bindweedFallopia convolvulus2024
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2024
Field PansyViola arvensis2024
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2024
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 JThomas · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Crop field towards Big Wood

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