Brickfields Red Quarry - Mixed woodland
7 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
53.40960, -2.72700
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
- 🐕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
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Trans-Pennine Trail (Liverpool to Warrington)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Mersey WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
17 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Birchwood to Sankey WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef B2SLocal cycle route
Route 856Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 856National Cycle Network
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
1 Great Sankey to HospitalCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
Sankey Canal TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef SCTLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route39 m▾
Named routeRef 56Length 39 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
9,106 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,106 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds20 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Kestrel · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Blackbird +15
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
Common Pipistrelle
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus · Marmalade Hoverfly · Large Willow Aphid · Western Honey Bee +12
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- German Wasp
Tufted Vetch · Zigzag Clover · Common Nettle · Hawthorn · Wild Teasel +62
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025
- Zigzag CloverTrifolium medium2025
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
- Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,106 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds20 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Kestrel · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Blackbird +15
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
Common Pipistrelle
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus · Marmalade Hoverfly · Large Willow Aphid · Western Honey Bee +12
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- German Wasp
Tufted Vetch · Zigzag Clover · Common Nettle · Hawthorn · Wild Teasel +62
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025
- Zigzag CloverTrifolium medium2025
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
- Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Vespula germanica
Vespula germanica
Dock BugCoreus marginatusDock BugCoreus marginatusEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxSphaerophoriaSphaerophoriaSphaerophoriaSphaerophoriaSyritta pipiensSyritta pipiensSyritta pipiensSyritta pipiensPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusSphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scriptaHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumPlatycheirusPlatycheirusPlatycheirusPlatycheirusCuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumariusCuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumariusMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025
2025
NipplewortLapsana communis2025NipplewortLapsana communis2025MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025HazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaGuelder-roseViburnum opulus2025Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025ChicoryCichorium intybus2025ChicoryCichorium intybus2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025Goat WillowSalix caprea2025Goat WillowSalix caprea2025Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2025Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025Black BryonyTamus communis2025Black BryonyTamus communis2025Wild CherryPrunus avium2025Wild CherryPrunus avium2025CleaversGalium aparine2025CleaversGalium aparine2025Caper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyris2025Caper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyris2025Pampas-grassCortaderia selloana2025Pampas-grassCortaderia selloana2025Rosa caninaRosa canina2025Rosa caninaRosa canina2025SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2025Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2025Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2025Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2025Purple Viper's-buglossEchium plantagineum2025Purple Viper's-buglossEchium plantagineum2025DogwoodCornus sanguinea2025DogwoodCornus sanguinea2025Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea2025Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea2025Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2025Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025Lesser BurdockArctium minus2025Lesser BurdockArctium minus2025Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2025Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2025Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2025Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2025Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla2025Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla2025Black CurrantRibes nigrum2025Black CurrantRibes nigrum2025Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025Viper's-buglossEchium vulgare2025Viper's-buglossEchium vulgare2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2025Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2025Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025Common SorrelRumex acetosa2025Common SorrelRumex acetosa2025Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025Hard RushJuncus inflexus2025Hard RushJuncus inflexus2025Wych ElmUlmus glabra2025Wych ElmUlmus glabra2025Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025IvyHedera helix2025IvyHedera helix2025RaspberryRubus idaeus2025RaspberryRubus idaeus2025Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2025Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Common MallowMalva sylvestris2025Common MallowMalva sylvestris2025Events & activities nearby
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