Dog Kennel Plantation - Mixed woodland
3 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
53.41797, -2.69701
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 · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Trans-Pennine Trail (Liverpool to Warrington)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Mersey WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Hall Lanepublic footpath · 845 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 845 mPath type: unclassified
18 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Birchwood to Sankey WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef B2SLocal cycle route
11 Whittle HallCycling route▾
Named routeRef 11Local cycle route
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 route163 m▾
Named routeRef 62Length 163 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
17,739 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,739 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds28 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Kestrel · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blackbird · Carrion Crow +23
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
Common Pipistrelle · Brown Hare · Rabbit
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
Hawthorn Shieldbug · Syrphus · Marmalade Hoverfly · 7-spot Ladybird
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Zigzag Clover · Broad-leaved Helleborine · Goat Willow · Centaurea nigra · Raspberry +35
- Zigzag CloverTrifolium medium
- Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine
- Goat WillowSalix caprea
- Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
- RaspberryRubus idaeus
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,739 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds28 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Kestrel · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blackbird · Carrion Crow +23
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
Common Pipistrelle · Brown Hare · Rabbit
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
Hawthorn Shieldbug · Syrphus · Marmalade Hoverfly · 7-spot Ladybird
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Zigzag Clover · Broad-leaved Helleborine · Goat Willow · Centaurea nigra · Raspberry +35
- Zigzag CloverTrifolium medium
- Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine
- Goat WillowSalix caprea
- Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
- RaspberryRubus idaeus
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas