Willow Bed Plantation - Mixed woodland
3 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
53.47196, -2.89720
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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
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 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Trans-Pennine Trail (Southport to Liverpool)Walking route▾
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Wildlife to spot
8,101 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,101 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Robin · Mallard · Carrion Crow · Blackbird +33
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CootFulica atra
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great TitParus major
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- SwiftApus apus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Mole · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Pond Terrapin
- Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects14 species
springsummer
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Eristalis pertinax · Red-legged Shieldbug · Red-tailed Bumblebee +9
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Common Ragwort · Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil · Marsh-marigold · Taxus baccata f. baccata · White Dead-nettle +70
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus
- Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
- Taxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccata
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
- Purple-loosestrife
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,101 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Robin · Mallard · Carrion Crow · Blackbird +33
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CootFulica atra
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great TitParus major
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- SwiftApus apus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Mole · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Pond Terrapin
- Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects14 species
springsummer
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Eristalis pertinax · Red-legged Shieldbug · Red-tailed Bumblebee +9
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Common Ragwort · Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil · Marsh-marigold · Taxus baccata f. baccata · White Dead-nettle +70
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus
- Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
- Taxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccata
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
- Purple-loosestrife
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Lythrum salicaria
Lythrum salicaria
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