Moss Farm Leisure Complex
47 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome47 ha
Getting here
53.25746, -2.53231
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦83+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Peregrine and Little Ringed Plover
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 147m away — 7 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦83+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Peregrine and Little Ringed Plover
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 147m away — 7 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Peregrine, Little Ringed Plover, Blackbird +80 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Peregrine, Little Ringed Plover, Blackbird +80 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Purple Hairstreak, Syrphus, Speckled Wood +125 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Dane Valley WayWalking route66 km▾
Buxton to Northwich
Named routeLength 66 kmRegional walking route
Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route▾
Saltscape TrailWalking route▾
Weaver WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Cheshire CircuitWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Barbers Lanepublic footpath · 99 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 99 mPath type: residential
Heysoms Avenuepublic footpath · 46 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 46 mPath type: residential
86 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cheshire CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70Regional cycle route
Whitegate WayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 573Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 573National Cycle Network
Biking the BackroadsCycling route▾
Named routeRef Biking the BackroadsLocal cycle route
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
24,539 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
24,539 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Robin · Peregrine +46
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- ScaupAythya marila2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
🦌Mammals2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · American Mink
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- American MinkNeovison vison2025
Cortinicara gibbosa · Orthoperus nigrescens · Orange Ladybird · Ptenidium pusillum · Harlequin Ladybird +46
- Cortinicara gibbosaCortinicara gibbosa
- Orthoperus nigrescensOrthoperus nigrescens
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Ptenidium pusillumPtenidium pusillum
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Cis bilamellatusCis bilamellatus
- Acorn Weevil
🌿Plants2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Greater Celandine · Chinese Bramble
- Greater CelandineChelidonium majus
- Chinese BrambleRubus tricolor
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
24,539 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Robin · Peregrine +46
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- ScaupAythya marila2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
🦌Mammals2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · American Mink
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- American MinkNeovison vison2025
Cortinicara gibbosa · Orthoperus nigrescens · Orange Ladybird · Ptenidium pusillum · Harlequin Ladybird +46
- Cortinicara gibbosaCortinicara gibbosa
- Orthoperus nigrescensOrthoperus nigrescens
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Ptenidium pusillumPtenidium pusillum
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Cis bilamellatusCis bilamellatus
- Acorn Weevil
🌿Plants2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Greater Celandine · Chinese Bramble
- Greater CelandineChelidonium majus
- Chinese BrambleRubus tricolor
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Curculio glandium
Curculio glandium
Atomaria atricapillaAtomaria atricapillaAtomaria atricapillaAtomaria atricapillaWillow Flea BeetleCrepidodera aurataWillow Flea BeetleCrepidodera aurata10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctataRhinoncus pericarpiusRhinoncus pericarpiusRhinoncus pericarpiusRhinoncus pericarpiusAtomaria apicalisAtomaria apicalisAtomaria apicalisAtomaria apicalisBrassy Willow BeetlePhratora vitellinaeBrassy Willow BeetlePhratora vitellinaeAgonum fuliginosumAgonum fuliginosumAgonum fuliginosumAgonum fuliginosumOulema melanopusOulema melanopusOulema melanopusOulema melanopusAcrotrichis fascicularisAcrotrichis fascicularisAcrotrichis fascicularisAcrotrichis fascicularisWatercress BeetlePhaedon cochleariaeWatercress BeetlePhaedon cochleariaeSmall Nettle WeevilNedyus quadrimaculatusSmall Nettle WeevilNedyus quadrimaculatusAcrotrichis danicaAcrotrichis danicaAcrotrichis danicaAcrotrichis danicaDromius quadrimaculatusDromius quadrimaculatusDromius quadrimaculatusDromius quadrimaculatusPrasocuris marginellaPrasocuris marginellaPrasocuris marginellaPrasocuris marginellaSciaphilus asperatusSciaphilus asperatusSciaphilus asperatusSciaphilus asperatusCatops morioCatops morioCatops morioCatops morioNargus wilkiniNargus wilkiniNargus wilkiniNargus wilkiniRhinoncus perpendicularisRhinoncus perpendicularisRhinoncus perpendicularisRhinoncus perpendicularisBarley Flea BeetlePhyllotreta vittulaBarley Flea BeetlePhyllotreta vittulaDacne rufifronsDacne rufifronsDacne rufifronsDacne rufifronsTrechus obtususTrechus obtususTrechus obtususTrechus obtususAspidiphorus orbiculatusAspidiphorus orbiculatusAspidiphorus orbiculatusAspidiphorus orbiculatusPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusParadromius linearisParadromius linearisParadromius linearisParadromius linearisCrepidodera fulvicornisCrepidodera fulvicornisCrepidodera fulvicornisCrepidodera fulvicornisParethelcus pollinariusParethelcus pollinariusParethelcus pollinariusParethelcus pollinariusPsylliodes napiPsylliodes napiPsylliodes napiPsylliodes napiPterostichus strenuusPterostichus strenuusPterostichus strenuusPterostichus strenuusLimodromus assimilisLimodromus assimilisLimodromus assimilisLimodromus assimilisCis boletiCis boletiCis boletiCis boletiOcys tachysoidesOcys tachysoidesOcys tachysoidesOcys tachysoides14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctataContacyphon padiContacyphon padiContacyphon padiContacyphon padiMonotoma picipesMonotoma picipesMonotoma picipesMonotoma picipesSericoderus brevicornisSericoderus brevicornisSericoderus brevicornisSericoderus brevicornisPtenidium intermediumPtenidium intermediumPtenidium intermediumPtenidium intermediumOctotemnus glabriculusOctotemnus glabriculusOctotemnus glabriculusOctotemnus glabriculusAlder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alniAlder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alniEuophryum confineEuophryum confineEuophryum confineEuophryum confineNut Leaf WeevilStrophosoma melanogrammumNut Leaf WeevilStrophosoma melanogrammumLithostygnus serripennisLithostygnus serripennisLithostygnus serripennisLithostygnus serripennisBembidion lunulatumBembidion lunulatumBembidion lunulatumBembidion lunulatumCartodere nodiferCartodere nodiferCartodere nodiferCartodere nodiferAgonum muelleriAgonum muelleriAgonum muelleriAgonum muelleriEvents & activities nearby
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