Moss Park Playing Field
2 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.51946, -2.93000
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
⛺Campsite🅿️Parking🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +66 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +66 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red-tailed Bumblebee, Western Honey Bee, 7-spot Ladybird +55 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Herb-Robert, Ribwort Plantain, Common Nettle +228 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Trans-Pennine Trail (Southport to Liverpool)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
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
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Hedgeline & Housing - Park Lane, Maghull
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
11,546 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
11,546 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · House Martin · Jackdaw · Goldfinch · Herring Gull +27
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- TealAnas crecca
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Water Vole
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius
Cartodere bifasciata · Common Carder Bee · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Mocydia crocea · Coccidula rufa +6
- Cartodere bifasciataCartodere bifasciata2025
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2025
- Mocydia croceaMocydia crocea
- Coccidula rufaCoccidula rufa2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Shepherd's-purse · Daisy · Common Nettle · Herb-Robert · Yarrow +45
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
- YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
- Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,546 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · House Martin · Jackdaw · Goldfinch · Herring Gull +27
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- TealAnas crecca
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Water Vole
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius
Cartodere bifasciata · Common Carder Bee · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Mocydia crocea · Coccidula rufa +6
- Cartodere bifasciataCartodere bifasciata2025
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2025
- Mocydia croceaMocydia crocea
- Coccidula rufaCoccidula rufa2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Shepherd's-purse · Daisy · Common Nettle · Herb-Robert · Yarrow +45
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
- YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
- Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025Notaris scirpiNotaris scirpi2025Notaris scirpiNotaris scirpi2025Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2025Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025ElderSambucus nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025Three-cornered GarlicAllium triquetrumThree-cornered GarlicAllium triquetrumGreen AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirensGreen AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirensBlackthornPrunus spinosaBlackthornPrunus spinosaRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineGreater PeriwinkleVinca majorGreater PeriwinkleVinca majorPale GalingaleCyperus eragrostis2025Pale GalingaleCyperus eragrostis2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2025Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Sticky GroundselSenecio viscosus2025Sticky GroundselSenecio viscosus2025Perfoliate PondweedPotamogeton perfoliatus2025Perfoliate PondweedPotamogeton perfoliatus2025Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2025Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2025Fennel PondweedStuckenia pectinata2025Fennel PondweedStuckenia pectinata2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2025Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2025AlderAlnus glutinosa2025AlderAlnus glutinosa2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2025Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2025Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2025Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Water BentPolypogon viridis2025Water BentPolypogon viridis2025Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus2025Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus2025Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris2025Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2025BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2025SpindleEuonymus europaeus2025SpindleEuonymus europaeus2025FlaxLinum usitatissimum2025FlaxLinum usitatissimum2025Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025Bird CherryPrunus padus2025Bird CherryPrunus padus2025HazelCorylus avellana2025HazelCorylus avellana2025Wild CarrotDaucus carota2025Wild CarrotDaucus carota2025Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025CockspurEchinochloa crus-galli2025CockspurEchinochloa crus-galli2025Events & activities nearby
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