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Mrs Leche's Gorse

3 ha

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha

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53.06754, -2.84440

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackcap, Blackbird, Rook +49 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackcap, Blackbird, Rook +49 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Meadow Brown, Azure Damselfly, Gatekeeper +41 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Azure Damselfly, Gatekeeper +41 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Good match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Marches WayWalking route

Named route

Rose Farm DEFRA Conservation WalksWalking route

Named route

Dee WayWalking route

Named route

🚴

Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

River to RidgeCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Cheshire CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef 70Regional cycle route

🐴

Horse riding

3 public paths nearby

Public paths

Kings Marsh BOATbyway open to all traffic · 256 m

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 256 mPath type: track

Kings Marsh BOATbyway open to all traffic · 1.7 km

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 1.7 kmPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

6,472 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,472 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

springsummer

2025

Pheasant · Blackcap · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Rook +48

PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
Great TitParus major2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
DunnockPrunella modularis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
CootFulica atra2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
RavenCorvus corax
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
TealAnas crecca2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
SwiftApus apus2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023

🦌

Mammals3 species

springsummer

2025

Badger · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel

BadgerMeles meles
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2025

Great Crested Newt

Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus

🐝

Insects44 species

summer

2025

Meadow Brown · Azure Damselfly · Gatekeeper · Common Carder Bee · Western Honey Bee +39

Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024
White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2024
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2024
PeacockAglais io2024
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024
Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2024
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024
BumblebeeBombus2024
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2024
Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2024
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2024
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2024
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2023
Small WhitePieris rapae2023
Black DarterSympetrum danae2024
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024
Common Club-tailGomphus vulgatissimus2024
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2024
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,472 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

springsummer

2025

Pheasant · Blackcap · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Rook +48

PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
Great TitParus major2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
DunnockPrunella modularis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
CootFulica atra2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
RavenCorvus corax
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
TealAnas crecca2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
SwiftApus apus2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023

🦌

Mammals3 species

springsummer

2025

Badger · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel

BadgerMeles meles
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2025

Great Crested Newt

Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus

🐝

Insects44 species

summer

2025

Meadow Brown · Azure Damselfly · Gatekeeper · Common Carder Bee · Western Honey Bee +39

Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024
White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2024
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2024
PeacockAglais io2024
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024
Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2024
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024
BumblebeeBombus2024
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2024
Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2024
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2024
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2024
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2023
Small WhitePieris rapae2023
Black DarterSympetrum danae2024
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024
Common Club-tailGomphus vulgatissimus2024
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2024
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Geoff Evans · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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