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🦅Birds🛝Family🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome103 ha
Getting here
53.41873, -2.93757
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦49+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Coot and Mallard
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦49+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Coot and Mallard
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Coot, Mallard, Magpie +46 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
Birds — Coot, Mallard, Magpie +46 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Western Honey Bee, Common Carder Bee, Siphoninus phillyreae +31 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Sycamore, Common Nettle, Hemp-agrimony +167 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Trans-Pennine Trail (Southport to Liverpool)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Wirral Circular TrailWalking route60 km▾
Named routeRef WCTLength 60 kmRegional walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Liverpool to Warrington)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Allerton Country WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Cleveleys to LiverpoolWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
208 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Radial Route 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 7Local cycle route
Radial Route 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
Anfield Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 81Regional cycle route
University Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
Pop-up Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef Pop-up 1Local cycle route
Woolton & WavertreeCycling route▾
Named routeRef WooltonLocal cycle route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
12,272 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,272 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
springwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Rock Dove · Woodpigeon · Robin · Herring Gull +26
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- CootFulica atra
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Brown Rat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
🐝Insects22 species
springsummer
2025▾
Western Honey Bee · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Carder Bee · Early Bumblebee · Ashy Mining Bee +17
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
- Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
🌿Plants48 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Rue-leaved Saxifrage · Common Nettle · Coltsfoot · Herb-Robert · White Clover +43
- Rue-leaved SaxifrageSaxifraga tridactylites
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
- White CloverTrifolium repens2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,272 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
springwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Rock Dove · Woodpigeon · Robin · Herring Gull +26
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- CootFulica atra
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Brown Rat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
🐝Insects22 species
springsummer
2025▾
Western Honey Bee · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Carder Bee · Early Bumblebee · Ashy Mining Bee +17
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
- Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
🌿Plants48 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Rue-leaved Saxifrage · Common Nettle · Coltsfoot · Herb-Robert · White Clover +43
- Rue-leaved SaxifrageSaxifraga tridactylites
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
- White CloverTrifolium repens2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Common Red Soldier Beetle
Common Red Soldier Beetle
Rhagonycha fulva
Rhagonycha fulva
Batman HoverflyMyathropa floreaBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaPlatycheirusPlatycheirusPlatycheirusPlatycheirusHornet HoverflyVolucella zonariaHornet HoverflyVolucella zonariaEupeodesEupeodesEupeodesEupeodesSyritta pipiensSyritta pipiensSyritta pipiensSyritta pipiensPlatycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatusEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollaeDull Four-spined LegionnaireChorisops tibialisDull Four-spined LegionnaireChorisops tibialisSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusDock BugCoreus marginatusDock BugCoreus marginatusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusTree BumblebeeBombus hypnorumTree BumblebeeBombus hypnorumRed-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidariusRed-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidariusHawthorn
Hawthorn
Crataegus monogyna2025
Crataegus monogyna2025
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2025Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2025HollyIlex aquifolium2024HollyIlex aquifolium2024Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisShaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiata2025Shaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiata2025LilacSyringa vulgaris2025LilacSyringa vulgaris2025Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2025Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2025Russian-vineFallopia baldschuanica2025Russian-vineFallopia baldschuanica2025Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2025Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2025Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025CockspurEchinochloa crus-galli2025CockspurEchinochloa crus-galli2025Field WoundwortStachys arvensis2025Field WoundwortStachys arvensis2025Silver BirchBetula pendula2025Silver BirchBetula pendula2025Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2025Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2025Grey AlderAlnus incana2025Grey AlderAlnus incana2025DogwoodCornus sanguinea2025DogwoodCornus sanguinea2025ElderSambucus nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025RowanSorbus aucuparia2025RowanSorbus aucuparia2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Wall BarleyHordeum murinum2025Wall BarleyHordeum murinum2025White CampionSilene latifolia2025White CampionSilene latifolia2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Tree-mallowMalva arborea2025Tree-mallowMalva arborea2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis2025Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025FritillaryFritillaria meleagris2025FritillaryFritillaria meleagris2025NipplewortLapsana communis2025NipplewortLapsana communis2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024PearPyrus communis2024PearPyrus communis2024IvyHedera helix2024IvyHedera helix2024Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2024Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2024SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024Wych ElmUlmus glabra2024Wych ElmUlmus glabra2024Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium2024Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium2024HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris2024Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris2024Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2024Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2024