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North Seacombe Recreation Ground

📷 John S Turner · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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53.41316, -3.01955

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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
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Herring Gull, Canada Goose, Rock Dove +73 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Herring Gull, Canada Goose, Rock Dove +73 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Common Carder Bee, Western Honey Bee, Marmalade Hoverfly +6 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Carder Bee, Western Honey Bee, Marmalade Hoverfly +6 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Purple Toadflax, Fool's Parsley, Russian-vine +8 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Purple Toadflax, Fool's Parsley, Russian-vine +8 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 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

King Charles III England Coast Path: Cleveleys to LiverpoolWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Birkenhead to Welsh BorderWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

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Cycling

171 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 56Cycling route

Named routeRef 56National Cycle Network

Route 56Cycling route

Named routeRef 56National Cycle Network

Waterloo to BootleCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 810Cycling route

Named routeRef 810National Cycle Network

Radial Route 3Cycling route

Named routeRef 3Local cycle route

Radial Route 6Cycling route

Named routeRef 6Local cycle route

Wildlife to spot

11,359 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

11,359 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds39 species

autumnwinter

2026

Rock Dove · Herring Gull · Shoveler · Pochard · Black-headed Gull +34

Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
MagpiePica pica2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
CootFulica atra2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
MerlinFalco columbarius2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

winterspring

2026

Common Dolphin · Common Porpoise

Common DolphinDelphinus delphis
Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena

🌿

Plants1 species

autumn

2025

Purple Toadflax

Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

11,359 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds39 species

autumnwinter

2026

Rock Dove · Herring Gull · Shoveler · Pochard · Black-headed Gull +34

Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
MagpiePica pica2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
CootFulica atra2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
MerlinFalco columbarius2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

winterspring

2026

Common Dolphin · Common Porpoise

Common DolphinDelphinus delphis
Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena

🌿

Plants1 species

autumn

2025

Purple Toadflax

Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 John S Turner · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Seacombe former Drill Hall/Guinea Gap Recreation Centre

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