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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
Free entry Dogs welcome 17 ha
Places › England › North West › Wigan Getting here
53.51708, -2.71962
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Starling, Blackbird, Black-headed Gull +65 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Starling, Blackbird, Black-headed Gull +65 more · last seen 2026
Free
Plants — Hawthorn, Hazel, Common Nettle +17 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Hawthorn, Hazel, Common Nettle +101 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Hawthorn, Hazel, Common Nettle +101 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Western Honey Bee, Harlequin Ladybird, Alder Leaf Beetle +6 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Western Honey Bee, Harlequin Ladybird, Alder Leaf Beetle +6 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Rainford Linear Park Walking route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map 3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pier to Pier cycle route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 562 National Cycle Network
Show on map Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 91 Regional cycle route
Show on map Sankey Canal Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref SCT Local cycle route
Show on map Photos Disused Brick Works - Smethurst Road, Billinge
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Wildlife to spot
28,527 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 28,527 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 47 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Willow Tit · Woodpigeon · Blackcap · Blackbird · Magpie +42
Willow Tit Poecile montanus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Barn Owl Tyto alba2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Toad
Alder Leaf Beetle · Western Honey Bee
Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera Hawthorn · Broad Bean · Hazel · Red Clover · Wood Anemone +25
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna2025 Broad Bean Vicia faba2025 Hazel Corylus avellana2025 Red Clover Trifolium pratense2025 Wood Anemone Anemone nemorosa Chicory Cichorium intybus2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 28,527 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 47 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Willow Tit · Woodpigeon · Blackcap · Blackbird · Magpie +42
Willow Tit Poecile montanus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Barn Owl Tyto alba2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Toad
Alder Leaf Beetle · Western Honey Bee
Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera Hawthorn · Broad Bean · Hazel · Red Clover · Wood Anemone +25
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna2025 Broad Bean Vicia faba2025 Hazel Corylus avellana2025 Red Clover Trifolium pratense2025 Wood Anemone Anemone nemorosa Chicory Cichorium intybus2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Copper Beech Fagus sylvatica group 'Atropurpurea'2025
Copper Beech Fagus sylvatica group 'Atropurpurea'2025
Gorse Ulex europaeus2025
Gorse Ulex europaeus2025
Common Nettle Urtica dioica2025
Common Nettle Urtica dioica2025
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus2025
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus2025
Sowbread Cyclamen hederifolium2025
Sowbread Cyclamen hederifolium2025
Pedunculate Oak Quercus robur2025
Pedunculate Oak Quercus robur2025
Common Poppy Papaver rhoeas2025
Common Poppy Papaver rhoeas2025
Wild Carrot Daucus carota2025
Wild Carrot Daucus carota2025
Alsike Clover Trifolium hybridum2025
Alsike Clover Trifolium hybridum2025
Purple-loosestrife Lythrum salicaria2025
Purple-loosestrife Lythrum salicaria2025
Guelder-rose Viburnum opulus2025
Guelder-rose Viburnum opulus2025
Common Vetch Vicia sativa subsp. segetalis2025
Common Vetch Vicia sativa subsp. segetalis2025
Yellow Iris Iris pseudacorus2025
Yellow Iris Iris pseudacorus2025
Common Bistort Bistorta officinalis2025
Common Bistort Bistorta officinalis2025
Wood Avens Geum urbanum2025
Wood Avens Geum urbanum2025
Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana2025
Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana2025
Bracken Pteridium aquilinum2025
Bracken Pteridium aquilinum2025
Broom Cytisus scoparius2025
Broom Cytisus scoparius2025
Barren Brome Anisantha sterilis2025
Barren Brome Anisantha sterilis2025
Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara2025
Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara2025
Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris2025
Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris2025
Ash Fraxinus excelsior2025
Ash Fraxinus excelsior2025
Holly Ilex aquifolium2025
Holly Ilex aquifolium2025
Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens2025
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