Old Bispham Library Gardens
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.85070, -3.04083
Open directionsv
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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 108m away — 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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 108m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦉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, Woodpigeon, Rock Dove +67 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Herring Gull, Woodpigeon, Rock Dove +67 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Hawthorn, Tufted Vetch, Field Maple +241 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Hawthorn, Tufted Vetch, Field Maple +241 more · last seen 2026
Free
Plants — Hawthorn, Amphibious Bistort, Hazel +25 more foraging species
Varies
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lancashire Coastal WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 220kmRegional walking route
Wyre Way (Fleetwood Peninsula Loop)Walking route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional walking route
53 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lancashire Cycleway (Northern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 90Regional cycle route
Tower WayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Park WayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Seashell WayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 62Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
NCN Route 62Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
20,489 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
20,489 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · House Sparrow · Blue Tit +26
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great TitParus major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- CootFulica atra
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Troglodytes troglodytes indigenusTroglodytes troglodytes indigenus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Eristalis tenax · Green Shieldbug · Fever Fly
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Fever FlyDilophus febrilis
🌿Plants88 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Lesser Celandine · Snowdrop · Stinking Iris · Hawthorn · Italian Lords-and-Ladies +83
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2025
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
- Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,489 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · House Sparrow · Blue Tit +26
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great TitParus major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- CootFulica atra
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Troglodytes troglodytes indigenusTroglodytes troglodytes indigenus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Eristalis tenax · Green Shieldbug · Fever Fly
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Fever FlyDilophus febrilis
🌿Plants88 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Lesser Celandine · Snowdrop · Stinking Iris · Hawthorn · Italian Lords-and-Ladies +83
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2025
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
- Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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