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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🍄 Fungi
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Places › England › North West › Wirral Getting here
53.39189, -3.10815
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 🍄 Mushroom 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 🍄 Mushroom 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, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Herring Gull +73 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Herring Gull +73 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Poplar Bells, Ground Elder Rust, Blackening Waxcap +6 more · last seen 2024; Fungi — Poplar Bells, Ground Elder Rust, Blackening Waxcap +6 more · last seen 2024
Varies
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 2-spot Ladybird, Dock Bug, Rosemary Beetle +39 more · last seen 2025; Insects — 2-spot Ladybird, Dock Bug, Rosemary Beetle +39 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wirral Circular Trail Walking route 60 km ▾
Named route Ref WCT Length 60 km Regional walking route
Show on map King Charles III England Coast Path: Birkenhead to Welsh Border Walking route ▾
Named route Ref ECP National walking route
Show on map Wirral Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 110 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 56 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 56 National Cycle Network
Show on map Burton Marsh Greenway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 568 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 211 m ▾
Named route Ref 56 Length 211 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface unsealedfirm
Show on map Alternative Route Cycling route 359 m ▾
Named route Length 359 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface unsealedloose
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 704 m ▾
Named route Ref 56 Length 704 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 171 m ▾
Named route Ref 56 Length 171 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
24,631 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 24,631 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 42 species
winter spring autumn
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Herring Gull · Carrion Crow · Rock Dove +37
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Herring Gull Larus argentatus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Rock Dove Columba livia Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Robin Erithacus rubecula Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Blackbird Turdus merula Great Tit Parus major Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Starling Sturnus vulgaris House Sparrow Passer domesticus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Dunnock Prunella modularis Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Coal Tit Periparus ater Jay Garrulus glandarius Swift Apus apus Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata Tawny Owl Strix aluco Siskin Spinus spinus Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Raven Corvus corax2024 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2024 House Martin Delichon urbicum2024 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2024 Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus2024 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava2024 🦌 Mammals 6 species
winter spring summer
2026 ▾
Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Wood Mouse · Common Shrew +1
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2025 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2025 Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus Common Shrew Sorex araneus2025 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Great Crested Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus2024 🐝 Insects 13 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea · Closterotomus trivialis · Batman Hoverfly · Dark-edged Bee-fly · 2-spot Ladybird +8
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea Closterotomus trivialis Closterotomus trivialis Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major 2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata2024 Dock Bug Violet Bramble Rust · Poplar Bells · Ground Elder Rust · Razor Strop Fungus · Peeling Oysterling +4
Violet Bramble Rust Phragmidium violaceum Poplar Bells Schizophyllum amplum Ground Elder Rust Puccinia aegopodii Razor Strop Fungus Fomitopsis betulina Peeling Oysterling Crepidotus mollis Hawthorn Twiglet Tubaria dispersa Hygrocybe nigrescens Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 24,631 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 42 species
winter spring autumn
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Herring Gull · Carrion Crow · Rock Dove +37
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Herring Gull Larus argentatus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Rock Dove Columba livia Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Robin Erithacus rubecula Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Blackbird Turdus merula Great Tit Parus major Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Starling Sturnus vulgaris House Sparrow Passer domesticus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Dunnock Prunella modularis Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Coal Tit Periparus ater Jay Garrulus glandarius Swift Apus apus Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata Tawny Owl Strix aluco Siskin Spinus spinus Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Raven Corvus corax2024 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2024 House Martin Delichon urbicum2024 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2024 Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus2024 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava2024 🦌 Mammals 6 species
winter spring summer
2026 ▾
Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Wood Mouse · Common Shrew +1
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2025 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2025 Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus Common Shrew Sorex araneus2025 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Great Crested Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus2024 🐝 Insects 13 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea · Closterotomus trivialis · Batman Hoverfly · Dark-edged Bee-fly · 2-spot Ladybird +8
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea Closterotomus trivialis Closterotomus trivialis Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major 2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata2024 Dock Bug Violet Bramble Rust · Poplar Bells · Ground Elder Rust · Razor Strop Fungus · Peeling Oysterling +4
Violet Bramble Rust Phragmidium violaceum Poplar Bells Schizophyllum amplum Ground Elder Rust Puccinia aegopodii Razor Strop Fungus Fomitopsis betulina Peeling Oysterling Crepidotus mollis Hawthorn Twiglet Tubaria dispersa Hygrocybe nigrescens Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2025
Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2025 Coreus marginatus
Coreus marginatus
Brown Chafer Serica brunnea
Brown Chafer Serica brunnea
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare
Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni
Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni
Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes
Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes
Syrphus Syrphus2024
Syrphus Syrphus2024 Hygrocybe nigrescens
Hygrocybe nigrescens
Roundspored Oysterling Crepidotus cesatii
Roundspored Oysterling Crepidotus cesatii
Geranium Rust Uromyces geranii
Geranium Rust Uromyces geranii 