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🦉 Wildlife🧺 Picnic🦅 Birds
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 2 ha
Places › England › North West › Salford Getting here
53.47194, -2.27900
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 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ Munchyhub — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ Munchyhub — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Paid 🧺 Picnic spot🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, car park
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Rock Dove, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Carrion Crow +47 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Rock Dove, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Carrion Crow +47 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, picnic area
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Butterfly-bush, Sea-buckthorn, Bee Orchid +49 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Butterfly-bush, Sea-buckthorn, Bee Orchid +49 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cheshire Ring Canal Walk Walking route ▾
Medlock Valley Way Walking route ▾
Irwell Sculpture Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Irwell Sculpture Trail (spur) Walking route ▾
Trans-Pennine Trail (Ashton-upon-Mersey to Stockport) Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 320 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 60 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 60 National Cycle Network
Show on map Greater Manchester regional route 85 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 85 Regional cycle route
Show on map Broughton Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Media City Link Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Link between Trans-Pennine Trail and Bridgewater Way Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Urmston-Ashton cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
21,207 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 21,207 records · National Biodiversity Network Rock Dove · Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Herring Gull +29
Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Magpie Pica pica Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Mute Swan Cygnus olor Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris Redwing Turdus iliacus Raven Corvus corax2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 carbo cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo carbo2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Larus argentatus argentatus Larus argentatus argentatus2025 Southern Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax 🌿 Plants 15 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Bee Orchid · Summer Snowflake · Coltsfoot · Fritillary · Hairy Bitter-cress +10
Bee Orchid Ophrys apifera Summer Snowflake Leucojum aestivum Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara Fritillary Fritillaria meleagris Hairy Bitter-cress Cardamine hirsuta Shepherd's-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 21,207 records · National Biodiversity Network Rock Dove · Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Herring Gull +29
Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Magpie Pica pica Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Mute Swan Cygnus olor Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris Redwing Turdus iliacus Raven Corvus corax2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 carbo cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo carbo2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Larus argentatus argentatus Larus argentatus argentatus2025 Southern Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax 🌿 Plants 15 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Bee Orchid · Summer Snowflake · Coltsfoot · Fritillary · Hairy Bitter-cress +10
Bee Orchid Ophrys apifera Summer Snowflake Leucojum aestivum Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara Fritillary Fritillaria meleagris Hairy Bitter-cress Cardamine hirsuta Shepherd's-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wavy Bitter-cress
Wavy Bitter-cress
Cardamine flexuosa
Cardamine flexuosa
Scots Pine Pinus sylvestris
Scots Pine Pinus sylvestris
Butterfly-bush Buddleja davidii
Butterfly-bush Buddleja davidii
Oxford Ragwort Senecio squalidus
Oxford Ragwort Senecio squalidus
Wall-rue Asplenium ruta-muraria
Wall-rue Asplenium ruta-muraria
Maidenhair Spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes
Maidenhair Spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes
Sea Spleenwort Asplenium marinum
Sea Spleenwort Asplenium marinum
Greater Periwinkle Vinca major
Greater Periwinkle Vinca major
Sticky Groundsel Senecio viscosus2025
Sticky Groundsel Senecio viscosus2025 