Plan your visit
🦅Birds🐄Farms🦉Wildlife
Public accessPaid entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
53.62236, -2.86364
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦84+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Kestrel and Black-headed Gull
- 🐄Summer visits here combine well with a walk along nearby trails — the animals are most active in the morning.
- ☕Mere Side Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦84+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Kestrel and Black-headed Gull
- 🐄Summer visits here combine well with a walk along nearby trails — the animals are most active in the morning.
- ☕Mere Side Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
☕Café🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🐄Farm visit
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Kestrel, Black-headed Gull, Mallard +81 more · last seen 2026; Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
🐄Farm visits
Very strong match
Farm attraction
Varies
Birds — Kestrel, Black-headed Gull, Mallard +81 more · last seen 2026; Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh priority habitat
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café, picnic area
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, café
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Reedbed WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
PiKe Lanepublic footpath · 590 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 590 mPath type: track
24 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pier to Pier cycle routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef 562National Cycle Network
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
Route 62Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route18 m▾
Named routeRef 562Length 18 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 562Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route803 m▾
Named routeRef 562Length 803 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface bareearth
Photos
Otter at Martin Mere Wetlands Centre
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
233,233 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
233,233 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
winterspring
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Shelduck · Kestrel · Oystercatcher · Mallard +35
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- TealAnas crecca
- CootFulica atra
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
Brown Hare · Roe Deer
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Western Honey Bee
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
🌿Plants18 species
winterspring
2026▾
Marsh-marigold · Early Dog-violet · Lesser Celandine · Blackthorn · Prunus cerasifera var. cerasifera +13
- Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
- Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Prunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasifera
- Field PansyViola arvensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
233,233 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
winterspring
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Shelduck · Kestrel · Oystercatcher · Mallard +35
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- TealAnas crecca
- CootFulica atra
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
Brown Hare · Roe Deer
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Western Honey Bee
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
🌿Plants18 species
winterspring
2026▾
Marsh-marigold · Early Dog-violet · Lesser Celandine · Blackthorn · Prunus cerasifera var. cerasifera +13
- Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
- Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Prunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasifera
- Field PansyViola arvensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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