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Pimbley's Wood

1 ha

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Free entryDogs welcome1 ha

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53.51160, -2.84622

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦90+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Woodpigeon
🌿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

🐦90+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Woodpigeon
🌿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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Pheasant +87 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Pheasant +87 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Tufted Vetch, Yarrow, Redshank +22 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Tufted Vetch, Yarrow, Redshank +22 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Lowland raised bog — bog butterflies and rare invertebrates; Insects — Gatekeeper, Small Tortoiseshell, Peacock +16 more · last seen 2024

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby · 3 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Rainford Linear ParkWalking route

Named routeLocal cycle route

🚴

Cycling

15 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route

Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route

NCN 862Cycling route

Named routeRef 862National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route967 m

Named routeRef 862Length 967 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.1 km

Named routeRef 862Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route10 m

Named routeRef 862Length 10 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface blocks

Main RouteCycling route386 m

Named routeRef 862Length 386 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

1,844 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,844 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds93 species

winterspringsummer

2025

Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Pheasant · Buzzard · Blackbird +88

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
BuzzardButeo buteo
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MagpiePica pica
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
RobinErithacus rubecula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
LapwingVanellus vanellus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Great TitParus major
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
SwallowHirundo rustica2020
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
JackdawColoeus monedula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2014
DunnockPrunella modularis2014
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2014
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2014
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Coal TitPeriparus ater
House SparrowPasser domesticus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2012
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2013
Little OwlAthene noctua
Common GullLarus canus
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
SwiftApus apus2020
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
JayGarrulus glandarius
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2022
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2011
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2011
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2011
RookCorvus frugilegus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
TealAnas crecca2023
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2011
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2024
RavenCorvus corax2023
CurlewNumenius arquata2013
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2011
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2010
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2010
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2010
CootFulica atra2010
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2024
GadwallMareca strepera2024
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2023
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2023
SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2022
CorvidCorvidae2015
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2011
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2011
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2011
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2011
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2011
CuckooCuculus canorus2010
Greylag GooseAnser anser2010

🦌

Mammals6 species

springsummer

2025

Brown Hare · Rabbit · Mole · Grey Squirrel · Bat +1

Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2013
MoleTalpa europaea
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2020
BatChiroptera
StoatMustela erminea2012

🐝

Insects19 species

summer

2024

Gatekeeper · Small Tortoiseshell · Peacock · Large White · Small White +14

GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2017
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
PeacockAglais io2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2017
Small WhitePieris rapae2017
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2017
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2023
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023
Empis tessellataEmpis tessellata2021
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2017
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2017
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2014
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2014
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2010

🌿

Plants25 species

springsummer

2025

Tufted Vetch · Yarrow · Redshank · Meadow Vetchling · Creeping Cinquefoil +20

Tufted VetchVicia cracca
YarrowAchillea millefolium
RedshankPersicaria maculosa
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Tragopogon pratensis subsp. minorTragopogon pratensis subsp. minor
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
FritillaryFritillaria meleagris
Goat WillowSalix caprea2024
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2023
Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2023
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2023
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2021
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2021
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2021
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2020
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2020
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2020
Common Ramping-fumitoryFumaria muralis2019
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2019
NipplewortLapsana communis2013
Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis2013
Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2013
Conocephalum conicumConocephalum conicum2013

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,844 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds93 species

winterspringsummer

2025

Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Pheasant · Buzzard · Blackbird +88

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
BuzzardButeo buteo
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MagpiePica pica
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
RobinErithacus rubecula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
LapwingVanellus vanellus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Great TitParus major
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
SwallowHirundo rustica2020
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
JackdawColoeus monedula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2014
DunnockPrunella modularis2014
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2014
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2014
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Coal TitPeriparus ater
House SparrowPasser domesticus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2012
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2013
Little OwlAthene noctua
Common GullLarus canus
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
SwiftApus apus2020
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
JayGarrulus glandarius
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2022
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2011
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2011
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2011
RookCorvus frugilegus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
TealAnas crecca2023
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2011
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2024
RavenCorvus corax2023
CurlewNumenius arquata2013
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2011
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2010
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2010
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2010
CootFulica atra2010
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2024
GadwallMareca strepera2024
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2023
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2023
SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2022
CorvidCorvidae2015
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2011
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2011
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2011
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2011
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2011
CuckooCuculus canorus2010
Greylag GooseAnser anser2010

🦌

Mammals6 species

springsummer

2025

Brown Hare · Rabbit · Mole · Grey Squirrel · Bat +1

Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2013
MoleTalpa europaea
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2020
BatChiroptera
StoatMustela erminea2012

🐝

Insects19 species

summer

2024

Gatekeeper · Small Tortoiseshell · Peacock · Large White · Small White +14

GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2017
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
PeacockAglais io2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2017
Small WhitePieris rapae2017
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2017
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2023
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023
Empis tessellataEmpis tessellata2021
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2017
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2017
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2014
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2014
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2010

🌿

Plants25 species

springsummer

2025

Tufted Vetch · Yarrow · Redshank · Meadow Vetchling · Creeping Cinquefoil +20

Tufted VetchVicia cracca
YarrowAchillea millefolium
RedshankPersicaria maculosa
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Tragopogon pratensis subsp. minorTragopogon pratensis subsp. minor
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
FritillaryFritillaria meleagris
Goat WillowSalix caprea2024
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2023
Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2023
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2023
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2021
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2021
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2021
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2020
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2020
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2020
Common Ramping-fumitoryFumaria muralis2019
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2019
NipplewortLapsana communis2013
Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis2013
Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2013
Conocephalum conicumConocephalum conicum2013

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Ian Greig · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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