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Pony Coppice

6 ha

📷 Gary Rogers · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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53.45424, -2.81902

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Canada Goose and Red-legged Partridge
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Canada Goose and Red-legged Partridge
🐕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

Walking trails

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Canada Goose, Red-legged Partridge, Robin +73 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Canada Goose, Red-legged Partridge, Robin +73 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Alder Leaf Beetle, Parent Bug, Hornet Hoverfly +18 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Alder Leaf Beetle, Parent Bug, Hornet Hoverfly +18 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Red Dead-nettle, Ground-elder, Wall-rue +7 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Red Dead-nettle, Ground-elder, Wall-rue +7 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Red Dead-nettle, Ground-elder, Common Nettle +1 more foraging species

Varies

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Trans-Pennine Trail (Southport to Liverpool)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Rainford Linear ParkWalking route

Named routeLocal cycle route

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Cycling

47 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Radial Route 5Cycling route

Named routeRef 5Local cycle route

NCN 862Cycling route

Named routeRef 862National Cycle Network

Radial Route 7Cycling route

Named routeRef 7Local cycle route

Route 856Cycling route

Named routeRef 856National Cycle Network

Radial Route 6Cycling route

Named routeRef 6Local cycle route

Outer OrbitalCycling route

Named routeRef OLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

19,960 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

19,960 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

autumnwinter

2026

Red-legged Partridge · Canada Goose · Barnacle Goose · Pied Wagtail · Jackdaw +48

Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
CootFulica atra2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
TealAnas crecca2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Great TitParus major2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025

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Mammals5 species

autumnwinter

2026

Grey Squirrel · Stoat · Roe Deer · Wood Mouse · Common Shrew

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
StoatMustela erminea
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2025
Common ShrewSorex araneus2025

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Insects1 species

autumn

2025

Parent Bug

Parent BugElasmucha grisea

🌿

Plants4 species

winterspring

2026

Red Dead-nettle · Ground-elder · Wall-rue · Snowdrop

Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

19,960 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

autumnwinter

2026

Red-legged Partridge · Canada Goose · Barnacle Goose · Pied Wagtail · Jackdaw +48

Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
CootFulica atra2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
TealAnas crecca2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Great TitParus major2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025

🦌

Mammals5 species

autumnwinter

2026

Grey Squirrel · Stoat · Roe Deer · Wood Mouse · Common Shrew

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
StoatMustela erminea
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2025
Common ShrewSorex araneus2025

🐝

Insects1 species

autumn

2025

Parent Bug

Parent BugElasmucha grisea

🌿

Plants4 species

winterspring

2026

Red Dead-nettle · Ground-elder · Wall-rue · Snowdrop

Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Gary Rogers · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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