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Puddy Dale

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Dogs welcome

Getting here

53.32986, -3.10056

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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
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
☕Costa — a good base for a longer summer day out

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
☕Costa — a good base for a longer summer day out

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

CaféParking· PaidPlaygroundToilets

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Carrion Crow +73 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Carrion Crow +73 more · last seen 2025

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Marmalade Hoverfly, Eristalis tenax +45 more · last seen 2025; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Marmalade Hoverfly, Eristalis tenax +45 more · last seen 2025

Free

Easy access

Good match

parking, toilets

Varies

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Guelder-rose, Hogweed · last seen 2025; Plants — Guelder-rose, Hogweed · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Wirral Circular TrailWalking route60 km

Named routeRef WCTLength 60 kmRegional walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Birkenhead to Welsh BorderWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

Wirral WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Parkgate WalkWalking route5 km

Named routeLength 5 kmLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

85 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Cheshire CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef 70Regional cycle route

Route 56Cycling route

Named routeRef 56National Cycle Network

Signals and SaltmarshCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Burton Marsh GreenwayCycling route

Named routeRef 568National Cycle Network

Route 71Cycling route

Named routeRef 71Regional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route211 m

Named routeRef 56Length 211 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Wildlife to spot

40,541 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

40,541 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

autumnwinter

2025

Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Carrion Crow +49

BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica
RobinErithacus rubecula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Herring GullLarus argentatus
CurlewNumenius arquata
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
DunnockPrunella modularis
JayGarrulus glandarius
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
JackdawColoeus monedula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Stock DoveColumba oenas
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
CootFulica atra
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
TealAnas crecca
Common GullLarus canus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla
DunlinCalidris alpina
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
KnotCalidris canutus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
RavenCorvus corax
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
SnipeGallinago gallinago
SiskinSpinus spinus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Harvest Mouse

Harvest MouseMicromys minutus

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2026

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

40,541 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

autumnwinter

2025

Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Carrion Crow +49

BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica
RobinErithacus rubecula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Herring GullLarus argentatus
CurlewNumenius arquata
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
DunnockPrunella modularis
JayGarrulus glandarius
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
JackdawColoeus monedula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Stock DoveColumba oenas
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
CootFulica atra
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
TealAnas crecca
Common GullLarus canus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla
DunlinCalidris alpina
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
KnotCalidris canutus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
RavenCorvus corax
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
SnipeGallinago gallinago
SiskinSpinus spinus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Harvest Mouse

Harvest MouseMicromys minutus

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2026

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Sue Adair · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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