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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.41594, -2.76603
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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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 278m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 278m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blackbird +36 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blackbird +36 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Daisy, Ribwort Plantain, Beech +184 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Daisy, Ribwort Plantain, Beech +184 more · last seen 2025
Free
Plants — Beech, Hawthorn, Common Chickweed +19 more foraging species
Varies
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km27 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 856Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 856National Cycle Network
Sankey Canal TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef SCTLocal cycle route
N/ACycling route165 m▾
Named routeLength 165 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route14 m▾
Named routeLength 14 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route22 m▾
Named routeRef 56Length 22 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route8 m▾
Named routeLength 8 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
8,166 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,166 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
winterspring
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Collared Dove · Blackbird +26
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- SwiftApus apus
- Great TitParus major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
🦌Mammals1 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Mole
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects4 species
springsummer
2025▾
Orange Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · 14-spot Ladybird · Alder Leaf Beetle
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
Beech · Daisy · Creeping Buttercup · Hazel · Black Nightshade +50
- BeechFagus sylvatica
- DaisyBellis perennis2024
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024
- HazelCorylus avellana2024
- Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,166 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
winterspring
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Collared Dove · Blackbird +26
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- SwiftApus apus
- Great TitParus major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
🦌Mammals1 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Mole
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects4 species
springsummer
2025▾
Orange Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · 14-spot Ladybird · Alder Leaf Beetle
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
Beech · Daisy · Creeping Buttercup · Hazel · Black Nightshade +50
- BeechFagus sylvatica
- DaisyBellis perennis2024
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024
- HazelCorylus avellana2024
- Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Ribwort Plantain
Ribwort Plantain
Plantago lanceolata
Plantago lanceolata
Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris2024Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris2024IvyHedera helix2024IvyHedera helix2024NipplewortLapsana communisNipplewortLapsana communisGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumRosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifoliumRosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifoliumCommon Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsiiCommon Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsiiCherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2024Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2024Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2024Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2024FirethornPyracantha coccinea2024FirethornPyracantha coccinea2024SnapdragonAntirrhinum majusSnapdragonAntirrhinum majusRowanSorbus aucupariaRowanSorbus aucupariaRussian-vineFallopia baldschuanicaRussian-vineFallopia baldschuanicaJapanese KnotweedReynoutria japonicaJapanese KnotweedReynoutria japonicaSnowberrySymphoricarpos albusSnowberrySymphoricarpos albusBloody Crane's-billGeranium sanguineumBloody Crane's-billGeranium sanguineumOpium PoppyPapaver somniferumOpium PoppyPapaver somniferumRoyal FernOsmunda regalisRoyal FernOsmunda regalisBalmMelissa officinalisBalmMelissa officinalisGoat WillowSalix capreaGoat WillowSalix capreaLove-in-a-mistNigella damascenaLove-in-a-mistNigella damascenaPurple Viper's-buglossEchium plantagineumPurple Viper's-buglossEchium plantagineumWood DockRumex sanguineusWood DockRumex sanguineusPerennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensisPerennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensisBroad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborineBroad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborineRed CloverTrifolium pratenseRed CloverTrifolium pratenseTufted VetchVicia craccaTufted VetchVicia craccaYellow-rattleRhinanthus minorYellow-rattleRhinanthus minorTragopogon pratensis subsp. minorTragopogon pratensis subsp. minorTragopogon pratensis subsp. minorTragopogon pratensis subsp. minorSweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratumSweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraIvy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralisIvy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralisEarly CrocusCrocus tommasinianusEarly CrocusCrocus tommasinianusGuernsey FleabaneErigeron sumatrensis2024Guernsey FleabaneErigeron sumatrensis2024Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum2024Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum2024White CloverTrifolium repens2024White CloverTrifolium repens2024HornbeamCarpinus betulus2024HornbeamCarpinus betulus2024Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024Wayfaring-treeViburnum lantana2024Wayfaring-treeViburnum lantana2024HollyIlex aquifolium2024HollyIlex aquifolium2024Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2024Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2024Caucasian FirAbies nordmanniana2024Caucasian FirAbies nordmanniana2024Taxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccata2024Taxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccata2024BoxBuxus sempervirens2024BoxBuxus sempervirens2024BuckwheatFagopyrum esculentum2024BuckwheatFagopyrum esculentum2024