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Rawsthorne Wood

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📷 Kevin Waterhouse · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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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
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿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

Parking

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, Willow Tit, Rock Dove +62 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Willow Tit, Rock Dove +62 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Speckled Wood, Large White, Peacock +56 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Speckled Wood, Large White, Peacock +56 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Fritillary, Broad-leaved Dock +41 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Fritillary, Broad-leaved Dock +41 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Ramsons, Hogweed, Beech +4 more foraging species

Varies

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Salford TrailWalking route

The Salford Trail is a continuous walk along permitted footpaths and roads, all within the city of Salford. The paths covered are varied, being through historic heritage areas, along river and canal side, taking in country parks, fields, moss lands, inner

Named routeRegional walking route

GM Ringway Stage 16Walking route16.3 km

GM Ringway Stage 16 - Wigan to Leigh

Named routeLength 16.3 kmRegional walking route

GM Ringway Stage 17Walking route16.6 km

GM Ringway Stage 17 - Leigh to Irlam

Named routeLength 16.6 kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

57 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Regional Route 80Cycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Linnyshaw LooplineCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Irlam & Cadishead CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef ICCLocal cycle route

Route 55Cycling route

Named routeRef 55National Cycle Network

Bridgewater WayCycling route

Named routeRef 82Regional cycle route

Greater Manchester Route 80Cycling route

Named routeRef 80Regional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

10,270 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

10,270 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds66 species

winterspring

2026

Woodpigeon · Willow Tit · Rock Dove · Magpie · Black-headed Gull +61

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
SwiftApus apus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
CootFulica atra2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Common GullLarus canus2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2020
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2023
LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2021
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2021
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2020
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2020
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2020
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2020
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2020
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2020
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2020
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2020
GadwallMareca strepera2020
Stock DoveColumba oenas2020
RedwingTurdus iliacus2020
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2020
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2020

🦌

Mammals10 species

springautumn

2025

Hedgehog · Mole · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · American Mink +5

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
MoleTalpa europaea
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2022
American MinkNeovison vison2020
BadgerMeles meles
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2022
Common ShrewSorex araneus2021
ShrewSoricidae2020
BatChiroptera2020

🐸

Amphibians2 species

spring

2023

Great Crested Newt · Common Frog

Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Common FrogRana temporaria2021

🐝

Insects59 species

summer

2026

Speckled Wood · Large White · Painted Lady · Peacock · Small Tortoiseshell +54

Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
PeacockAglais io2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2019
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2022
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2023
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2019
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2023
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2023
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2022
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2022
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2022
Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2021
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2021
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2021
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2021
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2020
Gooden's Nomad BeeNomada goodeniana2020
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2020
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019
Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.2019
Dingy FootmanEilema griseola2019
Pale ProminentPterostoma palpina2019
Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2019
Dun-barCosmia trapezina2019
Least Yellow UnderwingNoctua interjecta2019
Iron ProminentNotodonta dromedarius2019
Sallow KittenFurcula furcula2019
Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2019
Small PhoenixEcliptopera silaceata2019
Straw DotRivula sericealis2019
Slender BrindleApamea scolopacina2019
Marbled BeautyBryophila domestica2019
Dark-barred Twin-spot CarpetXanthorhoe ferrugata2019
Common FootmanEilema lurideola2019
Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa2019
Common WaveCabera exanthemata2019
Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2019
RusticHoplodrina blanda2019
Smoky WainscotMythimna impura2019
Six-striped RusticXestia sexstrigata2019
Ear Moth agg.Amphipoea oculea agg.2019
Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata2019
Common White WaveCabera pusaria2019
Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2019
Shaded Broad-barScotopteryx chenopodiata2019

🌿

Plants44 species

spring

2026

Himalayan Balsam · Fritillary · Broad-leaved Dock · Garden Grape-hyacinth · Sticky Mouse-ear +39

Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
FritillaryFritillaria meleagris
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024
Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum2024
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2021
Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025
ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris2025
Shaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiata2025
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
RamsonsAllium ursinum2025
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024
Marsh CinquefoilComarum palustre2024
Wild CherryPrunus avium2023
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2023
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2022
Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2021
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2021
BeechFagus sylvatica2021
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2021
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2021
Red CampionSilene dioica2021
Common NettleUrtica dioica2021
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2021
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana2021
Goat WillowSalix caprea2021
PearPyrus communis2021
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2021
Spotted Dead-nettleLamium maculatum2021
Lenten-roseHelleborus orientalis2021
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2020
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2020
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2020
Rubus intensiorRubus intensior2020
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2020
Rubus bartoniiRubus bartonii2020
White ButterburPetasites albus2020
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2020
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2020
Euonymus fortuneiEuonymus fortunei2020
SalmonberryRubus spectabilis2020
Norway SprucePicea abies2020
DaffodilNarcissus pseudonarcissus2020
Yellow-flowered StrawberryPotentilla indica2020
Remote SedgeCarex remota2020

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

10,270 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds66 species

winterspring

2026

Woodpigeon · Willow Tit · Rock Dove · Magpie · Black-headed Gull +61

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
SwiftApus apus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
CootFulica atra2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Common GullLarus canus2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2020
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2023
LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2021
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2021
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2020
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2020
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2020
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2020
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2020
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2020
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2020
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2020
GadwallMareca strepera2020
Stock DoveColumba oenas2020
RedwingTurdus iliacus2020
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2020
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2020

🦌

Mammals10 species

springautumn

2025

Hedgehog · Mole · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · American Mink +5

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
MoleTalpa europaea
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2022
American MinkNeovison vison2020
BadgerMeles meles
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2022
Common ShrewSorex araneus2021
ShrewSoricidae2020
BatChiroptera2020

🐸

Amphibians2 species

spring

2023

Great Crested Newt · Common Frog

Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Common FrogRana temporaria2021

🐝

Insects59 species

summer

2026

Speckled Wood · Large White · Painted Lady · Peacock · Small Tortoiseshell +54

Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
PeacockAglais io2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2019
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2022
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2023
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2019
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2023
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2023
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2022
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2022
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2022
Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2021
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2021
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2021
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2021
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2020
Gooden's Nomad BeeNomada goodeniana2020
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2020
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019
Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.2019
Dingy FootmanEilema griseola2019
Pale ProminentPterostoma palpina2019
Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2019
Dun-barCosmia trapezina2019
Least Yellow UnderwingNoctua interjecta2019
Iron ProminentNotodonta dromedarius2019
Sallow KittenFurcula furcula2019
Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2019
Small PhoenixEcliptopera silaceata2019
Straw DotRivula sericealis2019
Slender BrindleApamea scolopacina2019
Marbled BeautyBryophila domestica2019
Dark-barred Twin-spot CarpetXanthorhoe ferrugata2019
Common FootmanEilema lurideola2019
Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa2019
Common WaveCabera exanthemata2019
Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2019
RusticHoplodrina blanda2019
Smoky WainscotMythimna impura2019
Six-striped RusticXestia sexstrigata2019
Ear Moth agg.Amphipoea oculea agg.2019
Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata2019
Common White WaveCabera pusaria2019
Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2019
Shaded Broad-barScotopteryx chenopodiata2019

🌿

Plants44 species

spring

2026

Himalayan Balsam · Fritillary · Broad-leaved Dock · Garden Grape-hyacinth · Sticky Mouse-ear +39

Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
FritillaryFritillaria meleagris
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024
Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum2024
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2021
Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025
ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris2025
Shaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiata2025
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
RamsonsAllium ursinum2025
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024
Marsh CinquefoilComarum palustre2024
Wild CherryPrunus avium2023
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2023
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2022
Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2021
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2021
BeechFagus sylvatica2021
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2021
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2021
Red CampionSilene dioica2021
Common NettleUrtica dioica2021
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2021
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana2021
Goat WillowSalix caprea2021
PearPyrus communis2021
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2021
Spotted Dead-nettleLamium maculatum2021
Lenten-roseHelleborus orientalis2021
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2020
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2020
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2020
Rubus intensiorRubus intensior2020
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2020
Rubus bartoniiRubus bartonii2020
White ButterburPetasites albus2020
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2020
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2020
Euonymus fortuneiEuonymus fortunei2020
SalmonberryRubus spectabilis2020
Norway SprucePicea abies2020
DaffodilNarcissus pseudonarcissus2020
Yellow-flowered StrawberryPotentilla indica2020
Remote SedgeCarex remota2020

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Kevin Waterhouse · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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