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Rice Lane Recreation Ground

4 ha

WildlifeBirdsSeasonal

Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha

Getting here

53.45915, -2.95708

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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
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 284m 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
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 284m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParkingPlayground

Best for

11 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Black-headed Gull, Coot, Herring Gull +58 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Black-headed Gull, Coot, Herring Gull +58 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Common Poppy, Sycamore, Ivy-leaved Toadflax +76 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Common Poppy, Sycamore, Ivy-leaved Toadflax +76 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Trans-Pennine Trail (Southport to Liverpool)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Wirral Circular TrailWalking route60 km

Named routeRef WCTLength 60 kmRegional walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Cleveleys to LiverpoolWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

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

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

186 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

Radial Route 4Cycling route

Named routeRef 4Local cycle route

Anfield Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef 81Regional cycle route

Pop-up Route 1Cycling route

Named routeRef Pop-up 1Local cycle route

Wildlife to spot

26,950 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

26,950 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds46 species

winter

2026

Robin · Blue Tit · Coot · Mute Swan · Black-headed Gull +41

RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
CootFulica atra
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great TitParus major2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Garrulus glandarius rufitergumGarrulus glandarius rufitergum2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2026

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🌿

Plants2 species

spring

2026

Lesser Celandine · Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum

Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

26,950 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds46 species

winter

2026

Robin · Blue Tit · Coot · Mute Swan · Black-headed Gull +41

RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
CootFulica atra
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great TitParus major2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Garrulus glandarius rufitergumGarrulus glandarius rufitergum2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2026

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🌿

Plants2 species

spring

2026

Lesser Celandine · Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum

Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum

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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