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Rocksavage

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53.31558, -2.71343

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦103+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shoveler and Woodpigeon
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦103+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shoveler and Woodpigeon
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

4 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Shoveler, Woodpigeon, Magpie +100 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Shoveler, Woodpigeon, Magpie +100 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 11-spot Ladybird, Rhyzobius litura +11 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 11-spot Ladybird, Rhyzobius litura +11 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

11 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Cheshire CircuitWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route

Named route

Trans-Pennine Trail (Liverpool to Warrington)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Mersey WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Weaver WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

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Cycling

140 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Runcorn LoopCycling route

Named routeRef Runcorn LoopLocal cycle route

Pier to Pier cycle routeCycling route

Named routeRef 562National Cycle Network

Trans Pennine TrailCycling route

Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network

Trans Pennine TrailCycling route

Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network

Trans Pennine TrailCycling route

Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network

National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route

Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

31,179 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

31,179 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds66 species

winter

2025

Shoveler · Wren · Pintail · Blue Tit · Rock Dove +61

ShovelerSpatula clypeata
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
PintailAnas acuta
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Rock DoveColumba livia
RobinErithacus rubecula
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MagpiePica pica
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Great TitParus major
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
TealAnas crecca
JackdawColoeus monedula
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
CurlewNumenius arquata
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
CootFulica atra
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
NuthatchSitta europaea
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
RookCorvus frugilegus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Greylag GooseAnser anser
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
RavenCorvus corax
JayGarrulus glandarius
PochardAythya ferina
WigeonMareca penelope
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
MerlinFalco columbarius
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
DunlinCalidris alpina
DunnockPrunella modularis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba

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Insects1 species

spring

2026

Harlequin Ladybird

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis

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Fungi50 species

winter

2026

Rush Disco · Cyphella ferruginea · Neodasyscypha cerina · Phaeotremella frondosa · Hazel Woodwart +45

Rush DiscoLachnum apalum
Cyphella ferrugineaCyphella ferruginea
Neodasyscypha cerinaNeodasyscypha cerina
Phaeotremella frondosaPhaeotremella frondosa
Hazel WoodwartHypoxylon fuscum
Blushing BracketDaedaleopsis confragosa
Waxy CrustVuilleminia comedens
Razor Strop FungusFomitopsis betulina
Crimped GillPlicatura crispa
Hairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutum
Hemimycena mauretanicaHemimycena mauretanica
Hypoxylon petriniaeHypoxylon petriniae
Dead Moll's FingersXylaria longipes
Split PorecrustSchizopora paradoxa
Yellow BrainTremella mesenterica
Roundspored OysterlingCrepidotus cesatii
Punctelia subrudecta s. lat.Punctelia subrudecta s. lat.
Common Orange LichenXanthoria parietina
Scaly EarthballScleroderma verrucosum
Stilbocrea gracilipesStilbocrea gracilipes
Violet Bramble RustPhragmidium violaceum
Oak CrustPeniophora quercina
Black BulgarBulgaria inquinans
Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon
Tear DropperCylindrobasidium laeve
Elder WhitewashXylodon sambuci
Bluebell RustUromyces hyacinthi
Witch's ButterExidia glandulosa
Frosty BonnetMycena tenerrima
Parmotrema perlatumParmotrema perlatum
Common BonnetMycena galericulata
Mycena pseudocorticolaMycena pseudocorticola
Leptosphaeria doliolumLeptosphaeria doliolum
Illosporiopsis christianseniiIllosporiopsis christiansenii
Erythricium aurantiacumErythricium aurantiacum
Netted CrustByssomerulius corium
Physcia adscendensPhyscia adscendens
Crystal BrainExidia nucleata
Olive OysterlingSarcomyxa serotina
Blueing BracketPostia subcaesia
Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
Bleeding Oak CrustStereum gausapatum
TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
Physcia aipoliaPhyscia aipolia
King Alfred's CakesDaldinia concentrica
Bark BonnetPhloeomana speirea
Hypoxylon intermediumHypoxylon intermedium
Oak BlackheadDiatrypella quercina
Xanthoriicola physciaeXanthoriicola physciae
Coral SpotNectria cinnabarina

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

31,179 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds66 species

winter

2025

Shoveler · Wren · Pintail · Blue Tit · Rock Dove +61

ShovelerSpatula clypeata
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
PintailAnas acuta
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Rock DoveColumba livia
RobinErithacus rubecula
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MagpiePica pica
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Great TitParus major
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
TealAnas crecca
JackdawColoeus monedula
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
CurlewNumenius arquata
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
CootFulica atra
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
NuthatchSitta europaea
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
RookCorvus frugilegus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Greylag GooseAnser anser
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
RavenCorvus corax
JayGarrulus glandarius
PochardAythya ferina
WigeonMareca penelope
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
MerlinFalco columbarius
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
DunlinCalidris alpina
DunnockPrunella modularis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2026

Harlequin Ladybird

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis

🍄

Fungi50 species

winter

2026

Rush Disco · Cyphella ferruginea · Neodasyscypha cerina · Phaeotremella frondosa · Hazel Woodwart +45

Rush DiscoLachnum apalum
Cyphella ferrugineaCyphella ferruginea
Neodasyscypha cerinaNeodasyscypha cerina
Phaeotremella frondosaPhaeotremella frondosa
Hazel WoodwartHypoxylon fuscum
Blushing BracketDaedaleopsis confragosa
Waxy CrustVuilleminia comedens
Razor Strop FungusFomitopsis betulina
Crimped GillPlicatura crispa
Hairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutum
Hemimycena mauretanicaHemimycena mauretanica
Hypoxylon petriniaeHypoxylon petriniae
Dead Moll's FingersXylaria longipes
Split PorecrustSchizopora paradoxa
Yellow BrainTremella mesenterica
Roundspored OysterlingCrepidotus cesatii
Punctelia subrudecta s. lat.Punctelia subrudecta s. lat.
Common Orange LichenXanthoria parietina
Scaly EarthballScleroderma verrucosum
Stilbocrea gracilipesStilbocrea gracilipes
Violet Bramble RustPhragmidium violaceum
Oak CrustPeniophora quercina
Black BulgarBulgaria inquinans
Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon
Tear DropperCylindrobasidium laeve
Elder WhitewashXylodon sambuci
Bluebell RustUromyces hyacinthi
Witch's ButterExidia glandulosa
Frosty BonnetMycena tenerrima
Parmotrema perlatumParmotrema perlatum
Common BonnetMycena galericulata
Mycena pseudocorticolaMycena pseudocorticola
Leptosphaeria doliolumLeptosphaeria doliolum
Illosporiopsis christianseniiIllosporiopsis christiansenii
Erythricium aurantiacumErythricium aurantiacum
Netted CrustByssomerulius corium
Physcia adscendensPhyscia adscendens
Crystal BrainExidia nucleata
Olive OysterlingSarcomyxa serotina
Blueing BracketPostia subcaesia
Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
Bleeding Oak CrustStereum gausapatum
TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
Physcia aipoliaPhyscia aipolia
King Alfred's CakesDaldinia concentrica
Bark BonnetPhloeomana speirea
Hypoxylon intermediumHypoxylon intermedium
Oak BlackheadDiatrypella quercina
Xanthoriicola physciaeXanthoriicola physciae
Coral SpotNectria cinnabarina

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Chris Allen · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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